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Jiri Novak is set to face top seed Lleyton Hewitt in tennis's US Open, while Daja Bedanova has been knocked out by the women's number one seed Serena Williams. Sparta Prague have made it five wins out of five in the Czech football league, while Bohemians have finally got their first point. Racing driver Tomas Enge is one point behind with one race to go in the Formula 3000 championship, while ice hockey star Jaromir Jagr has passed his school leaving exams. All those stories and more in Sports News.

Coming up in this review of sports news, Liberec and Sparta are out of the Champions League after falling foul of the away goals rule, Czech international Patrik Berger says he's staying on at Liverpool, and Daja Bedanova is through to the third round of the US Open.

Coming up in this review of sports news, a less than convincing return to league football for former national coach Josef Chovanec, Jiri Novak and Daja Bedanova line up for the opening day of the U.S. Grand Slam tournament, riders at Brno's motorcycling Grand Prix raise money for villages affected by the recent floods, and 30-year-old NHL star Jaromir Jagr swots up for his high-school leaving exams.

The Czech Republic's football team impress in a 4:1 win over Slovakia, with Dortmund players Koller and Rosicky getting two apiece. Patrik Berger, not even on the bench these days at Liverpool, is considering his future. In ice hockey, coach Lener has made a couple of surprising selections, and some of the Czech Republic's top tennis players face tough competition in the first round of the US Open. That's all in Sports News.

Dominik Hasek has been disappointed to end his career with second in the Czech ice hockey player of the year awards, but has been raising millions for flood victims with his former Detroit teammates. Liberec football club have purchased Jan Polak for 22 million crowns, making him one of the most expensive players in the Czech league. In motor racing, Tomas Enge leads the Formula 3000 championship after coming first in the Hungarian Grand Prix. All those stories and more are in Sports News.

Floods are also affecting sports fixtures in the Czech Republic, where several leading sports stars are doing their bit to help their flood-hit countrymen. In sports events which have taken place this week, Liberec and Sparta Prague have lost the first legs of their Champions League play-offs. That's all in the Sports News.

Roman Sebrle takes the gold in the European Athletics Championships in Munich, while a number of top Czech athletes fail to make it to the winners' podium. In football Sparta Prague make it three wins in a row in the Czech league, and racing driver Tomas Enge could have another crack at Formula 1 later in the season. For all those stories in detail listen to Sports News.

All eyes are on the German city of Munich this week for the European Athletics Championships and we'll be bringing you a full look at how the Czech team has fared in Sports Report on Monday.

All eyes are on Munich this week for the European Athletics Championships and the Czech Republic is there with a record 40 member team. The big Czech hopes for the event are the declathletes, Roman Sebrle and Tomas Dvorak, and the javelin thrower Jan Zelezny. There's been a question-mark hanging over the fitness of Zelezny and Dvorak, but decathlon world record holder Roman Sebrle seems in top form. He was cautiously optimistic, when Radio Prague caught up with him on Friday on his way to Munich.

Sparta Prague look set for the final qualifying stage of the Champions League, while Teplice are up against it in the Intertoto Cup after games on Wednesday. Czech football has been hit by a minor drugs scandal, but the substance in question is not illegal. Novak and Stepanek are through at the tennis's Toronto Masters, and decathlete Sebrle has eyes on the gold at the European Championships. All those stories are in Sports News.