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Czech tennis number one Jiri Novak beat Andre Agassi for the first time ever at the Masters Cup in Shanghai, though Roger Federer proved tougher opposition. In football, the police have begun investigating allegations that a former Zizkov player took a bribe, while two of the best-known managers in Czech football are reportedly bound for the former Soviet Union. All those stories and more are in Sports News.

Slavia Prague's footballers have ended Zizkov's 30-game unbeaten home run, on a pitch that looked like it had just been ploughed. Sparta stay top with yet another win, while Hradec Kralove have got their first win of the season. Czech international striker Jan Koller was the talk of the Bundesliga on Saturday when, after scoring a goal, he had to go IN goal for 25 minutes. In ice hockey, the Czech Republic have come second in the Karjala Cup, after yet another defeat at the hands of Russia. Those stories and more are in Sports News.

Jiri Novak has drawn Agassi, Federer and Ferrero in the group stage of tennis's prestigious Masters Cup in Shanghai; we hear how he rates his chances. The Czech ice hockey team have beaten world champions Slovakia in a friendly ahead of the Karjala Cup. In football, there's no change at the top of the Czech league and, after an extremely long absence, Patrik Berger has lined up for Liverpool. All those stories and more are in Sports News.

Czech tennis number one Jiri Novak has crowned the best season of his career by reaching the Masters Cup in Shanghai, and puts his new-found success down to coach Jan Kukal. Decathlete Roman Sebrle has been named Czech Athlete of the Year. And the first leg of the second round of the UEFA Cup did not go as well as the four Czech teams taking part might have hoped. All those stories and more are in Sports News.

Czech ice hockey coach Slavomir Lener has called up five uncapped players for a Euro Hockey Tour tournament in Helsinki next week. In tennis, Jiri Novak hopes to cap the best season of his career with an appearance at the Shanghai Masters, though his fate is not in his own hands. Tomas Rosicky has made headlines around Europe with his part in Dortmund's Champions League win over Arsenal and Zizkov have been beaten at home in the first leg of their UEFA Cup second round tie with Spain's Betis. All those stories and more are in Sports News.

A statue of the legendary Czech long-distance runner Emil Zatopek has just been erected in a very fitting location - the garden of the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland. We hear from his widow Dana Zatopkova, and the greatest Czech athlete of the modern age, Jan Zelezny. Also in Sports News, AC Milan are reportedly interested in Slavia's Stepan Vachosek and Jiri Novak says he will play at tennis's Paris Masters, despite an injury.

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.