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In Sports News this Monday: Czech soccer’s first division set for
cliff-hanger finale with Plzeň’s lead on Sparta down to two points with
one game to go; Hradec Králové and České Budějovice relegated as
Bohemians 1905 bounce straight back from second tier; and decathlon great
Roman Šebrle may well have competed for last time. More
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In Sports News this Monday: Zuzana Hejnová wins 400m hurdles at Diamond
League meeting in Shanghai; Baník Ostrava football club come dangerously
close to bankruptcy; Arsenal and Spurs said to be keen to snap up Czech
striker Matěj Vydra; and Tomáš Berdych overcomes one bogeyman in Rome
but can’t get past second. More
Athlete philanthropist runs from Prague to Morocco to support safe drinking water projects
In 2012 athlete-philanthropist David Chrištof ran unsupported from Prague
to London to raise money for safe drinking water for an orphanage in
Uganda. This week he set out on a 3000 km run from Prague to Morocco to
bring attention to the world water crisis and raise more money for people
not fortunate enough to have this basic necessity. More
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In Sports News: the Czech Republic defeats Kazakhstan to advance in Davis
Cup; Plzen and Třinec reach final in hockey playoffs; in the NHL, Jaromír
Jágr sees winning start with the Boston Bruins; 12,000 people take part in
the Prague Half Marathon. More
"Born" in pub, Prague Marathon now ranked among world's best
Next Sunday, over 12,000 people will participate in the Prague Half
Marathon, the precursor to the internationally renowned full Prague
Marathon, which takes place in mid May. The man who has made possible these
events – and many more runs around the Czech Republic – is Carlo
Capalbo, an Italian businessman who has been living in Prague for over two
decades. More
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In Sports News this Monday: the Czech Republic pick up five medals at the
European Indoor Athletics Championships – including gold for Pavel
Maslák in the 400m; a win in the Malaysian Open gives Karolína
Plíšková her first WTA title; and Viktoria Plzeň see their lead in the
Czech league shrink to one point as they prepare to face Fenerbache. More
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In Sports News this Monday: the Czech Republic’s ice hockey players win
the Karjala Cup for the first time in 18 attempts; Barbora Špotáková
becomes Czech Athlete of the Year for the sixth year in a row; the Czech
men’s tennis team are preparing to meet Spain in the Davis Cup final in
Prague; Viktoria Plzeň go top in the Czech soccer league; and the national
team have gathered ahead of a friendly against Slovakia. More
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In Sports News: Barbora Špotáková wins Diamond League in women’s
javelin for second time in career; in football, Czech midfielder Petr
Jiráček appears Hamburg-bound; Bayer Leverkusen want almost 100,000 euros
in damages for attack on team player; Sparta and Jablonec face each other
on Monday in Czech top division; Kvitová faces Slovenia’s Polona Hercog
in the first round of the US Open. More
One of the Czech Republic’s most successful Olympic teams back home
For the Czech Republic, the London Olympics proved to be the most
successful summer games since Atlanta 16 years ago. With four gold, three
silver and three bronze medals, the country ranked 19th in the
international medal count. Some of the athletes made the trip back home as
soon as their events were over but on Monday two special flights brought
the rest of the team –including a number of medalists - back home. JP
went to meet them at Prague’s Kbely airport. More
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In this week's Sports News: From five medals to ten; Hejnová secures
bronze in the Women’s hurdles; canoe sprinting quartet secure Czech
Republic another bronze; Barbora Špotáková wins javelin gold medal;
Svoboda brings the Czech team a third gold and a final gold medal on the
final Olympic day. More
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