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It was a dramatic weekend for Czech tennis number one Jiri Novak, who reached his first ever Masters Series final only to miss the match through injury. In football, Sparta Prague remain at the top of the league, while foreign clubs are reportedly hoping to sign several of the club's key players. Pardubice stay on top of ice hockey's Extraliga, while Roman Sebrle has again been nominated for world athlete of the year. All those stories are in Sports News.

In Sports News; the Czech Republic's footballers have won the second game of their qualifying, beating Belarus 2:0 in Teplice. Jiri Novak has become the first Czech tennis player to make the top ten of ATP's ranking system since Petr Korda, the champions of ice hockey's Extraliga - Sparta Prague - are stuck in the wrong half of the table, and Czech-born golfer Alexander Cejka has been talking about his first European Tour title in seven years.

The Grand Pardubice steeplechase - the biggest event on the Czech horse-racing calendar - has been won by Maskula. The Czech football team played Moldova in atrocious conditions and managed to bag three points, making an ideal start to their Euro 2004 campaign. Jiri Novak reached his first tennis final of the year, only to be beaten in four sets. All those stories and more are in Sports News.

After failing to reach the World Cup, the Czech Republic will be hoping to make amends by getting to the Euro 2004 football championships; they play their first two qualifiers over the next week. The draw for the second round of the UEFA Cup could have been worse for the four Czech clubs involved. And ice hockey star Jiri Slegr had a less than ideal final game for Extraliga club Litvinov. All those stories and more are in Sports News.

Viktoria Zizkov have caused a huge upset in football's UEFA Cup by knocking out Glasgow Rangers, while three other Czech teams have also made it through to the second round. Meanwhile, the Czech national team are preparing for two Euro 2004 qualifiers. The Czech Republic have drawn Russia in the first round of tennis's Davis Cup, and ice hockey coach Josef Augusta has gotten off to a bad start with bottom of the table Havirov. All those stories and more are in Sports News.

The Czech volleyball team have scraped through to the last 16 at the world championships in Argentina. In football, both Rosicky and Koller got on the scoreboard for Dortmund in the Champions League, while English champions Arsenal are said to be interested in the Czech defender Tomas Ujfalusi. Daja Bedanova has dropped her coach, who also happens to be her father. All those stories and more are in Sports News.

The Czech cyclist Lada Kozlikova has won the first Czech gold medal in track cycling in 16 years. Sparta Prague still lead the football league despite a poor performance against Pribram, while they and three other Czech clubs look forward to European action during the week. And Jaromir Jagr continues to be the best paid Czech sportsman. That's all in today's Sports News.

The most anticipated clash in Czech football, Sparta Prague versus Slavia Prague ends scoreless, though there are goals aplenty between Liberec and Ceske Budejovice. Czech internationals have been giving a good account of themselves in Europe's biggest competition, the Champions League. In ice hockey, former Czech coach Josef Augusta is close to signing with Havirov. That's in today's Sports News.

Czech teams had mixed fortunes in the first round of football's UEFA Cup on Thursday, while Czech internationals did well in some of Europe's top leagues. The coach of the Czech Fed Cup and Davis Cup teams, Jan Kukal, has resigned, and a Formula 1 car has appeared on a Czech circuit for the first time ever. All those stories and more are in Sports News.

Viktoria Zizkov have caused a big upset in football's UEFA Cup with a 2:0 first-leg win over Scottish league leaders Glasgow Rangers, and while football and ice hockey players are getting back into action, athletes are hanging up their spikes for the winter; hurdler Jiri Muzik reflects on a successful season. That's in Sports News.