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Liberec have gone three points ahead as the football season draws to a dramatic close. Several young players have been called up for friendly against Greece. In ice hockey, Sparta Prague are close to victory in the Extraliga play-offs and former international coach Ivan Hlinka is considering taking up a post in Russia. Ian Willoughby has all those stories and more in Sports News.

Bohdan Ulihrach loses a five-set epic as the Czechs go out of the Davis Cup to France. Vitkovice cause an upset by beating favourites Sparta Prague at home in the first game of the ice hockey Extraliga final play-offs. And in football Sparta Prague sack their manager a day before drawing with Slavia in the big Prague derby. Ian Willoughby has all that and more in the sports news.

Sparta Prague request police protection after motorway attack by fans. Liberec go top with six games to go, Drnovice heading for extinction? Favourites Sparta Prague face Vitkovice in Extraliga play-off final series. Tomas Enge unlucky in first Formula 3000 race of the season. Czech team take on the French in Davis Cup World Group quarter-finals. Find out more

Jiri Stajner of Liberec, who is only 25 despite looking around 10 years older, won his third cap against Wales.

The Czech Republic's football team drew 0:0 with Wales in Cardiff on Wednesday night. The Czechs created several chances but yet again their finishing let them down.