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The indefatigable Navratilova wins again; Jaromir Jagr voted top Czech hockey player for a record sixth time; two Czech goals help Hearts to victory; Sparta suffer shock defeat as Liberec goes to the top of the Gambrinus Liga; Czech high-jump success in Zurich.

In Sports News: the Czechs take three medals at the World Athletics Championships, with Roman Sebrle, Vera Cechlova-Pospisilova and (a surprise) Pavla Hamackova reaching the podium; Jaroslav Baba, meanwhile, comes fifth in the high jump; Czech achievements are overshadowed by allegations of drug taking by Sebrle and Tomas Dvorak, though both men are cleared of any wrongdoing; and Czech footballer Rudolf Skacel gets off to a flying start at Scottish league leaders Hearts.

In Sports News: the Czechs get off to a poor start at the World Athletics Championships, but Cechlova-Pospisilova and Sebrle are hopeful of medals in the next few days; ice hockey star Hejduk extends his contract at Colorado; Sparta Prague begin the new football season with a win, while Slavia drop two points at home; and American basketball player Maurice Whitfield makes his debut for the Czech Republic.

In Sports News: leading Czech kayaker Stepanka Hilgert comes second in a competition seen as a dress rehearsal for next year's World Championships in Prague; young high jumper Jaroslav Baba comes second at a Golden League meeting; two Czechs succeed in swimming the English Channel; is Milan Baros bound for Schalke?; and Bohemians 1905 play their first match since the club was resurrected by a group of fans.

In Sports News: Sigma Olomouc cause a sensation by knocking Borussia Dortmund out of football's Intertoto Cup; Milan Baros's future should be decided this week when he holds talks with Liverpool's manager, while young Czech striker Petr Mikolanda gets a chance at West Ham; tennis player Klara Koukalova loses another WTA final; and a Czech postman completes cycling's Tour de France on a penny farthing bicycle.

In Sports News: Czech record holder Jaroslav Baba takes gold in the high jump at the European Under 23 Athletics Championships; in the Intertoto Cup Sigma Olomouc achieve a valuable 1:1 away draw against Borussia Dortmund, thanks to an own goal from Czech striker Jan Koller; Sparta Prague give troubled Jan Simak a new contract - on condition he treats a drinking problem; and the NHL agreement may not be all bad news for the Czech elite ice hockey league.

In Sports News: the Czech women's tennis team lose to Italy in a playoff for the Fed Cup's elite World Group; Jana Novotna is inducted into the tennis hall of fame; Ondrej Synek wins a rowing World Cup in his debut season; high-jumper Jaroslav Baba impresses in Rome; and Czech Under 21 football captain Vaclav Sverkos could be moving to Stuttgart.

In Sports News: UEFA reject an official protest from Slavia Prague over Liverpool receiving their seeding; Czech goalkeeper Martin Vaniak leaves for the Greek league, while striker Tomas Jun may be going to English Premier League side Fulham; Tomas Dvorak qualifies for the world athletics championships; and the leading Czech pole vaulter is out of action after an airlines loses all his poles.

In Sports News: success for Czech canoeists at the European Championships in Slovenia; Kvetoslava Peschkeova is the only Czech to make it past the third round at Wimbledon; and after recovering from leukemia Vaclav Kalousek denies suggestions from Slavia Prague's manager that he is finished in top football.

In Sports News: Vaclav Chalupa's long reign as the number one Czech rower comes to an end, as he symbolically hands his oar to youngster Ondrej Synek; world famous Czech football goalkeeper Petr Cech plays host to Chelsea colleagues in the centre of Prague, while Milan Baros welcomes Liverpool's Dudek to his home village; tennis player Klara Koukalova wins her first title; and Czech ice hockey captain David Vyborny leaves Sparta Prague, saying some teammates resent his World Championships success.