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In this weeks sports news, the Czech Republic progresses to the Davis Cup
quarter finals; the national hockey team sees one debacle and one triumph;
Czech basketball player Jan Veselý helps his NBA team to victory and ski
jumper Roman Koudelka scores a career-best jump. More
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In Sports News: Two tough wins by tennis player Petra Kvitová at the
weekend advanced the Czech Republic to the semi-final of the Fed Cup;
preliminary matches in Spain between Czech top flight football club Sparta
Prague and Switzerland’s Bellinzona ended following incident; in the NHL,
Plekanec scores, earns an assist to help Montreal Canadiens down the
Winnipeg Jets; in the domestic hockey league, Kometa Brno trounce
Vítkovice. More
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The Australian Open ended with mixed blessings for the Czech players, the
happiest of whom was doubtless Radek Štěpánek. Unseeded Štěpánek and
Leander Paes of India won the men’s doubles tournament, defeating the
defending champions, the American Bryan twins, 7-6, 6-2. With that,
Karviná native Štěpánek leapt forward 68 places in the rankings to
world 23rd, two places behind his compatriot František Čermák. More
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Starting with tennis - there was an extraordinary set of events in the
men’s fourth round of the Australian Open, where the Czech seventh seed
Tomas Berdych was booed off the Hisense Arena after an ill-tempered
fourth-round victory over Nicolas Almagro. More
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Starting off with tennis, and the Australian Open in Melbourne, where three
Czech players – among them favourite Tomáš Berdych, advanced to the
second round on Monday. World no. 7 Berdych had the wind and heat to
compete against as he faced Albert Ramos. More
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In Sports News: Czech tennis players Kvitová, Berdych triumph in Hopman
Cup; Sáblíková clinches fourth European Championship title in speed
skating; Bauer comes in sixth at Tour de Ski; Stanislav Řezáč wins Jizerská padesátka
cross-country skiing race; Jágr loses puck on key play in 6:4 Flyer loss
against Ottawa. More
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In Sports News: Czech tennis players Petra Kvitová and Tomáš Berdych
give Czech Republic a 2-1 win over Bulgaria in their opening match-up in
the Hopman Cup; Britain’s Andy Murray appoints 51-year-old tennis legend
Ivan Lendl as his new full-time coach; ski jumper Roman Koudelka finishes
in top 10 at Garmisch-Partenkirchen in the prestigious Four Hills
Tournament; star hockey player Jaromír Jágr will, for the first time in
his career, play in the NHL’s Winter Classic held outdoors under an open
sky; the Czech squad at the World Junior Hockey Championship faces Russia
in the quarterfinals. More
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In Sports News: Czech women’s floorball team wins bronze at World
Floorball Championships; in the domestic hockey league, Tipsport extraliga
Pardubice trounce Sparta; star Czech hockey forward Jaromír Jágr sets a
new milestone scoring his 656 NHL goal, tying Brendan Shanahan as No. 11
all-time scorer; Czech ski jumper Hlava finishes 13th in Harrachov. More
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In Sports News: The national football squad draws Russia, Poland and Greece
in Group A at next year’s Championships; footballers Sparta win final
autumn match but club will see key changes in management; in hockey, Kladno
snaps Sparta’s 10-game undefeated streak; downhill skier Bank finishes
46th at Beaver Creek. More
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In Sports News this Monday: Viktoria Plzeň see their first win in the
Champions League; in tennis, Tomáš Berdych loses in the semifinal of the
ATP’s World Tour Finals; in hockey, Czech hockey clubs refuse to form a
joint Czech-Slovak league; and in motorsport, a Czech driver takes part in
a Formula 1 event. More
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