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HOCKEY The national hockey team tallied one win and one loss in its first two games at the World Hockey Championship in Canada. The Czechs entered the tournament with a 5-2 win over Denmark May 2 and two days later lost to Russia 5-4 in overtime. The Czech team was next scheduled to take on Italy May 6. The top three teams from the four-member group will advance to the next round.

AWARD National soccer team midfielder Marek Matějovský, who plays with Reading in England’s Premiership, has received the Match magazine goal of the month award for March. Matějovský scored a spectacular half volley at Liverpool March 15. The strike by Matějovský was his only goal in the Premiership so far. He joined Reading from the Gambrinus liga’s Mladá Boleslav in January.
TICKETS About 10,000 tickets for next season’s NHL opener between the New York Rangers and Tampa Bay Lightning, to be played in Prague Oct. 4 and 5, were sold within 27 hours of being put on sale April 28. The remaining tickets for the 17,500-seat arena will be put on sale during the summer.
OLYMPICS The Czech Olympic team at the Summer Games in Beijing will be smaller than the country’s 2004 squad in Athens, where 142 Czech athletes competed. The Czech Olympic Committee (ČOV) announced April 29 that 71 athletes have so far qualified for Beijing, with others still competing for a spot on the team. Overall, the ČOV expects that 100–120 Czech athletes will travel to Beijing.
INJURY The hottest Czech medal contender for the Beijing Games, decathlete Roman Šebrle, suffered another muscle injury, forcing him to halt his Olympic training. Earlier this year, Šebrle had to walk away from competition at the World Indoor Championship in Valencia, Spain, due to a thigh injury. In Beijing, Šebrle will be defending the gold medal from the 2004 Olympics in Athens.
TENNIS Vera Zvonareva of Russia won the WTA tennis tournament held in Prague, April 28–May 4. In the final match, the world’s 14th-best player defeated Viktoria Azarenko of Russia 7-6, 6-2. Meanwhile, Jan Hernych won the men’s tournament after beating Lukáš Dlouhý 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 in the final.
PANTHERS The Prague Panthers host Austria’s Danube Dragons in the final game of EFAF Cup group play Sunday, May 11. Should the Panthers win, it will mark the first time a Czech team advanced to the elimination rounds of the prestigious international American football tournament. Kickoff is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. at the Charles University Athletic Field on Bruslařská, Prague 10–Hostivař.
USK Only the big men, Muris Andelija and Roderick Platt, reached double digits in scoring — barely — as USK Praha dropped its May 3 NBL playoff quarterfinal match at Nový Jičín, 95-64. USK hosts the Moravian squad in a do-or-die game Wednesday, May 7, at 5:30 p.m. in SH Folimanka.

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