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In Sports News: ice hockey star Jaromir Jagr has been named Czech Sportsman
of the Year for the first time; world champion cross country skier Katerina
Neumannova says she doesn't mind finishing second, while third placed Jakub
Janda wins another ski jumping World Cup event; the Czech ice hockey team
lose all of their three games in Moscow's Rosno Cup; and Arsenal are
reportedly keen to sign Czech footballer Tomas Rosicky.
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In Sports News: ski jumper Jakub Janda is on top of the world after
notching up his second win of the season - next stop the Czech Republic's
Harrachov; dubious penalties decisions for Sparta and Liberec mar the
weekend's football league action; and an injury to Czech ice hockey star
Robert Lang could be a lucky break for young forward Jiri Hudler.
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In Sports News: decathlete Roman Sebrle is named Czech Athlete of the
Season for the fourth year in a row, after finishing second this year at
the World Championships; cross country skier Katerina Neumannova begins
this "Olympic" season in fifth place; Liberec knock Slavia
Prague off the top of the Czech ice hockey league; and footballer Milan
Baros nets his first goal in two months.
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The weekend's sport had something of a Scandinavian flavour, with ice
hockey's Karjala Cup in Helsinki and of course the Czech national football
squad's first of two play-offs against Norway to qualify for next year's
World Cup in Germany. More
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Rising Czech tennis star Tomas Berdych defies the world rankings at the
Paris Masters; Nicole Vaidisova's 18-match unbeaten run is at an end, but
she still has reason to celebrate; Sparta Prague continue to struggle at
home and in Europe; Slavia falters at the top of ice hockey's Extraliga;
Jaromir Jagr continues to shine in the NHL. More
German fans cheer for Litvinov - or is it Oberleutensdorf?
The Czech-German border is one of history's fault lines, for centuries a
place of tension between the German and the Slav worlds. For many people
the events of 1938, when Hitler annexed the Czech border regions are still
in living memory, and after the war almost the entire German minority of
Czechoslovakia was forcibly expelled. But although we often hear about
Czech-German tensions, on the ground things today are very different. Once
closely guarded borders are open and cross-border relations are friendly
and for the most part break the stereotype. A case in point is in the
northern Czech industrial town of Litvinov - once known in German as
Oberleutensdorf - famous for its chemical works and its ice-hockey team,
and just ten kilometres from the border. David Vaughan went along to the
Ivan Hlinka Hockey Stadium, to meet some rather unusual Litvinov fans.
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In Sports News: after six years Slavia have beaten Sparta in the Prague
derby - we have the reaction of both managers; Czech ice hockey stars are
in fine form in the NHL; and Roman Kresta has achieved the best ever
placing for a Czech driver in the World Rally Championship.
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In Sports News: the Czech Republic will face Norway in the football World
Cup play-offs, while former captain Pavel Nedved surprises many by saying
he is available for the two games; Sparta Prague get off to a winning
start under new manager Stanislav Griga; Slavia ice hockey club lose for
the first time this season; and Nicole Vaidisova climbs to 17th in
tennis's world rankings after taking three WTA titles in as many weeks.
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