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In Sports News: the top domestic football league resumes after winter break; tennis player Kvitová triumphs in Dubai while Berdych loses Marseille final; hockey’s Pavelec on a roll for Winnipeg Jets; members of the hockey team that won gold in Nagano 15 years ago hold reunion in Prague.

In Sports News this Monday: Milan Baroš, 31, returns to Czech league and boyhood club Ostrava; Martin Růžička sets Extraliga regular season points record; and over 200,000 attend first Czech-held Biathlon World Championships held.

In Sports News this Monday: the Czech Republic advance to the semi-finals of the Fed Cup after a home victory over Australia; nearly 70,000 turn out for the first three days of the Biathlon World Championships; Sparta face Chelsea and Plzeň play Napoli in the Europa League; and Milan Baroš is close to a return to Ostrava.

In Sports News: ‘ironman’ Tomáš Berdych sees Czechs through to quarterfinals of the Davis Cup; ski jumper Matura wins bronze and silver in front of home crowd; Kuba celebrates 800th match in NHL; Plzeň put a stop to Sparta's winning streak; and goalie Petr Mrázek may see his NHL debut.

In Sports News: Czech figure skater Michal Březina clinches bronze at the European Figure Skating Championships in Zagreb; speed skater Karolína Erbanová improved her own Czech record at the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships in Salt Lake City; in tennis Radek Štepánek will miss the opening round of the Davis Cup; Prague football club Slavia celebrates 120th anniversary.

In Sports News this Monday: Ski jumper Matura tops the World Cup podium for the first time after nearly 170 attempts; Berdych reaches the quarter-finals in Melbourne; Jágr enjoys a dream start at new club Dallas; and striker Vydra now has 16 goals in 23 games for Watford.

In Sports News: Czech skier Lukáš Bauer comes in second in the Czech Republic’s biggest cross-country skiing event, the Jizerská padesátka; speed skater Sáblíková is closed out of the medals at the European Allround Speed Skating championships; Berdych, four other Czech tennis players advance, clinch opening round wins at Australian Open; legendary hockey forward Jaromír Jágr has trained for the first time with new club the Dallas Stars.

In Sports News this Monday: The end of the NHL lockout means an exodus of stars from the Czech Extraliga – Jaromír Jágr says “it’s been great”, while the Kladno coach says the players’ presence did a lot for the domestic game; Lukáš Bauer is weighing up participation in the Jizerská padesátka after a tough Tour de Ski; and Petra Kvitová’s season has got off to a poor start.

In Sports News this Monday: in football’s Europa League, Plzeň beat title holders Atletico to win their group; Czech FA boss approaches UEFA over corruption in domestic league; Czech men finish seventh at world floorball championships, and discus thrower Věra Cechlová is set to receive bronze from Athens Olympics after IOC disqualifies four medallists over doping.

In Sports News this Monday: Plzeň top ice hockey’s Extraliga going into the second half of the regular season; defender Marek Židlický waves goodbye after a successful return to his first club Kladno; the Czechs hammer Japan at the World Floorball Championships; and Viktoria Plzeň play Atletico Madrid to decide on top spot in their Europa League group.