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In Sports News today: the new Czech football season began with poor
performances by some of the league's top teams: Ostrava and Slavia were
both beaten, while Sparta could only manage a draw; meanwhile, the bribery
scandal engulfing the game is due to continue, with more arrests expected
this week; canoeist Martin Doktor has taken his 70th (!) Czech national
title, just days before the start of the Olympics, while Czech-born golfer
Alex Cejka has narrowly missed out on his first PGA trophy. More
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In Sports News: Czech international footballer Tomas Ujfalusi has signed
with Italian club Fiorentina, just days after being appointed captain at
Hamburg; Marek Jankulovski looks close to signing with Inter Milan and
Tomas Rosicky has turned down Champions League holders Porto; Banik
Ostrava face Leverkusen in a Champions League qualifier, while Sparta are
still in with a chance of reaching the competition; decathlete Tomas
Dvorak looks set to miss the Olympics, while canoeist Martin Doktor could
be in trouble after "sleeping through" a drugs test.
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The Czech ice hockey team have had mixed results in their last competitive
games before the World Championships, which get underway in Prague on
Saturday. Meanwhile, coach Lener says selecting a squad will not be easy,
with several Czech NHL stars now available. In football, leaders Ostrava
have found their winning touch again, while internationals Rosicky and
Smicer are both back after injury. And in tennis, Iveta Benesova has been
defeated in the final of the Estoril Open in Portugal.
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Prague's new state-of-the-art ice hockey arena saw its first game on
Sunday, when Slavia Prague took on Hame Zlin in the third game of the
Extraliga playoff finals. In the NHL, Patrik Elias was the Czech player
with the most points in the regular season. In football news, Sparta
Prague have played their first game under new coach, and former Sparta
star, Frantisek Straka. Elsewhere, Ostrava slipped up at Zlin while
Olomouc have gone second, at least for a short time.
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Sparta Prague have sacked their fourth manager in two years, Jiri Kotrba.
The Czech football league champions are ten points behind leaders Ostrava,
with only seven games to go. In ice hockey, defending champions Slavia
Prague have made a remarkable comeback in the Extraliga semi-finals.
Further afield, Czech star Petr Nedved has scored his 300th NHL goal, and
against a Czech goalie to boot. In tennis, Jiri Novak has been beaten in
the third round of the big-money Nasdaq-100 Open in Miami.
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Jaroslav Plasil, the only Czech player left in the Champions League, has
received his first call-up to play for the Czech national team. The player
tells us of what the call-up means to him, and how his club Monaco still
hope to bounce back after a Champions League defeat against Real Madrid.
Meanwhile, in the Czech league Sparta continued their poor run with a
third 0:0 home draw in a row. In the ice hockey Extraliga playoffs Sparta
lead Slavia on games, while Zlin are through to the final after beating
Pilsen.
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The race for the Czech football championship is hotting up, with Slavia
closing the gap on leaders Ostrava by beating them 2:0 away. Sparta Prague
manager Jiri Kotrba has been fined for swearing - his bad language was
clearly audible on television. Both ice hockey Extraliga playoffs are 2:1
on games. In skiing slalom ace Sarka Zahrobska has won two medals at the
national championships, while cross country star Martin Koukal has won a
Czech Olympic Committee award for the best sporting achievement of 2003.
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For the first time in the history of the ice hockey Extraliga the team
which won the league, Pardubice, has been beaten in the first round of the
playoffs. What's more they were beaten by Pilsen, who only made the
playoffs by the skin of their teeth. In football, Sparta Prague beat
Slavia 2:0 in a dramatic game at Strahov. And Czech cross country skier
Katerina Neummanova has been looking back on an "amazing"
season.
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Czech football league leaders Banik Ostrava have been beaten by bottom of
the table Blsany, while defending champions Sparta slipped up at Ceske
Budejovice, allowing a resurgent Slavia to go second. Milan Baros has
returned from injury in style with a goal in his first league game, while
his Czech international team-mate Tomas Rosicky is out with a broken arm.
In ice hockey, Pilsen whupped Kladno to take the last place in the
playoffs and Czech star Robert Lang has gotten off to a great start at new
club Detroit.
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In football, Vaclav Kolousek has finally joined Slavia Prague, after weeks
of negotiations. Tomas Rosicky, meanwhile, is staying at Dortmund, at
least until the end of the season. Czech international coach Karel
Brueckner has come second in a poll of the world's best managers in 2003.
Ice hockey star Jaromir Jagr has been having mixed fortunes at his new
club New York Rangers, and is it the end of the line for another Czech
legend, Dominik Hasek?
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