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In Sports News: Football goalkeeper Petr Čech expresses disappointment over Scolari accusation; a ‘triumvirate' of sorts, headed by FA chairman Ivan Hašek, could lead the national football team; disgraced striker Bednář thrown ‘lifeline’ with West Bromwich; Kreuziger is 12th in overall standings in Tour de France.

In Sports News: Respected football coach and former player Ivan Hašek is given a broad mandate as the new chairman of Czech FA; Czech tennis players Tomáš Berdych and Radek Štepánek make it to the 4th round at Wimbledon; In hockey, only three Czechs are chosen in the 2009 NHL draft; and Ondřej Polívka wins the modern pentathlon at the European Championships in Germany.

In Sports News this Monday: Slavia Prague release captain Erich Brabec, despite the fact he helped them lift the league title two seasons in a row; weeks after he played his last game for Juventus, Pavel Nedvěd is said to be considering a one-year deal with Lazio; Lukáš Krpálek takes the second major judo title of his first season at senior level; and Czech cyclist Roman Kreuziger comes third in the Tour of Switzerland.

In Sports News this Monday: the world’s fastest man Usain Bolt is in the Czech Republic for the Golden Spike meeting in Ostrava; Czech drivers Tomáš Enge and Jan Charouz come fourth in the 77th Le Mans 24-hour race; and Petr Sýkora wins ice hockey’s Stanley Cup with the Pittsburgh Penguins.

In Sports News this Monday: the Czech Republic’s footballers beat Malta in František Straka’s first game as manager, though the manner of their victory is less than impressive; the popular Ivan Hašek, who backs Slavia Prague’s Karel Jarolím for national team boss, is standing for the post of chairman of the little-respected Czech FA; Czech doubles specialist Lukáš Dlouhý wins the French Open; and the Dukla Prague rowing team win the Lord Mayor’s eights race for the 30th time in a row.

In Sports News this Monday: one of the greatest Czech soccer players ever Pavel Nedvěd makes his final appearance for Juventus; Sparta Prague secure a place in the qualifying rounds of the Champions League in their last game of the season, while Zlín are relegated; Bohemians 1905 win exclusive rights to the name Bohemians; and the French Open is a real washout with 13 of 20 Czech singles players going out in the first round.

In Sports News this Monday: young Czech defender Jan Šimůnek wins the Bundesliga with Wolfsburg; with Slavia having taken the Czech league title attention has turned to the fight for second place, with Sparta currently edging it over Liberec; Robert “Bobby” Holík retires after 18 seasons in ice hockey’s NHL; and Czech handball star Filip Jícha puts his club Kiel ahead in the final of the sport’s Champions League.

In Sports News this Monday: Roman Bednář is suspended by West Bromwich Albion following a newspaper report that he bought illegal drugs – the player says sorry, while the Czech football manager says the player won’t now be called up for a friendly next month; Bohemians 1905 celebrate returning to the top flight in the Czech league; and Radek Štěpánek should be fit in time for next week’s French Open.

In Sports News this Monday: Tomáš Berdych wins his first title of the season after an epic battle with Russia’s Youzhny in the final of the Munich Open; with an eight-point lead and only three games to go, Slavia Prague seem assured of winning the Czech football league again; Czech-born golfer Alex Čejka squanders the biggest final day lead in the history of the Players Championship; and questions are being asked about where it went wrong for the Czechs at the world ice hockey championships.

In Sports News this Monday: after two defeats, the Czechs bounce back at the ice hockey world championships, reaching the quarter-finals with a whopping 8:0 win over Slovakia and overcoming Belarus 3:0; upcoming Czech cyclist Roman Kreuziger (23) wins the Tour of Romandie; and after a run of five games without a win, Slavia Prague’s lead at the top of the Czech football league is shrinking.