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In Sports News: the Czech Republic's ice hockey team are soundly beaten by Finland, just ahead of the World Championships in Vienna; the Czech women's tennis team overcome Japan in the Fed Cup; in basketball, Brno are narrowly beaten in the final of the women's European League; Milan Baros may miss a much-anticipated Champions League game between his Liverpool and Petr Cech's Chelsea; and with Sparta Prague extremely close to winning the Czech league, attention turns to the race for second place.

In Sports News: megastar Jaromir Jagr arrives in Prague as the Czech ice hockey team prepare for the upcoming World Championships in Vienna; tragedy in Czech motor racing as driver Tomas Vojtech dies of a heart attack during a rally; a much-heralded vote for the chairmanship of the Czech football association ends in farce; Slavia draw with Sparta in the Prague derby; and the Czech women's tennis team prepare for their most important tie of the year.

In Sports News: Pardubice win ice hockey's Extraliga for the first time in 16 years, clinching the final series with a 3:2 home win over last year's champions Zlin; Pavel Kubina is picked for the national hockey squad, despite an unprecedented punishment for saying a referee had taken a bribe; Slavia Prague FC manager Josef Csaplar looks set for the chop after a defeat at Slovacko; and Pavel Nedved says he will decide in the summer whether to rejoin the Czech national team.

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.