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In Sports News: internationals Petr Cech and Milan Baros discuss the new trend of Czech players joining English clubs; in-form strike Jan Koller equals the all-time international goals record and scores a goal a game for Dortmund; Sarka Zahrobska wins the first ever Czech medal at the Alpine ski World Championships - on her 20th birthday; and the Czech ice hockey team bounce back from defeat to come second at the Swedish Games.

In Sports News: Czech tennis players Jiri Novak and Radek Stepanek reach ATP finals, though both fall at the final hurdle; Jaroslav Baba sets a new Czech record in the high jump while his ex-girlfriend Denisa Scerbova sets a record in the long jump 24 hours later; Sarka Zahrobska is half a second away from bronze at the Alpine skiing World Championships; and football goalkeeper Petr Cech sets another record in the English Premiership while yet another is firmly within his sights.

In Sports News: a black day for Czech football as famous Prague club Bohemians go to the wall; sacked Sparta manager Frantisek Straka proves he did not take cocaine; the trend of Czech players joining English Premiership clubs continues; ice hockey star Jaromir Jagr comes home to nurse an injury: and New York Rangers player Jason Marshall scores his first goal in the Czech Extraliga.

In Sports News: Czech skiing has one of its most successful weekends ever, with World Cup wins for cross country skier Lukas Bauer and ski jumper Jakub Janda; Pavel Nedved sustains a knee injury, while Miroslav Matusovic signs for Nedved's old club, Sparta Prague; four Czech clubs could be barred from the league due to insolvency; and there are no Czech singles players left in the Australian Open.

In Sports News: leading Czech cross country skier Katerina Neumannova wins the first World Cup event of her career in front of home fans; little known Czech tennis player Ivo Minar is knocked out in the final of the Sydney International; Sparta Prague football club find out this week if they are to be investigated for corruption; this year's Dakar Rally is one to forget for Czech drivers; and Robert Lang is not, after all, going to play in the Czech ice hockey league.

In Sports News: the atmosphere turns bitter as javelin legend Jan Zelezny stands against incumbent Milan Jirasek for chairmanship of the Czech Olympic Committee; skier Nikola Sudova becomes the first Czech woman to win a moguls World Cup event, while cross country star Katerina Neumannova impresses on her return from illness; and footballer Jiri Jarosik makes his first appearance for Chelsea just days after arriving in London.

In Sports News: the Czech Under 20 team is knocked out of the ice hockey World Championships; Jiri Novak is taking January off and misses the Australian Open, while Martina Navratilova says she is still "damn good"; Sigma Olomouc goalkeeper Martin Vaniak becomes unofficial world champion in saving free kicks.

In Sports News: Petr Cech continues to impress, with the Czech international goalkeeper keeping his 14th clean sheet of the season for Chelsea on Sunday; Porto are chasing Tomas Rosicky, while Marek Jankulovski is linked to glamour club AC Milan; Tomas Vokoun departs the Czech ice hockey league for Helsinki, while Jan Caloun notches up nine goals in six games after a stint in Russia; almost 100 "hardy fellows" brave the Vltava river for the annual St Stephen's Day swim.

In Sports News: Olympic gold medallist Roman Sebrle is named Czech Sportsperson of the Year, while the widow of Ivan Hlinka receives the Emil Zatopek Sporting Legend award on behalf of her late husband; Milan Baros plays a blinder for club Liverpool; sacked Sparta Prague manager Frantisek Straka says he will sue a newspaper over cocaine allegations; the Czech Republic come third in the Rosno Cup ice hockey tournament in Moscow.

In Sports News: Czech ski jumper Jakub Janda wows the home crowd in the north Bohemian resort of Harrachov, reaching the podium for the third weekend in a row; in football Slavia Prague avert a crisis, finding the money to pay players threatening a mass walkout; Patrik Elias is set to leave the Czech ice hockey league, where Ladislav Lubina sets a new appearances record of 847 games.