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In this week’s Sports News: Veselý shuns the Czech national team to
focus on the NBA; Slavia draws 3-3 in pre-season friendly; hurdles athlete
Hejnová returns to form at the Diamond League tournament; cancer survivor
Koukal will carry the Olympic flag in London and Milan Baroš rejects a pay
cut and stays at Galatasaray. More
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In Sports News: Fans, players mark the 50th anniversary of
Czechoslovakia’s second-place finish at the 1962 World Cup; Pirlo
emulates Panenka with a cheeky chip against England at EURO 2012; Czech
football champions Liberec will face Kazakhstan’s Shakhter Karagandy in
the 2nd qualifying round of the Champions League; Kvitová begins defence
of Wimbledon title. More
Czechs end EURO 2012 campaign after quarter-final loss to Portugal
The Czech national football team lost 1:0 to Portugal in the quarterfinals
of EURO 2012 in Warsaw on Thursday and was knocked out of the tournament.
In the game, the Czechs delivered their best performance at the
championships but failed to stop Portugal’s star Ronaldo from sending
them home. Thursday’s match was also the Czech striker Milan Baroš’s
last appearance for the national side. More
Czechs sensationally win their group at EURO 2012 to book quarter-final spot
The Czech Republic’s national football team defeated EURO 2012 co-hosts
Poland in their last group-stage game on Saturday to surprisingly emerge as
winners of Group A. After a disappointing start to the tournament against
Russia, the Czech team gained momentum and beat both Greece and Poland,
advancing to the quarter-finals where they’ll play Portugal on Thursday.
But the injured Czech captain Tomáš Rosický’s participation in the
game is uncertain. More
Czech football team stuns Greece at EURO 2012
The Czech national football team rebounded on Tuesday from its opening loss
at EURO 2012, by defeating opponents Greece. The squad got off to the best
possible start: scoring two goals inside of six minutes. But a mistake by
goalie Čech in the second half put Greece back in the game, and made this
one closer than it should have been. More
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In Sports News this Monday: Czechs lose to Russia at Euro 2012; in tennis,
Petra Kvitová falls short of reaching French Open final; young athlete
sets new national heptathlon record and qualifies for the Olympics, and in
hockey, three Czech players keep hopes alive of winning the Stanley Cup. More
Czech soccer star upbeat about national squad’s EURO 2012 chances
Friday night at 8:45 p.m., the Czech national team meets Russia, its first
opponent in the group stage of the EURO 2012 soccer championships, hosted
by Poland and the Ukraine. The Czechs will also be playing Greece and
Poland in the group stage. Ahead of the kick-off, we spoke to Czech soccer
star Pavlína Ščasná-Nováková, who previously has played with FC
Bayern Munich as well as other international teams, about the Czechs’
chances, the health of the squad’s star players and the strengths of the
national team. More
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In Sports News: the Czech national football team arrives in Poland ahead of
Euro 2012; in hockey, the L.A. Kings have won the first two games of
Stanley Cup finals against the New Jersey Devils, lessening the chance the
cup will travel to the Czech Republic this year; in tennis, world No. 4
Petra Kvitová and fellow Czech player Klára Zakopalová have both made it
to the fourth round at the French Open. More
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In Sports News: Eleven days before the start of Euro 2012, football coach
Bílek makes final change to national team roster; in related news, the
coach will head the national squad at least until the summer of 2014; Czech
swimmer Petra Chocová takes gold the European Swimming Championships in
Hungary; cyclist Kreuziger finishes in disappointing 15th spot in Giro
d’Italia; press suggests Leafs could pick-up hockey goalie Vokoun. More
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In Sports News: Star goalie Petr Čech becomes just the fourth Czech in
football history to win the Champions League; national squad captain
Rosický should be fit in time for Euro 2012; in hockey, the Czech national
team wins bronze at the Ice Hockey World Championships. More
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