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Tennis-Defending champion Novak pulls out of Swiss Open, Czech football teams successful in Intertoto Cup first round, Czech Barbora Strycova wins girls' doubles at Wimbledon, Czechs become European champions in triathlon. Yes, it's the sports, and we have quite a mixed bag of news today.

Czech international football player Vladmir Smicer has been offered a new contract by Liverpool, while promising young goalkeeper Petr Cech looks set to join Everton if he gets a work permit. The Czech ice hockey league's player of the year, Petr Cajanek, is on his way to the NHL. All those stories and more are in Sports News.

Ice hockey goaltender Dominik Hasek has been speaking to journalists after arriving home in the Czech Republic, and says he has no regrets about retiring. Tennis player Jan Vacek is the only Czech left at Wimbledon, and Jiri Welsch has become only the second Czech basketball player ever to make the NBA draft. For those stories and more check out Sports News.

Ice hockey legend Dominik Hasek retires after a long and successful career. Mixed fortunes for Czech players at Wimbledon, and football coach Zdenek Zeman has won an award for his campaign against drugs in the game. All those stories and more are in Sports News.

Coming up in today's sports news - Czech tennis players line up for the first day of Wimbledon, NHL goaltender Dominik Hasek appears on the brink of hanging up his skates (for real this time), and the only Czech at the World Cup - assistant referee Evzen Amler - prepares for the crucial semi-final encounter between Germany and giant-killers South Korea.

Daniela Bedanova causes an upset at the Eastbourne tennis tournament, but Martina Navratilova's singles comeback does not last long. Ice hockey goalie Dominik Hasek is reported to be staying at Detroit for another year, while the Czech football referee has made it to the elite last 16 refs at the World Cup. All those stories and more are in today's Sports News.

We start with hockey and Dominik Hasek has finally done it: on Thursday he was at last able to raise the prestigious Stanley Cup over his head, after helping fellow team mates from the Detroit Red Wings defeat rivals the Carolina Hurricane in a 3-1 victory...

An athletics world record was broken in the Czech Republic for the first time in seven years at the Golden Spike in Ostrava, which was attended by US sprinter Marion Jones, Czech javelin king Jan Zelezny and runner Ludmila Formanova. Ice hockey goalie Dominik Hasek is just one win away from lifting the Stanley Cup. Those stories and more are in Sports News.

Hasek's Red Wings win two games to take the lead in the Stanley Cup. Novak loses at the Czech Open in Prostejov. Kasparkova is back after having a baby, and looking forward to Wednesday's Golden Spike in Ostrava. And there's one Czech at the World Cup - a linesman. Those stories and more are in Sports News.

Czech climber Miroslav Caban conquers Everest without using oxygen. Neumannova should win Winter Olympics medals as Russian skier is disqualified for drug-taking. Hasek's Red Wings lose opening game of Stanley Cup play-offs and in football Spara Prague now have three quality goalkeepers.