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Czech international football player Milan Baros has finally gotten a league game at Liverpool, and made the most of the opportunity, scoring two and being named man of the match. Sparta Prague have dropped their first two points of the season in the Czech football league, while Bohemains have finally won a game. Racing driver Tomas Enge has won the Formula 3000 championship, but could lose his crown after traces of cannabis were found in his blood. Those stories and more feature in Sports News.

Roman Sebrle is one of the Czech Republic's leading athletes. Last year he made history, becoming the first decathlete ever to breach the 9,000 points barrier. This season too Sebrle has had a great deal of success; in March he took the gold in the heptathlon at the European indoor championships, and just last month he became the first Czech in decades to win gold at the European Outdoor Championships, this time in the decathlon. And Sebrle, who is 28, has also experienced joy in his personal life; last Wednesday his wife gave birth to their first

The Czech Republic's football team is in rare form ahead of their Euro 2004 campaign, and beat Yugoslavia 5:0 on Friday. The country's ice hockey team has had more mixed fortunes, but still came second in the first part of the Euro Hockey Tour. And no medals for the Czech Republic's athletes at the Berlin Golden League. That's all in the Sports News.

New Czech ice hockey coach Slavomir Lener has got off to a bad start, with the Czechs losing 5:2 against Russia in his first game in charge. The country's football team are preparing for a friendly against Yugoslavia, the last warm-up for their Euro 2004 qualifying campaign. Jiri Novak is out of the US Open, after a defeat at the hands of favourite Lleyton Hewitt.

Jiri Novak is set to face top seed Lleyton Hewitt in tennis's US Open, while Daja Bedanova has been knocked out by the women's number one seed Serena Williams. Sparta Prague have made it five wins out of five in the Czech football league, while Bohemians have finally got their first point. Racing driver Tomas Enge is one point behind with one race to go in the Formula 3000 championship, while ice hockey star Jaromir Jagr has passed his school leaving exams. All those stories and more in Sports News.

Coming up in this review of sports news, Liberec and Sparta are out of the Champions League after falling foul of the away goals rule, Czech international Patrik Berger says he's staying on at Liverpool, and Daja Bedanova is through to the third round of the US Open.

Coming up in this review of sports news, a less than convincing return to league football for former national coach Josef Chovanec, Jiri Novak and Daja Bedanova line up for the opening day of the U.S. Grand Slam tournament, riders at Brno's motorcycling Grand Prix raise money for villages affected by the recent floods, and 30-year-old NHL star Jaromir Jagr swots up for his high-school leaving exams.

The Czech Republic's football team impress in a 4:1 win over Slovakia, with Dortmund players Koller and Rosicky getting two apiece. Patrik Berger, not even on the bench these days at Liverpool, is considering his future. In ice hockey, coach Lener has made a couple of surprising selections, and some of the Czech Republic's top tennis players face tough competition in the first round of the US Open. That's all in Sports News.

Dominik Hasek has been disappointed to end his career with second in the Czech ice hockey player of the year awards, but has been raising millions for flood victims with his former Detroit teammates. Liberec football club have purchased Jan Polak for 22 million crowns, making him one of the most expensive players in the Czech league. In motor racing, Tomas Enge leads the Formula 3000 championship after coming first in the Hungarian Grand Prix. All those stories and more are in Sports News.

Floods are also affecting sports fixtures in the Czech Republic, where several leading sports stars are doing their bit to help their flood-hit countrymen. In sports events which have taken place this week, Liberec and Sparta Prague have lost the first legs of their Champions League play-offs. That's all in the Sports News.