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DERBY Slavia Praha soccer team scored a 2–0 win over cross-town rival Sparta Praha in the Oct. 8 Gambrinus liga game at the city’s Axa Arena. Midfielder Daniel Pudil opened the score in the fourth minute and striker Zdeněk Šenkeřík confirmed Slavia’s triumph after 86 minutes of play. It was Slavia’s first win at the Sparta stadium in 14 years, lifting the club to first place in the Gambrinus liga.

BASKETBALL The women’s national basketball team failed to defend its title of European champion from two years ago in a recent championship game in Chieti, Italy. The Czechs lost to Belarus in the quarterfinals and finished fifth in the tournament. Still, they have secured a spot in the Olympic qualification round.
DISMISSED Two of the Gambrinus liga’s soccer head coaches were dismissed in early October. Liberec’s Michal Zach was dismissed Oct. 7 and Jablonec’s Luboš Kozel was sacked one day later. Both clubs won just six points in the league’s nine opening rounds.
DAVIS CUP The men’s national Davis Cup team will take on Belgium in the competition’s opening round in February 2008. The Czechs secured a spot in the cup’s elite 16-member group after beating Switzerland in the playoff round in late September.
RETIREMENT Former No. 1 pick for the Atlanta Thrashers in the 1999 National Hockey League’s Entry draft Patrik Štefan announced he plans to retire from professional hockey. The 27-year-old, who tallied 455 NHL games and played in Bern, Switzerland, last season, is set to undergo hip surgery later this fall. He said he would not be able to return to professional hockey after surgery.
BROADCASTS Cable Sports TV channel Sport 1 will become another Czech TV channel to show live broadcasts from the National Hockey League. Sport 1 is set to show two NHL games a week Mondays and Wednesdays.
SPEEDWAY Swedish biker Andreas Jonsson won the annual Golden Helmet trophy in Pardubice, Oct, 7. Jonsson became only the fifth Swede in the race’s 59-year history to have won the prestigious speedway race.
POLL Decathlete Roman Šebrle was voted Europe’s second-best athlete this year after Finland’s javelin thrower Tero Pitkämäki, in the annual poll held by the European Athletics Association. Estonia’s discus thrower Gerd Kanter finished third. Šebrle won the World Championship in Osaka, Japan, this summer.
STEEPLECHASE England’s Princess Anne will be among the honored guests of the 117th Grand Pardubice steeplechase that will be staged on the Pardubice horse-racing course Oct. 14. Some 15 horses from three countries have entered the race.


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