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Current AffairsCzech footballers making headlines for wrong reasons in wake of Euro 2008
The Czech football team may have come home from Euro 2008 earlier than they
would have liked, but they haven't been out of the headlines. With players
involved in a bar brawl in downtown Prague, and a war of words between
goalkeeper Petr Čech and a senior figure in the Czech football
association, it seems all is not well in and around the Czech side at
present.
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Letter from PragueThe year I gave up on professional sports
Some may say 2008 has been a good year for sport and all in all I’d have
to agree all except for one thing, one small niggling detail, one small
unfortunate item: every team, every professional sportsman or woman I’ve
set hopes for has done either outright badly this year, or worse, done well
but stumbled on the final hurdle.
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Current AffairsFarewell, King Karel…
Following Sunday’s dramatic defeat against Turkey in the Euro 2008
football championships, Czech coach Karel Brückner confirmed that he will
step down. We examine his life and career:
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Sports NewsCzechs crash out of Euro 2008
In this Monday’s Sports News: the Czech Republic crash out of Euro 2008
in a scarcely believable manner, as their last Group A game against Turkey
turns into a living nightmare in the last 15 minutes; Czech captain Tomas
Ujfaluši says he and his team-mates were short on luck, and energy;
meanwhile, manager Karel Bruckner – in charge for the final time – rues
the Czechs’ inability to deal with a period of Turkish pressure.
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MailboxMailbox
This week in Mailbox: Czech victory over Switzerland in the opening match
of Euro 2008, ski resorts and winegrowing in the Czech Republic. Listeners
quoted: Roberto Carlos Alvarez-Galloso, Imo-Obong Umana, Sanusi Isah
Dankaba, Lars Wieden.
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Current AffairsCzechs face make-or-break tie with Turkey after losing to Portugal at Euro 2008
The Czech Republic’s footballers were beaten 3:1 by Portugal in their
second game at the European Championship on Wednesday evening. That result
was perhaps unfortunate for the Czechs, whose play showed marked signs of
improvement. Now it’s going right down to the wire: Petr Čech and Co.
have to beat Turkey to advance to the quarter-finals.
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