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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
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In Sports News this Monday: In football, Czechs lose to Ukraine in
pre-qualification friendly while action continues in Gambrinus Liga; in
tennis, Olympic silver medallists Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká
win doubles title at Cincinnati; and in basketball, the Czech team is
second in qualification for next year’s European championships. More
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In this week's Sports News: Vavřinec Hradilek brings Czechs their first
Olympic medal; a second silver for Czechs in rowing competition;
Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká win silver in the tennis doubles;
Kolocová and Sluková are knocked out in the beach volleyball
quarter-finals; Sýkorová wins bronze in shooting competition and
Miroslava Knapková brings Czechs their first gold medal. More
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In this week's Sports News: the Czech Olympic women’s basketball team
suffers defeat by China; cancer survivor and badminton player Petr Koukal
loses his first two Olympics matches; tennis star Tomáš Berdych crashes
out of the Olympics; Petra Kvitová survives an early scare; the Czech
women's beach volleyball duo fight back to secure victory and Jakub
Voráček signs a four year contract with NHL team Philadelphia Flyers. More
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In this week's Sports News: Dominik Hašek is named the greatest ever
European ice hockey player; Czech Záhlavová-Strýcová is beaten in the
Italiacom Open finals; Czech Olympic javelin hopeful performs in
pre-Olympic tournament; police close the case of death of Rally Bohemia
navigator and Czech wins third stage in Tour de Pologne cycle competition. More
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In this week's Sports News: coach Lendl fails to bring Murray Wimbledon
victory; the last remaining Czech players are defeated at the Wimbledon
finals; a tearful Navrátilová remembers parents absence during Cold
War-era win and Czechs win the Women’s Volleyball League Title More
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In this week's Sports News, Petra Kvitová to play crucial fourth round
match at Wimbledon; Czech players on the move in the NHL; two local
ice-hockey teams form a business partnership; five medals for Czechs at
the
European Athletics Championships and the national women's basketball team
qualifies at the eleventh hour for the London Olympics. More
Lendl and Navrátilová: home and away
The year is 1984, and Ivan Lendl plays the winning point against John
McEnroe in the final of the French Open in Paris, one of eight Grand Slam
singles titles in his career. The 1970s and 80s were period of huge tennis
success in Czechoslovakia, and the country put considerable resources into
the sport. Unlike most of their compatriots, the country’s top tennis
players were able to travel round the world, and when Czechoslovak Radio
caught up with the 19-year-old Lendl just before Christmas 1979, it was
during one of his rare trips back home: 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
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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
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