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In Sports News this Monday: Plíšková lifts Tokyo Open title; Radek Štěpánek to play Tommy Haas in his farewell to tennis; Čech first to make 1000 saves in premier league; Czech biker Kateřina Nash takes bronze at World Cup in Waterloo; Slavia beat Bohemians 1905 and return to top of table.

The Czech basketball team scores an historic success by reaching sport’s world cup; Slavia set new away record for not conceding away – and concede; and linesman Libor Suchánek becomes first non-North American fulltime official in NHL.

Czech soccer manager Jarolím under fire after poor Nations League start; javelin pair represent Europe in Continental Cup; climber Ondra misses out on third world championships gold; and Czech tennis pairing fail in Grand Slam hat trick bid.

Plíšková into fourth round at US Open but Kvitová fails to reach Grand Slam last 16 yet again; Slavia leapfrog Plzeň at top of table after dramatic drubbing; and Dukla set new record for worst start to season with seventh defeat.

Plzeň remain unbeaten, Slavia bounces back, Sparta loses ground; Italian Andrea Pagan win the Czech Masters, his first European title; five Czech women, including two debutantes, reach the US Open in New York.

Kvitová climbs to fifth in world after reaching semis in Cincinnati; top Czech tennis names slam new Davis Cup format; only Plzeň have perfect points record in soccer league after Sparta and Slavia slip up; Czechs win minifootball European Championships; and hurdler Hejnová calls time on season.

Medals for Ogrodníková, Drahotová and Vrabcová Nývltová at the European Athletics Championships in Berlin, including historic result for latter in marathon; top three in soccer league make it maximum 12 points in four outings; and Slavia with work to do against Dynamo Kyiv in Champions League playoffs.

Jakub Kornfeil comes third in Moto3 at Brno MotoGP in “best result of career”; Andrea Dovizioso wins Czech Grand Prix; top three all win again in domestic soccer league; and Sparta’s Radaković apologises over Europa League exit.

Title hopefuls Viktoria Plzeň, Sparta Prague and Slavia Prague all take three points as new season starts; Ogrodníková comes second in women’s javelin at London Diamond League meeting; Vrzalová breaks long-standing record in mile; and Hermannová and Nausch take bronze at European Beach Volleyball Championships.

In Sports News this week: Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková win women’s doubles at Wimbledon; Tomáš Berdych drops out of men’s top 50; Czechs take two bronze medals at World Rowing Cup in Switzerland; Czech biker Nikola Nosková takes gold and bronze at European Championships; javelin champion Špotáková gives birth to second son.