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In Sports News: Martina Navratilova's glittering career has come to an end
with victory in the mixed doubles at the US Open - the tennis legend says
she feels both joy and sorrow at retiring at the age of 49; Martin Damm
wins the men's doubles at the US Open, taking his first Grand Slam title
at 34; javelin great Jan Zelezny receives a standing ovation at his last
international meeting; and Sparta Prague's new boss gets off to a winning
start in a game of two halves.
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In Sports News: the Czech football team get off to a good start in their
bid to reach Euro 2008, with two debutants shining in a 2:1 win over
Wales, though Wales manager John Toshack believes match officials made
serious mistakes; Sparta Prague appoint their 16th boss in 13 years -
former star player Michal Bilek; two Czech singles players start the
second week at tennis's US Open; and Czech women's record holder Barbora
Spotakova wins the javelin at the last Golden League meeting of the
season.
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In Sports News: Roman Sebrle becomes the first decathlete in two decades to
defend his title at the European Athletics Championship; Barbora Spotakova
takes silver in the javelin in Gothenburg, and breaks her own Czech
women's record along the way; there are few changes to the Czech football
squad ahead of Wednesday's friendly versus Serbia; and Liberec stride out
in front in the Czech league while Sparta manage just one goal in three
games.
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Javelin legend Jan Zelezny, 40, wins medal in dream farewell in Gothenburg
Jan Zelezny is widely believed to be the greatest athlete to have ever
thrown the javelin. He holds the world record in the discipline, and has
been both Olympic and World Champion three times. His long and glittering
career came to an end on Wednesday night, when Zelenzy, now 40, took part
in his final competition, the European Championships. Fittingly, he came
away with one last medal.
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In Sports News: as the new Czech football season begins Liberec make a
great start while Sparta Prague stumble; ex-international Horst Siegl
scores his 175th league goal at the age of 37; Czech players make a big
impact on the opening weekend of the Scottish season; javelin legend Jan
Zelezny may be 40 but he's still in with a chance of a medal at the
European Championships; and Prague's Troja is gearing up for the water
slalom world championships.
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In Sports News: the rising Czech tennis star Nicole Vaidisova takes her
biggest scalp to date at the French Open; Tomas Berdych loses to Roger
Federer in Paris; the Czech team win their last friendly before leaving
for the World Cup on Tuesday; and decathlete Roman Sebrle comes first at a
meeting in France.
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In Sports News: the Czech Republic beat a physical Saudi Arabia side 2:0 in
a World Cup warm-up; Karel Poborsky's Ceske Budejovice win promotion to the
Czech first division; Nicole Vaidisova and Martina Navratilova win prizes
in Strasbourg; and Roman Sebrle is forced to pull out of a meeting in
Austria.
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In Sports News: Roman Sebrle takes bronze in the heptathlon at the World
Indoor Athletics Championships in Moscow; ski jumper Jakub Janda is
extremely close to taking an historic World Cup title, while cross-country
skier Katerina Neumannova comes second in her second-last meeting of the
season; Liberec lose, and lose goaltender Milan Hnilicka, in their opening
game in ice hockey's Extraliga playoffs; and Slovan Liberec forge further
ahead in the Czech football league.
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In Sports News: cross country skier Katerina Neumannova wins the Czech
Republic's first medal at the Winter Olympics in Turin; eighteen-year-old
speed skater Martina Sablikova is satisfied with seventh place in her
first Olympics; ski jumper Jakub Janda finishes a poor 13th, while Nikola
Sudova and Lukas Bauer are also disappointed; and - away from Turin -
javelin legend Jan Zelezny has announced he is retiring this year.
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