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In Sports News: it was a successful weekend for Czech skiing, with first place for Katerina Neumannova and third for the men's relay team at a meeting in Sweden; Sparta Prague lead the domestic football league into the winter break, despite conceding their first league goal in almost 800 minutes; Aston Villa's manager threatens Czech striker Milan Baros with the boot: and Jaromir Jagr has scored his 600th NHL goal.

In Sports News: Roman Sebrle is named Czech Athlete of the Year for the fifth year in a row, with Barbora Spotakova narrowly missing out on the crown; Martina Sablikova takes the first ever Czech medal at the Speed Skating World Cup; Sparta Prague top the Czech football league for the first time in 18 months; and a goal scored by Czechoslovakia's Oldrich Nejedly in the 1934 World Cup is finally acknowledged.

In Sports News this week: after her best season yet, Czech women's tennis number one Nicole Vaidisova is not too disappointed about missing out on the elite WTA Tour Championship; six-time winner Karel Loprais will miss the Dakar Rally due to injury; some of the world's leading football managers are in Prague for a conference; and Slavia Prague's players are in the spotlight after chanting "death to Sparta".

In Sports News: after a poor start Sparta Prague are closing in on football league leaders Slovan Liberec, though Sparta's manager says it's too soon to get excited; Liberec defender Tomas Zapotocny says he's keen to leave the Czech league after receiving a record fine from the football association; Tomas Kaberle scores his first hat trick in ice hockey's NHL, while Jaromir Jagr leads the players' points table; and Katerina Neumannova begins her final season in cross country skiing.

In Sports News: Czech tennis star Tomas Berdych is now in the world top ten for the first time, though he experienced a torrid time in Madrid after winding up the local fans following his victory over local favourite Rafael Nadal; football goalkeeper Petr Cech could be released from hospital this week, not long after an emergency brain operation; and the Czech teams in the UEFA Cup had a mixed time of it in the opening group stage games.

Netminder Cech undergoes operation for skull fracture; Czechs draw 1:1 against Ireland in Euro 2008 qualifier; Sparta third in domestic league; Vaidisova comes close but fails to reach final of Kremlin Cup; Czech authorities consider F1 circuit in Prague; Jagr, Havlat top players' point standings in NHL.

In Sports News: the 116th Velka Pardubicka steeplechase is a success from a Czech perspective - and for 53-year-old trainer-jockey Josef Vana; it's mission accomplished as the Czech Republic beat lowly San Marino to make it three winds out of three in their campaign to reach football's Euro 2008 - and strikers Baros and Koller are back together, and back among the goals; and ice hockey coach Vladimir Ruzicka is set to decide whether to leave crisis-hit Slavia Prague.

In Sports News this week: there are no Czech teams in football's Champions League this season but a record three have reached the group stage of the UEFA Cup, including Mlada Boleslav, who scored a famous victory over Marseille - we hear from the former's manager; Jaromir Jagr is back - and scoring again - after a shoulder operation in June; and last season's finalists Slavia Prague are bottom of the Czech ice hockey league.

In Sports News: the Czech men's tennis team are back in the elite World Group in the Davis Cup after a resounding victory over the Netherlands; Mlada Boleslav are now two points clear in the Czech football league; Sparta fine Repka for giving the finger to Teplice fans, while disgraced former Zizkov boss Hornik is back in the game; and hockey goaltender Dominik Hasek wins on his return with the Detroit Red Wings.

In Sports News: Czech football champions Slovan Liberec have maintained their excellent start to the current season; Lukas Hartig makes a dream return to the Czech league - scoring two days after signing for Olomouc; the Czech Fed Cup coach welcomes a draw with "former brothers" Slovakia; and the Czech women's basketball team qualify for the knock-out stages at the World Championships.