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In Sports News: reigning champions Hame Zlin pull off a remarkable comeback in the semi-finals of the Extraliga playoffs; runaway league leaders Sparta Prague are struck once again by the 'curse of Pribram'; former Czech captain Nedved faces old international team-mates Baros and Smicer in the Champions League; Jiri Welsch is warming the bench at the NBA's Cleveland; and Olympic champion Ales Valenta undergoes a spine operation.

In Sports News: the Czech Republic beat Finland 4:3 in a dramatic World Cup qualifier; reigning champions Zlin keep themselves in the semi-finals of the ice hockey Extraliga with a playoffs win over Vitkovice; Czechs Novak and Stepanek are through to the fourth round at the Miami Masters; and Olympic medallist Rudolf Kraj wins his first professional boxing match.

The ice hockey Extraliga play-offs have reached the semi-final stage - but the two big Prague clubs are conspicuously absent; cross-country skier Katerina Neumannova notches up another success to put her in second place at the end of the World Cup season; in football, Sparta's hugely successful season continues, while Slavia begins to waver.

In Sports News: Sparta are knocked out in the quarterfinals of the playoffs of ice hockey's Extraliga for the first time in a decade; Sparta football club are laughing, with a corruption investigation dropped and a huge lead in the league; skier Roman Dostal surprises many by winning gold at the biathlon World Championships; and cross country star Katerina Neumannova says she is confident she can hang on to second place in the World Cup standings.

In Sports News: Roman Sebrle takes gold in the heptathlon in Madrid, despite picking up an injury on the first day; Lukas Bauer wins the third World Cup race of his career in cross country skiing; the ice hockey Extraliga playoffs are in full swing; the Czech tennis team are hammered 5:0 by Argentina in the Davis Cup and face playoffs yet again; Chelsea's Petr Cech finally concedes a league goal; and boos at Sparta Prague, despite another win.

In Sports News: the Czech Republic takes four medals at the Nordic Skiing World Championships, the country's best tally since 1927; Czech internationals Petr Cech and Jiri Jarosik win the English League Cup with Chelsea; Sparta Prague sport a special black and white strip as part of an anti-racism campaign; the only Czech in the NBA changes clubs; and Litvinov claim the last spot in the playoffs of ice hockey's Extraliga.

In Sports News: cross country skier Katerina Neumannova takes gold at the Nordic Skiing World Championships, while Jakub Janda comes second in ski jumping; Vaclav Kolousek makes an emotional return for Slavia FC after overcoming leukemia; and Kladno are the latest team to qualify for the playoffs of ice hockey's Extraliga.

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.