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In Sports, success in Scandinavia this weekend as ski jumper Jakub Janda returns to form in Finland while cross country skier Stanislav Rezac scores well at the Vasaloppet marathon in Sweden. The Czech ice hockey Elite League regular season moves into its final round, while Slovan Liberec extends its lead in the Czech soccer league and Jaromir Jagr reaches another milestone.

In Sports News: in her sixth and last Olympic Games cross-country Katerina Neumannova finally wins her first gold, as the Czech Republic records its highest tally of medals since the state's foundation; the Czech ice hockey team win bronze in Turin and the "golden" generation begin hanging up their international skates; and Czech tennis number one Radek Stepanek finally wins his first ATP title after losing in three previous finals.

In Sports News: a dramatic weekend for the Czech ice hockey team at the Winter Olympics in Turin, with Jaromir Jagr brutally fouled by a Finnish player; the manager of the cross country skiing team is sacked after submitting the wrong names ahead of the relay final; ski jumper Jakub Janda's Olympics end with a poor tenth place, while freestyle aerial skier Ales Valenta is set to defend his title despite an injury; the Czech football league resumes after the winter break, and three new players are called up for the national squad.

In Sports News: cross country skier Katerina Neumannova wins the Czech Republic's first medal at the Winter Olympics in Turin; eighteen-year-old speed skater Martina Sablikova is satisfied with seventh place in her first Olympics; ski jumper Jakub Janda finishes a poor 13th, while Nikola Sudova and Lukas Bauer are also disappointed; and - away from Turin - javelin legend Jan Zelezny has announced he is retiring this year.

In Sports News: free-style aerial skier Ales Valenta comes a disappointing 16th in his last event before the Winter Olympics in Turin; speed skater Martina Slabikova is set to be the youngest ever Czech flag bearer at the opening ceremony; and ice hockey player Petr Prucha is to miss the Olympics through injury, possibly making room for star winger Patrik Elias.

In Sports News: the Czech Republic have drawn a tough qualifying group for Euro 2008, says Vladimir Smicer; Czech captain Tomas Galasek is to leave Ajax after six years; Czech Martin Damm and partner Leander Paes lose in the doubles final at the Australian Open; and Jaromir Jagr and the rest of the Czech colony at the New York Rangers go on a scoring spree.

French 3rd seed Amelie Mauresmo knocks last Czech singles hopeful out of Australian Open; Jaromir Jagr's New York Rangers continue to win in NHL; a record 82 Czech athletes get nod for Winter Olympic Games.

In Sports News: as the Olympics draw near, cross country skier Katerina Neumannova wins her third World Cup race in a row; ski jumper Jakub Janda vows to quit ski flying, and denies German allegations that he cheats; footballer Tomas Repka rejoins Sparta Prague after eight years abroad; and most Czech tennis players go through on day one of the Australian Open.

In Sports News: Jakub Janda becomes only the second Czech to win the Four Hills ski jumping tournament, though he shares first place with his biggest rival; cross country skier Lukas Bauer finishes second for the second weekend in a row; teenage tennis player Lucie Safarova wins the third WTA title of her career in Australia's Gold Coast; and ice hockey star Jaromir Jagr maintains his lead in the NHL players' points table.

Czech skiing reaches new heights with top finishes by Jakub Janda in ski jumping (2nd stage of the prestigious Four Hills) and Katerina Neumanova in cross-country; Tomas Tomecek crashes in Dakar; ice hockey's Jaromir Jagr continues to shine in the NHL.