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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: Liberec win Czech football title; Arsenal, with Czech
midfielder Tomáš Rosický, have secured a spot in next year’s Champions
League; Chimsa, Kiprop win Prague International Marathon while legendary
footballer Pavel Nedvěd also takes part; the Czech national hockey team
wins over Italy but loses to Russia in group stage action at the World
Championship in ice hockey; Czech tennis player Berdych loses to Federer in
Madrid final. More
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In Sports news this Monday: Pardubice win the Czech hockey league playoffs;
in the NHL, the Philadelphia Flyers with Jaromír Jágr knock Pittsburgh
out of the Stanley Cup playoffs; in football, three teams compete for the
title with four rounds to go; and in tennis, the Czech Republic’s
women’s team beats Italy to reach the Fed Cup finals. More
Berdych puts Czechs through to Davis Cup semi-final
The World number 7 in men’s tennis, Tomáš Berdych, proved key in Davis
Cup action at the weekend, helping the Czech Republic win three points
against Serbia to put the Czechs through to the semi-final. Although his
match against Janko Tipsarevic was a decidedly even affair he held on and
at the weekend didn’t lose a single set. More
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In Sport News this Monday: the Czech women’s national hockey team reaches
the world’s top-tier while the league playoffs continue; in football,
Sparta Prague loses grip on lead in the top division; and in tennis, Czech
Republic’s Radek Štěpánek and India’s Leander Paes win in Miami. More
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In Sports news today: Czech tennis superstars keep their world rankings
ahead of the BNP Paribas Open; FC Viktoria Plzeň’s victory against
Sparta sees both it and Liberec eyeing Sparta’s top spot in the Gambrinus
Liga; HC Oceláři Třinec have to face PSG Zlín for a fifth time in the
ice hockey Extraliga playoffs and Sýkora’s hopes of celebrating in style
his 1000th professional match end in disappointment. More
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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
Nadal denies Berdych in tough four-setter at Australian Open
Men’s World No. 7 Tomáš Berdych had been having a good season so far
– recently wining, for example, the Hopman Cup in Australia with
women’s player Petra Kvitová; but on Tuesday he faced an even bigger
challenge: trying to get past Spain’s Rafael Nadal at the Australian Open
to reach his first-ever semi-final at the Grand Slam tournament. More
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