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August 16th, 2006 issue

  • TRACK -
    • Czech athletes brought home four medals from the European Track and Field Championships, held Aug. 7–13 in Göteborg, Sweden. Decathlete Roman Šebrle won a gold medal, high-jumper Tomáš Janků and javelin thrower Barbora Špotáková took silvers, and Jan Železný won bronze in men's javelin.

  • LOSSES -
    • Two Czech soccer teams suffered big setbacks to their goal of advancing to the Champions' League after Liberec played to a draw with Russia's Spartak Moscow 0–0 at home Aug. 9. Meanwhile, Mladá Boleslav suffered a 5–2 debacle in Turkey against Galatasaray Istanbul the same day. The return legs were scheduled for Aug. 16.

  • UEFA -
    • Slavia Praha took a major step toward qualifying for the UEFA Cup after defeating Karvan Jevlach 2–0 in Azerbaijan Aug. 10. Slavia was expected to seal its place in the cup in an Aug. 17 game in Prague.

  • JÁGR -
    • Czech hockey star Jaromír Jágr has been struggling with accounting this summer. Jágr has filed a lawsuit against his former accountant Gary Schick, demanding he turn over a tax form that was supposed to be filed in 2003. The lawsuit claims Jágr will have to pay $6 million (131 million Kč) if he does not get the form. Jágr has had tax problems before. According to court records, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service filed tax liens against him in 2002, 2003 and 2004.

  • CHANNEL -
    • Two Czech swimmers successfully crossed the English Channel earlier this month. David Čech, 20, became the first Czech and only the 16th swimmer in history to swim the channel back and forth, swimming from Dover to Calais and back in 19 hours, 54 minutes Aug. 7. A day earlier, Yvetta Hlaváčová became the fastest woman to swim the channel, swimming from Dover to Calais in 7:25.

  • WELSCH -
    • Basketball guard Jiří Welsch, the only Czech in the NBA, will move back to Europe in the upcoming season. Welsch, who spent four years in the NBA, most recently playing a season with the Milwaukee Bucks, will join Spain's Malaga.

  • BASKETBALL -
    • Former powerhouse Sparta Praha has been pushed out of the country's top division, Mattoni NBL, because of unpaid debts. The Association of League Clubs decided to drop Sparta from competition because the team owed money to referees and its own players for around a year. Sparta had played in the top division for 67 years.

  • CUP -
    • The Stanley Cup, the world's most recognized hockey trophy, was briefly introduced to Czech fans Aug. 3–4. Defender František Kaberle and forward Josef Vašíček, who last season played for the Stanley Cup winning Carolina Hurricanes, both exercised their right to bring the trophy for a tour of their home country.

  • Comeback -
    • The Bohemians 1905, one of the oldest Czech soccer clubs, has introduced a new development plan to get back into the top-flight Gambrinus liga by 2010. The team is courting new sponsors, establishing a new network of business partners and buying new players.


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