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Panthers blow out Austrian powerhouse, advance in EFAF Cup

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HOCKEY The national hockey team tallied four wins and two losses in the group stage of the World Championship held this month in Canada. The Czechs are scheduled to take on Sweden May 14 in the quarterfinals. The Swedes were the only team to defeat the Czechs in regulation time in the group stage, winning 5-3 May 11.

SOCCER An unexpected loss by Sparta Praha in a home game against Baník Ostrava (2-1) in the Gambrinus liga, May 10, has lifted cross-town rival Slavia back to first place. In the league’s last round, scheduled to take place May 17, a draw or a win for Slavia in a home game against Jablonec would earn the team its first title in 12 years.
RESIGNED Following Sparta’s late-season collapse, which is likely to cost the club the league title, head coach Michal Bílek resigned from his position. He has been temporarily replaced by former Sparta and national team coach Jozef Chovanec, Sparta’s current president.
COURTROOMS The country’s first soccer “courtroom” opened at Sparta’s home field, AXA Arena, during the team’s match against Ostrava. About eight clerks and lawyers will be present at the courtroom to consider rowdy fans’ disturbances. Detained hooligans could receive a punishments ranging from fines or community work to a two-years in prison, said Prague Municipal Court judge Jan Sváček.
DEATH While no hooligans were escorted to the courtroom at AXA Arena, the rowdy behavior of Baník supporters traveling by train from Ostrava to Prague ended with the death of a 30-year-old fan, who fell from the train and suffered fatal injuries. The police are investigating the incident.
ŘEPKA The controversial Sparta soccer defender Tomáš Řepka received the second-largest fine in Gambrinus liga history for throwing a ball in the face of an opposing player in Brno May 5. Sparta fined Řepka 200,000 Kč ($12,353). He also received a two-game ban from the Czech Football Association.
SUBSIDY The Education, Youth and Sports Ministry announced May 7 that it would pay an additional 143 million Kč in subsidies to the organizers of the 2009 World Nordic Skiing Championship to be held in Liberec, north Bohemia, next winter. Over the past year, the organizers have been dealing with financial woes that have jeopardized preparations for the championship. Overall, the government will pay 1.1 billion Kč to support the event.

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