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Temperatures in Athens, the venue for next year's Olympics, regularly reach 40 degrees Celsius in August: we ask a member of the Czech Olympic Committee if they are worried about the effect the heat might have on Czech athletes. Tennis legend Martina Navratilova says next season will be her last in the top flight, and suggests she may go into politics. Three Czech football teams have been in UEFA Cup action, with Teplice's away win against Kaiserslautern making the most headlines. Czech Borussia Dortmund stars Koller and Rosicky have both been

The Czech Davis Cup team have beaten Thailand to ensure their place amongst tennis's top 16 nations next season; Jiri Novak tells us he expected a tougher clash with Thai number one Paradorn Srishapan. In football, Sparta Prague have bounced back from their defeat to Chelsea, while Slavia have continued their slide. Czech stars Jan Koller and Tomas Rosicky and their Dortmund team-mates were confronted by angry fans after losing on Saturday. And in the ice hockey Extraliga Sparta are the only side with the maximum points after five rounds.

Sparta Prague were sunk by a late goal from glamour team Chelsea in the Champions League - we hear the post-match reactions of Sparta striker Igor Gluscevic and Chelsea's Italian manager, Claudio Ranieri. In the domestic league, Ostrava have steamed even further ahead, with a win over Slavia in Prague. Two Czech ice hockey stars from the Nagano winning-team have been reunited at club level, while another Olympic winner has announced his retirement. Meanwhile, the domestic hockey world has been shocked by the news of the suicide of a young

Only days after the euphoria of qualifying for Euro 2004, there was bad news for Czech football fans at the weekend, when star Milan Baros was seriously injured; his Czech team-mate Vladimir Smicer describes just how Baros broke his fibula. Sparta Prague have lost to Liberec, just days before their opening Champions League game against Chelsea. In ice hockey, the new Extraliga season began badly for champions Slavia and favourites Pardubice, who both lost on Friday. Vera Pospisilova ended the season on a high with gold in the discus at the World

The Czech Republic's footballers have qualified for Euro 2004, after beating the Netherlands in Prague on Wednesday with goals from Koller, man-of-the-match Poborsky and Baros; captain Pavel Nedved says the Czech team can do big things. Meanwhile, the Czech Under 21s have made things complicated for themselves by losing to the Dutch in their qualifying campaign. Czech number two Radek Stepanek is injured and will miss the Davis Cup World Group play-offs against Thailand, the first Czech to ever reach basketball's NBA is back in the Czech league

It was mission accomplished for the Czech Republic's football team in Minsk on Saturday, when they beat Belarus to keep them on course for a place at next year's European Championships in Portugal. They now face the Netherlands in a game that should decide which country qualifies automatically and which faces play-offs. Home advantage was no help to the Czech ice hockey team, who came last in the first competition of the Euro Hockey Tour. The Czech volleyball team have had a disappointing European Championships and, to add to Czech sports fans'

Czechs face Holland and Belarus in EURO 2004 qualification. Srnicek returns to premier league with Portsmouth. Centre Jiri Dopita signs a one-year contract with Pardubice. Slegr heading for Vancouver again. Czech ski-alpinists to scale a virgin Himalaya peak. Man enjoys a joy ride in stolen racing car.

Javelin thrower Jan Zelezny ended fourth at the athletics World Championship in Paris. Czechs are bringing home two medals from the rowing World Championships in Milan, Italy. Both Jiri Novak and Radek Stepanek out of the game at the U.S. Open tennis tournament. In first division, Sparta drew with Slavia 0-0. Slavia Prague midfielder Rudolf Skacel has signed a four-year contract with Olympique Marseille.

It hasn't been a great week for Czech sport, with Roman Sebrle's silver in the decathlon the only Czech medal so far at the World Athletics Championships in Paris. In football, Sparta Prague have drawn Chelsea, Lazio and Besiktas in the Champions League. Spare a thought, though, for Slavia, who battled hard but could not turn around a 3:0 deficit in their qualifier. And tenth seed Jiri Novak and Radek Stepanek are the only Czech tennis players left at the US Open after the fourth day's play.

Triple-jumper Sarka Kasparkova, who took gold at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, has failed to make the final this time out. Meanwhile Jaroslav Baba, 18, says he's happy to have reached the final in Paris and Vera Pospisilova will be disappointed if she doesn't take home a medal. Moravian teams Ostrava and Brno have surprised pundits by topping the Czech football league, leaving their more glamorous Prague rivals in the shade. Acrobatic ski jumper Ales Valenta has won his first competition with his new "icy breath" jump and Jiri Novak is