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The Czech football squad have been seriously depleted for their game against Austria on Saturday. One of the six players who are unavailable, Vladimir Smicer, says he doesn't recall a time when so many regulars were unavailable. In the Czech league, Ostrava are still in front after drawing with Jablonec, while Slavia Prague took three points and a bloodied keeper away from their game in Teplice. And in the ice hockey Prague derby, Sparta came from 2:0 down to draw with Slavia.

Sparta Prague were unfortunate not to take all three points from Lazio away in the Champions League on Wednesday night; after leading 2:0 at half-time the Czech champions conceded two goals in the second half and had to settle for a draw. Elsewhere, Czech national captain Pavel Nedved again proved he is one of the best players in the world as he scored two goals to rescue his club Juventus. Meanwhile, Strasbourg's Vaclav Drobny has tested positive for morphine and the troubled Jan Simak is receiving treatment for nervous exhaustion after doing

After a dramatic final against Russia, the Czech women's basketball team have come second at the European Championships in Greece. Czech football league leaders Ostrava have continued their great start to the season with a 3:0 win over Zlin, while Teplice and Sparta have both won to take up second and third positions. Hannover's Czech midfielder Jan Simak is missing: since failing to turn up for training last week the troubled midfielder has simply disappeared. Czech number one Jiri Novak has been well beaten in the final of the Shanghai Open and

Temperatures in Athens, the venue for next year's Olympics, regularly reach 40 degrees Celsius in August: we ask a member of the Czech Olympic Committee if they are worried about the effect the heat might have on Czech athletes. Tennis legend Martina Navratilova says next season will be her last in the top flight, and suggests she may go into politics. Three Czech football teams have been in UEFA Cup action, with Teplice's away win against Kaiserslautern making the most headlines. Czech Borussia Dortmund stars Koller and Rosicky have both been

The Czech Davis Cup team have beaten Thailand to ensure their place amongst tennis's top 16 nations next season; Jiri Novak tells us he expected a tougher clash with Thai number one Paradorn Srishapan. In football, Sparta Prague have bounced back from their defeat to Chelsea, while Slavia have continued their slide. Czech stars Jan Koller and Tomas Rosicky and their Dortmund team-mates were confronted by angry fans after losing on Saturday. And in the ice hockey Extraliga Sparta are the only side with the maximum points after five rounds.

Sparta Prague were sunk by a late goal from glamour team Chelsea in the Champions League - we hear the post-match reactions of Sparta striker Igor Gluscevic and Chelsea's Italian manager, Claudio Ranieri. In the domestic league, Ostrava have steamed even further ahead, with a win over Slavia in Prague. Two Czech ice hockey stars from the Nagano winning-team have been reunited at club level, while another Olympic winner has announced his retirement. Meanwhile, the domestic hockey world has been shocked by the news of the suicide of a young

Only days after the euphoria of qualifying for Euro 2004, there was bad news for Czech football fans at the weekend, when star Milan Baros was seriously injured; his Czech team-mate Vladimir Smicer describes just how Baros broke his fibula. Sparta Prague have lost to Liberec, just days before their opening Champions League game against Chelsea. In ice hockey, the new Extraliga season began badly for champions Slavia and favourites Pardubice, who both lost on Friday. Vera Pospisilova ended the season on a high with gold in the discus at the World

The Czech Republic's footballers have qualified for Euro 2004, after beating the Netherlands in Prague on Wednesday with goals from Koller, man-of-the-match Poborsky and Baros; captain Pavel Nedved says the Czech team can do big things. Meanwhile, the Czech Under 21s have made things complicated for themselves by losing to the Dutch in their qualifying campaign. Czech number two Radek Stepanek is injured and will miss the Davis Cup World Group play-offs against Thailand, the first Czech to ever reach basketball's NBA is back in the Czech league

It was mission accomplished for the Czech Republic's football team in Minsk on Saturday, when they beat Belarus to keep them on course for a place at next year's European Championships in Portugal. They now face the Netherlands in a game that should decide which country qualifies automatically and which faces play-offs. Home advantage was no help to the Czech ice hockey team, who came last in the first competition of the Euro Hockey Tour. The Czech volleyball team have had a disappointing European Championships and, to add to Czech sports fans'

Czechs face Holland and Belarus in EURO 2004 qualification. Srnicek returns to premier league with Portsmouth. Centre Jiri Dopita signs a one-year contract with Pardubice. Slegr heading for Vancouver again. Czech ski-alpinists to scale a virgin Himalaya peak. Man enjoys a joy ride in stolen racing car.