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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.

Several football clubs are said to have expressed an interest in picking-up Liverpool striker Vladimir Smicer; delegates in the Czech-Moravian Football Association have once again failed to elect a new chairman; the Czech men's handball team ekes out a 1-goal win against Portugal; ice hockey's Jaromir Jagr is set to return to Russia's Omsk.

Two records were broken in one football match on Saturday. In their World Cup qualifier against Andorra, the Czechs won their biggest ever victory, and Jan Koller became the highest scorer in the history of the Czech game. We also look at the second division battle for promotion, and at how, in canoeing, the Hilgert family is becoming a force to be reckoned with.

In Sports News: farcical scenes as Sparta Prague are crowned Czech league champions; Slavia come second and win a shot at the Champions League; Udinese's coach says they've sold Czech Marek Jankulovski to the mighty AC Milan; Czech tennis players do poorly at French Open; and Roman Sebrle wins the decathlon in Gotz for the fifth year in a row.

In Sports News: the draw has been mixed for Czech tennis players at this year's French Open; Jaromir Jagr does not require surgery on his little finger; Milan Baros should become the first Czech to play in the final of football's Champions League this Wednesday; in the Czech league the battle for second place - and the Champions League qualifiers - looks set to go down to the last round; and Kenyan runners dominate the 11th Prague Marathon.

In Sports News: the Czech Republic immediately secure progress to the quarter-finals of the World Ice Hockey Championships with a resounding win over Slovakia, before losing for the first time, to Russia; football league champions Sparta Prague are left with egg on their faces after squandering a lead over Mlada Boleslav; and the boss of Pribram is shot outside his home.

In Sports News: the Czech Republic get off to a winning start at the Ice Hockey World Championships, overcoming Switzerland 3:1; world renowned Czech goalkeeper Petr Cech celebrates his first league medal with Chelsea, as he prepares to face Liverpool's Milan Baros again in the Champions League; Sparta Prague have one hand on the Czech league title; and 18-year-old Czech qualifier Lucie Safarova wins tennis's Estoril Open.

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.