Sunday, 27 May 2018

Sport

Brno Cricket Club brings an international pastime to Moravia

Brno Daily |
29 January 2018
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With its emphasis on sportsmanship, cricket is a true celebration of internationalism, diversity, and tolerance. This is also a belief held by Brno Cricket Club (BCC), who have been working tirelessly to promote the sport in South Moravia.

Sparta buys Stanciu from Anderlecht for 4.6 million euros

ČTK |
24 Jan 2018

The football club Sparta Praha bought Romanian midfielder Nicolae Stanciu from Anderlecht for EUR 4.6 million, according to ČTK's information, which makes Stanciu the most expensive player in the history of the top Czech league.

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Špotáková expecting second baby

ČTK |
19 Jan 2018

Javelin champion Barbora Špotáková will not take part in competitions this season because she is pregnant and her second child is expected to be born in the summer.

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Czechs nominate 89 athletes to Korean Olympics, four may be added

ČTK |
19 Jan 2018

The Czech Olympic Committee (COV) nominated 85 winter athletes for the forthcoming South Korean Olympic Games on Thursday, but still four more athletes may be added to the Czech team.

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Biathlete Koukalová to be absent from Olympic Games

ČTK |
15 Jan 2018

Czech biathlete Gabriela Koukalova, 28, will not participate in the forthcoming Winter Olympics to take place in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from February 9 to 25, Jiri Hamza, the head of the Czech Biathlon Association, told journalists on Friday.

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Strong Czech team awaits Canada in junior semifinal

CBC.ca |
4 January 2018
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The Czechs will face Canada in the semi-final at the 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey on Thursday after beating Finland 4-3 in the first quarter-final matchup.

Gabriela Koukalová is Czech Champion of Sport 2017

ČTK |
22 Dec 2017

Biathlete Gabriela Koukalová won the title of the Czech Champion of Sports 2017 in a poll organised by sport journalists on Thursday, followed by javelin thrower Barbora Špotáková, tennis player Karolína Plíšková and rower Ondřej Synek.

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Footballer Tomáš Rosický retires

Prague TV |
21 December 2017
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Tomáš Rosický, the former captain of the Czech football team, announced his retirement at age 37. In his career, he played for Sparta Prague, Borussia Dortmund, and Arsenal London, and earned the nickname "the little Mozart." His career lasted 18 years.

Plísková declared best Czech tennis player in 2017

ČTK |
15 Dec 2017

Karolina Pliskova, a former world No. 1, won a poll of the Tenis magazine and the Czech Tennis Association, and was declared the best Czech tennis player in 2017 Thursday.

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Golden hockey goalie Hnilička to be gov't sport commissioner

ČTK |
13 Dec 2017

Former Czech ice-hockey goalie and ANO MP Milan Hnilička, a gold medalist from the Nagano Olympics, will fill a new post of the government commissioner for sports, which Prime Minister-designate Andrej Babiš plans to establish, Lidové noviny reported.

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