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Only a few dozen Czech ice hockey fans came to Ruzyne airport on Sunday to greet the Czech national team returning from the Ice Hockey World Championship in Helsinki. After Canada beat the Czech Republic 8-4 in the semi-final on Friday, the Czechs faced their former federation partner Slovakia in Saturday's bronze-medal match.

The Czech Republic have played eight won eight at the ice hockey World Championships in Finland, as things start to get serious with a clash against holders Slovakia. The country's footballers have put on another sterling display, this time against the Turks, and squad members have spoken out against racism on the terraces. Tennis player Bohdan Ulihrach has lost his appeal against a two-year doping ban and the ladies will take on South Africa in the Fed Cup play-offs.

The Czech Republic's ice hockey start have got off to a winning start at the World Championships in Finland. The country's women's tennis team meanwhile have fallen victim to the power of the Williams sisters in the Fed Cup. Sparta Prague have gone further ahead in an exciting end to the Czech football season, Baros gets a brace for Liverpool and Arsenal are keen to sign Ostrava wunderkind Papadopulos.

Czech ice hockey coach Slavomir Lener has bagged some big names from the NHL for his squad for the World Championships while the Czechs have finally broken their "Russian curse" at the tenth attempt. Tomas Repka has not been recalled to the Czech football squad ahead of a friendly against Turkey and Denisa Chladkova has pulled out of the Czech women's tennis team just days before a tough Fed Cup clash with the United States.

Slavia Prague have kept their nerve to win ice hockey's Extraliga for the first time in the club's history. In other hockey news Jaromir Jagr has said he won't play for the Czech Republic in the forthcoming World Championships because he doesn't have anything to offer the team at the moment. In football, Slavia have narrowed the gap at the top of the table and any ideas when a Czech tennis player won in the singles in a tournament on the world circuit? Clue: it wasn't recently.

The Czech ice hockey team will have to do without the disqualified Petr Nedved at the forthcoming World Championships: we hear the reaction of coach Slavomir Lener. Pardubice have continued their remarkable comeback and the Extraliga play-offs finals will, for the first time ever, be decided by the last game. The Czech women's tennis team will go to the United States for a Fed Cup tie, but without number one Chladkova. And is the most exciting young player in the Czech football league bound for Inter Milan?

Sparta Prague look unstoppable in the Czech football league after a crucial away win at second-placed Slavia. International goalkeeper Petr Cech is attracting the interest of some of the biggest clubs in the world, including Real Madrid and Manchester United. In ice hockey Pardubice make a remarkable comeback to keep themselves in the Extraliga play-offs final series and the Czech national team have been continuing their preparations for the upcoming World Championships in Finland.

The Czech Republic's men's tennis team have drawn Thailand away in the play-offs for the Davis Cup World Group: Jiri Novak says it will be a tough tie. In ice hockey Slavia lead the final series in the Extraliga play-offs and Milan Hejduk is the first Czech ever to become the top-scorer in the regular NHL season. Sparta Prague have been beaten in the Czech cup after showing their lack of interest in the competition by fielding a weak team and attendance at football games is getting even worse.

Hockey dominates the sports news, we take a look at the first two games between Pardubice and Slavia Prague in the Czech hockey playoff finals. Milan Hejduk has won the NHL's Rocket Richard Trophy. A list of possible players for the Czech Republic's World Hockey Championship team. And a recap of action from the Czech football league.

The Czech Republic's football team scored a comfortable and impressive victory over Austria to continue their successful Euro 2004 campaign - we hear from two-goal hero Jan Koller. The president of the Czech Tennis Union is not at all happy about leading player Daja Bedanova's possible adoption German citizenship and Slavia Prague have made it to the finals of the ice hockey Extraliga finals for the first time.