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In Sports News this Monday: Roger Federer beats Radek Štěpánek in the third round of what has been a disappointing US Open for the Czech Republic; Sparta stay in front in the Czech league after a home win over Viktoria Žižkov; Milan Baroš will be hoping a move to Turkey’s Galatasaray can revive his career; and Czech motorcyclist Lukáš Pešek notches up his best MotoGP finish since moving up to 250 CC.

In Sports News this Monday: the Czech Republic finishes 24th in the medals table at the Beijing Olympics with three gold and three silver medals; and Slavia and Sparta notch up high-scoring wins in the Czech football league but both have big hills to climb if they are to reach the Champions League group stage.

The Czech medal tally at the Summer Olympics in Beijing hits five; Emmons earns a 2nd medal in shooting while other Czechs feature strong on water, bringing two silver; Hilgertová capsizes in Women’s K1 kayak to finish disappointing 9th; in the domestic football league Sparta tie unexpectedly with Olomouc.

In Sports News this week: all the Olympic action from China, with two gold medals for the Czech Republic by shooters Kateřina Emmons and David Kostelecký; tennis player Tomáš Berdych goes on at Beijing while Radek Štepánek and Nicole Vaidošová drop out; and in home football, Slavia and Sparta do well before the Champions League’s 3rd qualifying round.

In Sports News this Monday: veteran canoeist Štěpánka Hilgertová is selected to carry the Czech flag at the opening ceremony at the Beijing Olympics; the 2008-2009 season begins in Czech football’s Gambrinus League with a win for favourites Sparta Prague and a defeat for defending champions Slavia; Kladno are ordered to wear old Baník Ostrava kits in a game between the two; and goalkeeper Jan Laštůvka signs a loan deal with West Ham.

In Sports News this Monday: Roman Kreuziger comes an impressive 13th in his first Tour de France; Tomáš Necid is top scorer at football’s Under 19 Euros; Slavia prepare for the resumption of the Czech league with a win over Iran; Karel Bruckner, 70 next year, takes over as Austrian national manager; and reigning Olympic decathlon champion Roman Šebrle pulls out of an exhibition event but should be fit for Beijing.

In Sports News this Monday: Tomáš Dvořák fails to complete the final decathlon of a successful career blighted by injury; cyclist Roman Kreuziger is 14th overall in his first Tour de France – and second in the Under 25s category; Petr Čech signs an improved deal that should keep him at Chelsea until 2013; Tomáš Rosický targets a September return; and the Czech Under 19s reach the semi-finals at their European Championship.

In Sports News this Monday: Czech pole vault record holder Kateřina Baďurová leaves it late to qualify for the Olympics; Barbora Špotáková is looking good ahead of Beijing after a Grand Prix win in Athens; young Czech cyclist Roman Kreuziger remains with the leading pack in the Tour de France – and third overall in the under 25 category; and a knee injury does for Tomáš Berdych in the final of tennis’s Swedish Open.

Hockey’s Jaromír Jágr is bound for Russia after an illustrious career in the NHL; future Hall of Famer Dominik Hašek touches down in Czech Rep; Football’s Saturn Moscow eye Czech striker Václav Svěrkoš; the Czech Olympic team readies for Beijing; Kreuziger 37th after first two stages of cycling’s Tour de France.

In Sports News this Monday: Radek Štěpánek is so frustrated at going out in the third round at Wimbledon that he breaks six rackets; Nicole Vaidišová enjoys something of a return to form at the tournament; Jaromír Jagr is considering his future as his contract with New York Rangers comes to an end; and the Czech football association make an embarrassing claim that Gerard Houllier wants the job of Czech coach, while Klaus Toppmoller’s wage demands could rule him out.