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OLYMPICS Czechs won gold medals in the first two days of the Beijing Olympics, but it took a few days for the team to pick up more precious metal. Shooter Kateřina Emmons who won a gold medal in air rifle on the first day of the Olympics, added a silver medal in women’s 50-meter rifle 3 positions Aug. 14. Whitewater canoeists Jaroslav Volf and Ondřej Štěpánek captured silver in men’s doubles a day later.

VALENTINO MotoGP superstar Valentino Rossi (Fiat Yamaha) won in Brno by a margin of 15 seconds over runner up Toni Elias (Alice Ducati) after last year’s champion Casey Stoner (Ducati Marlboro) slipped in early laps. Aprilia’s Alex Debon won the 250cc race while another Aprilia rider, Stefan Bradl, took the flag in the 125cc class.
 
DEBACLE Both Czech teams in the Champions League lost openers of the third preliminary round. They now have only a slim chance to advance. Gambrinus liga champion Slavia Praha fell in Italy to Fiorentina 2-0 Aug. 12. One day later, Sparta Praha lost at home to Panathinaikos Athens 2-1. Return legs are scheduled to take place Aug. 26 (Slavia) and Aug. 27 (Sparta).
UEFA Like Slavia and Sparta, Slovan Liberec stumbled in its UEFA Cup qualifying match against Slovakia’s Žilina. The north Bohemian team lost the home leg 2-1 Aug. 14 and must win by at least two goals in Slovakia Aug. 28 in order to advance in Europe’s second-tier tourney.
TRANSFER Former Czech national soccer team captain Tomáš Galásek completed his move from Germany’s Nuremberg to Baník Ostrava. Galásek, 35, signed a one-year contract Aug. 14 returning to Baník after 12 years playing abroad, mostly in the Netherlands. Galásek virtually defected from Baník to Tilburg in 1996 after the north Moravian club refused to release him. Later, he joined Ajax before moving to Germany.
BIG MAN Former University of Illinois center Shaun Pruitt signed to play the 2008–09 basketball season with Prostějov. The big man — 6’10”, 240 pounds — averaged 12.6 points and 7.3 rebounds per game in his senior year. He worked out with the New Orleans Hornets during the NBA’s Las Vegas summer league before agreeing to terms with Prostějov. The Mattoni league season tips off Oct. 14.
LIGHTNING The NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning agreed to play a warm-up match against Slovakia’s Slovan Bratislava Sept. 30 in Bratislava. The game will serve as preparation for the Lightning’s NHL season opening series against the New York Rangers, scheduled Oct. 4 and Oct. 5 in Prague.
PENALTY National hockey forward Jakub Klepiš received an eight-month suspended sentence from a civil court in Česká Lípa after he got into a car accident under the influence of alcohol in early July. Klepiš ignored a police signal to stop and crashed moments later. While he totaled his BMW, no injuries were reported.


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