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Hurdler Jiri Muzik says he hopes to repeat his success at last year's European Athletics Championships on the world stage. Meanwhile, Jan Zelezny in the javelin and triple-jumper Sarka Kasparkova say they will be in Paris next weekend. World champion Valentino Rossi thrills the crowds at the Czech Motor Cycling Grand Prix in Brno, Milan Hejduk is Czech ice hockey player of the year and footballer Patrik Berger scores on his debut for Portsmouth.

Slavia Prague look like missing out on Champions League action - and an estimated 100 million crowns - after losing 3:0 away to Celta Vigo in the first leg of the final qualifying round. Sparta, meanwhile, are in a very good position to progress, after beating Vardar Skopje 3:2 away, with two of those goals coming from an in-form Karel Poborsky. The Czech Athletics Union has announced its 24-member team for the forthcoming world championships in Paris, though doubts remain about the fitness of Jan Zelezny and other leading Czech athletes. And Jaromir

An incident in Saturday's 0:0 draw between Sparta Prague and Pribram is being described as unique in the history of the Czech football league, with the referee ruling a goal off-side a full five minutes after signalling that it was legitimate! Tomas Rosicky has played what many believe is his best game yet for Borussia Dortmund. Ice hockey star Dominik Hasek will not face criminal proceedings for an attack on an opponent in an in-line hockey match and Martin Doktor has, once again, swept the board at the Czech Canoeing Championships.

Slavia Prague are through to the final qualifying round of football's most prestigious club competition, the Champions League. Meanwhile, dreams of European success are over for Liberec and Brno, who were both knocked out of the Intertoto Cup. Jan Priborksy has become the seventh and youngest Czech to swim the English Channel and Prague's Wenceslas Square has hosted a beach volleyball tournament, of all things.

Veteran Slavia Prague striker Pavel Kuka has, at the age of 35, scored his 100th goal in the Czech football league. Meanwhile, Tomas Rosicky has been wearing the captain's armband at Borussia Dortmund at just 22. Police are investigating allegations that a leading Czech football agent has been using strong arm tactics to scare off rivals. Kayaker Stepanka Hilgertova has crowned a great season by coming second in the Water Slalom World Cup and tennis player Bohdan Ulihrach has reached an out of court settlement with the ATP after being unjustly

Czech ice hockey fans will have the chance to see the NHL's Stanley Cup up close on Sunday, when the New Jersey Devils Czech star Patrik Elias shows the trophy off in his home town. While Jiri Slegr considers his future, Jaromir Jagr looks set to stay at Washington. In football Slavia Prague have won away in their Champions League second qualifying tie against Bosnian side Leotar Trebinje.

The Czech Republic topped the medals table at the World Water Slalom Championships at Augsburg, Germany, with three golds, a silver and a bronze. In swimming, Ilona Hlavackova has taken the first ever Czech medal at the World Championships. The new Czech football season has begun, while the two Czech teams in the Champions League qualifiers face tough opposition. And police have recommended the state attorney file charges against ice hockey goaltender Dominik Hasek for a brutal attack during an in-line hockey game.

The Czech swimmer Kvetoslav Svoboda is looking forward to next year's Olympics, after an impressive performance at the world championships in Barcelona. Footballer Zdenek Grygera has left Sparta Prague for Ajax Amsterdam, where he will team up with international team-mate Tomas Galasek. The Czech football league kicks off a new season this weekend, with champions Sparta the bookies' favourite. Meanwhile Sparta's women's team have been stripped of their title. And tennis player Daja Bedanova is to take German citizenship.

The Czech Under 19 football team beat England on Sunday to win a semi-finals place at the European Championships. The Czech women's tennis team have made sure of their place in next year's Fed Cup World Group, thanks to a play-offs win over South Africa in Durban. Meanwhile, swimmer Yvetta Hlavacova says a whole year's hard work has gone down the drain, after coming 11th in Barcelona. Vaclav Chalupa has won the Czech rowing championships for the 15th year in a row and ice hockey forward Vaclav Prospal has signed a five-year, 17.5-million-dollar

Michal Papadopulos has finally received a Greek passport, clearing the way for a fairytale move from Banik Ostrava to one of Europe's biggest clubs, Arsenal. The 18-year-old says Arsenal's management were keen for him to join as soon as possible. Only one player left the Czech ice hockey Extraliga for the NHL during the latter's transfer season and Swiss Open winner Jiri Novak is on the courts again, this time in Stuttgart.