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TOTTENHAM The soccer club Slavia Praha fell short against the Tottenham Hotspur of England’s Premiership in the first leg of the UEFA Cup’s fourth round. Slavia lost the Feb. 14 game in Prague 2-1 and now holds little hope of advancing in the tourney. The team’s second game against Tottenham will take place in London Feb. 28.

SKIER Cross-country skier Lukáš Bauer could become the first Czech to win the World Cup. Bauer finished second in an 11.4-kilometer World Cup race in Liberec Feb. 16, increasing his lead in the World Cup to 353 points ahead of Germany’s Jens Sommerfeldt.
AFFAIR The organizers of the World Cup in Liberec may have to pay a fine worth 2 million Kč ($114,417) to state authorities. Due to the warm weather, the cup’s organizers transported snow to the skiing track from protected areas in north Bohemia, possibly violating environmental rules.
KALOUDA The Russian soccer team CSKA Moscow is courting junior midfielder Luboš Kalouda, who currently plays for FC Brno in the Gambrinus liga. The 20-year-old player was a member of the junior team that won a silver medal in the World Championship last summer. Brno is requesting 140 million Kč from clubs for Kalouda, which previously deterred interest from Italy’s Juventus and England’s Newcastle.
JUDO Judo wrestler Jaromír Ježek scored the country’s best judo result this season, winning the 73-kilogram category in a World Cup event in Vienna, Austria, Feb. 17. Ježek beat Belgium’s Dirk van Tichelt in the final match. He is now on the verge of qualifying for the Beijing Olympics.
HOCKEY HC Budějovice will be the first Czech team to appear in the newly created Champions League at the end of this year. Budějovice secured a spot in the prestigious tournament by winning the Extraliga’s regular season. Budějovice clinched an unbeatable nine-point lead in the Extraliga standings one round ahead of the regular season’s end Feb. 21.
DRAW The men’s basketball team will challenge Israel, United Kingdom and Bosnia in one of the four qualification groups for the 2009 European Championship. Winners of the groups and also the three best runners-up will secure spots in the championship.
RALLY The Škoda Motorsport team has begun testing a Fabia model that should in the future represent Škoda in the World Rally Championship. Škoda withdrew from the championship in 2005 after series of weak results.
TENNIS Tennis star Nicole Vaidišova has withdrawn from the Fed Cup just weeks after leading the national team’s win over Slovakia, advancing it to the World Group playoff round. The loss of Vaidišova, who is ranked 16th in the world, is major blow to the team’s chances against Israel at the end of April.

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