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Karolína Plíšková sweeps past Venus Williams in opening match at WTA finals; Kvitová drops out of top 20 for first time in nearly seven years; Plzeň are whopping 11 points clear in league after Slavia lose; latter’s Bořil says they aren’t giving up hope.

Plzeň 15 points clear of Sparta after 10th win in 10; Kolář plays down title talks while Stramaccioni rues missed opportunities; Hradec trounce Pardubice in ice hockey derby; and Strýcová wins first singles title since 2011.

In Sports News this Monday: No Time to Lose wins 127th Velká Pardubická Grand Steeplechase; national football squad wraps-up disappointing qualification for World Cup; Calgary Jágr fans “the Jags” surprised by legendary No. 68 himself.

Team Europe win first ever Laver Cup in Prague, but Czechs’ own Berdych loses all his games; Plzeň make it eight wins in row while Slavia’s unbeaten record proves little solace as champions fall further behind.

Czechs vow to return to Davis Cup top flight; Slavia secure derby win over struggling Sparta; Schick makes Roma debut, and Dana Zátopková hits 95.

Plzeň make club history with six wins in six; Rosický scores in first start since returning to Sparta; Siniaková and Hradecká beaten in US Open women’s doubles final; and mixed results for champions Liberec as Extraliga returns.

Germany clinches a last minute victory over the Czech Republic in a key FIFA qualifier; Kolocová and Kvapilová triumph in beach volleyball tournament; Czech women’s tennis stars battle on to the quarter-finals at the US Open; Haydn Porteous is victorious in Czech Masters golf tournament and Jaroslav Jartim defeated in inaugural martial arts contest

Top three all win but Sparta humiliated by Brno; national side gathers ahead of World Cup qualifiers versus Germany and NI; gold finale for Czechs at Canoe Sprint World Championships; Jan Kopecký again wins Barum Czech Rally Zlín; and volleyball great Musil dies.

Karolína Plíšková and Lucie Šafářová head WTA singles and doubles rankings in historic first for Czech Republic; Plzeň leave it late to make it four wins from four; and hurdler Hejnová triumphs in Birmingham.

Czechs reaffirm position as major power in javelin with three medals at World Athletics Championships – Vadlejch has mixed feelings over coming second while Frydrych says he’s lucky to have taken bronze in London; and Sparta’s stuttering start continues with failure to beat nine-man Liberec.