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Sparta Praha vs. Brno 2:0 (2:0)
Goals: 7th Lustrinelli, 40th Dosek
Attendance: 8 621

Tescoma Zlin vs. Slovan Liberec 0:0
Attendance: 2 018

Jablonec vs. Banik Ostrava 1:1 (0:1)
Goals: 88th Kucera (penalty) - 11th Micola
Attendance: 2 305

Kladno vs. Slovacko 2:1 (1:0)
Goals: 37th Veleba, 90th(+1) Kousal - 65th Vrana
Sent Off: 73rd Suskavcevic (Slovacko)
Attendance: 2 400

Viktoria Plzen vs. SIAD Most 1:1 (0:0)
Goals: 65th Fillo - 57th Pikl
Attendance: 3 037

Marila Pribram vs. Sigma Olomouc 1:1 (1:0)
Goals: 45th Polodna - 76th Schulmeister
Attendance: 2 267

Mlada Boleslav vs. Slavia Praha 1:3 (0:1)
Goals: 86th Rolko - 15th Fort (penalty), 53rd Vlcek, 77th Kalivoda
Sent Off: 15th Palat (Mlada Boleslav)
Attendance: 4 090

Teplice vs. Dynamo Ceske Budejovice 1:3 (1:3)
Goals: 16th Sabou - 9th Taborsky, 13th Peroutka, 27th Volesak
Attendance: 2 700

GAMBRINUS LIGA STANDINGS AFTER 12 ROUNDS
1st Liberec, 27
2nd Sparta Praha, 25
3rd Mlada Boleslav, 25
4th Slavia Praha, 21
5th Ceske Budejovice, 20
6th Teplice, 18
7th Jablonec, 18
8th Brno, 18
9th Ostrava, 15
10th Most, 14
11th Plzen, 14
12th Sigma Olomouc, 11
13th Kladno, 11
14th Pribram, 10
15th Zlin, 9
16th Slovacko

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Banik Ostrava vs. Tescoma Zlin 1:0 (1:0)
Goal: 29th Metelka
Attendance: 4 105

Teplice vs. Kladno 2:0 (2:0)
Goals: 25th Jirsak, 44th Dzeko
Attendance: 3 180

Dynamo Ceske Budejovice vs. Marila Pribram 2:1 (0:1)
Goals: 72nd Svatek (penalty), 86th Homolac - 33rd Polodna
Attendance: 3 458

Slovan Liberec vs. Viktoria Plzen 4:1 (3:0)
Goals: 19th Singlar, 32nd Holenda, 38th Zapotocny, 57th Pospech - 69th Borek
Attendance: 6 892
Attendance:
Sigma Olomouc vs. SIAD Most 2:0 (0:0)
Goals: 51st Janotka, 72nd Randa
Attendance: 3 878

Slavia Praha vs. Jablonec 2:2 (1:2)
Goals: 34th Vlcek, 77th Necid - 23rd Klapka, 45th Klapka
Attendance: 2 225

Brno vs. Mlada Boleslav 2:0 (0:0)
Goals: 58th Mazuch, 85th Pavlík
Attendance: 4 350

Slovacko vs. Sparta Praha 0:1 (0:0)
Goals: 75th Kolář
Attendance: 6 505

Standings after Round 11

1. Liberec 11 20:4 26
2. Ml. Boleslav 11 19:8 25
3. Sparta 10 12:5 19
4. Teplice 11 20:13 18
5. Slavia 11 15:9 18
6. Brno 11 8:4 18
7. Jablonec 11 11:9 17
8. Č. Budějovice 11 11:14 17
9. Ostrava 11 15:16 14
10. Most 11 14:16 13
11. Plzeň 11 11:15 13
12. Olomouc 11 9:17 10
13. Příbram 11 8:14 9
14. Zlín 11 6:15 8
15. Kladno 11 7:19 8
16. Slovácko 10 6:14 5

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Liberec

24 Marek Čech, 19 Peter Šinglár, 5 Tomáš Zápotočný, 14 Pavel Koštál, 17 Tomáš Janů, 23 Petr Papoušek, 7 Jiří Bílek, 10 Ivan Hodúr, 26 Daniel Pudil, 11 Zbyněk Pospěch, 29 Jan Holenda

Substitutes: 1 Zbyněk Hauzr, 2 Milan Matula, 6 Josef Hamouz, 9 Juraj Ančic, 12 Radek Hochmeister, 15 Winston Parks, 20 Tomáš Frejlach

Coach: Vítězslav Lavička

Sevilla
1 Andrés Palop, 2 Javi Navarro, 14 Julien Escudé, 19 Ivica Dragutinović, 4 Daniel Alves, 5 Sergio Valente, 11 Renato,, 22 Fernando Sales, 18 José Luis Martí, 23 Kepa Blanco, 12 Frédéric Kanouté

Substitutes: 13 David Cobeño, 3 David Castedo, 8 Christian Poulsen, 10 Luis Fabiano, 17 Jesuli, 20 Aitor Ocio, 25 Enzo Maresca

Coach: Juande Ramos

Referee: Alexandru Tudor (ROM)
Assistant referee: Cristian Nica (ROM) Aurel Onita (ROM)
Fourth official: Alexandru Deaconu (ROM)

Complete UEFA Report:

FC Slovan Liberec held UEFA Cup holders Sevilla FC to a creditable goalless draw on the opening night of action in Group C - and they might even have come away with all three points from a game of few chances. The Czech champions enjoyed the better of the opportunities that were created with Jiří Bílek striking the crossbar midway through the first half and Petr Papoušek failing to make the most of a decent opening after the interval.

Ramos changes
Sevilla coach Juande Ramos made five changes to the side that lost 3-1 to FC Barcelona last weekend but the alterations seemed to have little impact as the home side matched their more illustrious opponents in the opening exchanges. With 20 minutes on the clock a good run and cross from the left by Peter Šinglár found Bílek, but the Liberec midfielder could only watch as his drilled effort beat goalkeeper Andrés Palop and cannoned back off the crossbar.

Pospěch shoots over
As the first half wore on, the game became gridlocked in the midfield area. However, it was the home side who again might have gained the initiative with some neat interplay just before the break giving Zbyněk Pospěch a clear sight of goal. The forward could only fire his shot over the crossbar, however, when he might have done better.

Palop save
The second period offered much of the same, with neither side willing to overcommit, although Liberec might have snatched a famous win midway through the half when Papoušek saw a close-range effort well kept out by Palop. The Czech side will hope to build on this positive start when they travel to Portugal on 2 November to face an SC Braga side beaten by AZ Alkmaar on Matchday 1. Sevilla, meanwhile, have to wait four weeks for their next match in the group and a meeting with Braga at the Estadio Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán.

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The Godfather Of Soul , Mr. Dynamite, Soul Brother Number One - James Brown will be playing in Prague T-mobile arena for the second time.

Tickets are from 690,- to 1500,- CZK, sold here.

Afterperty will take place at Face2face club at Stvanice island. Special entrace for 50,- CZK for concert visitors. VIP for free.

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It depends on parties what they will draw from elections -- Klaus
Budapest- Czech President Vaclav Klaus told CTK today that it does not matter whom he will assign with the task to form a new government, indicating that the results of the weekend local and Senate elections will not probably influence his decision-making in this respect.

Elections result another loss of Paroubek's style -- ODS
Prague- The public rejected the confrontational policy of Social Democrat (CCSD) leader Jiri Paroubek in this week's local and Senate elections, Mirek Topolanek, chairman of the Cvivic Democratic Party (ODS) that won a landslide victory in both elections, said today.

KSCM does not support CSSD call, will support CSSD candidates
Prague- The Communists (KSCM) executive committee did not explicitly support Social Democrat (CSSD) head Jiri Paroubek's call for parties to join forces against Civic Democrat (ODS) candidates in the Senate elections second round, but will support CSSD candidates, Vojtech Filip said.

Election results do not change CSSD govt options -- Paroubek
Prague- The local elections and the first round of the Senate elections have changed nothing about the alternatives of negotiations about a new government which the Social Democrats (CSSD) submitted a week ago, CSSD chairman Jiri Paroubek said on Prima television.

Bem says constitutional majority not ODS strategic goal
Prague- Having a constitutional majority in the Senate is not the strategic goal of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), its deputy chairman Pavel Bem said on Czech Television.

ODS wins local elections in Prague ahead of CSSD
Prague- The Civic Democratic Party (ODS) again won the local elections in Prague, winning 53.3 percent of the vote, followed by Social Democrats (CSSD) with 15.42 percent.


ODS wins local polls ahead of CSSD, KDU-CSL, turnout 46 pct
Prague- The local elections in the Czech Republic, held this weekend, were won by the Civic Democrats (ODS) who gained the highest number of votes as well as mandates in municipal assemblies.

ODS gains majority of votes in Prague, control of city hall
Prague- The right-wing Civic Democrats (ODS) were supported by 54.43 percent of voters in the local elections in Prague, thus gaining an absolute majority in the Prague city assembly and can rule alone, without a coalition partner in the capital.

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Čáslav - Opava 0:3 (0:2)
Bohemians 1905 - Olomouc B 1:0 (1:0)
Blšany - Jihlava 1:2 (0:1)
Jakubčovice - Ústí n. Labem 2:2 (2:2)
Hlučín - Bystrc 1:0 (0:0)
HFK Olomouc - Žižkov 2:0 (2:0)
Třinec - Sokolov 1:2 (0:1)
Vítkovice - Hradec Králové 0:0 (0:0)

Standings after Round 10

1. HFK Olomouc 10 18:2 25
2. Žižkov 10 18:6 21
3. Jihlava 10 16:6 19
4. Jakubčovice 10 15:12 16
5. Opava 10 13:10 16
6. Čáslav 10 12:14 16
7. Sokolov 10 12:11 15
8. Třinec 10 7:10 14
9. Hlučín 10 10:10 13
10. Vítkovice 10 8:11 12
11. Hradec Kralove 10 9:11 11
12. Olomouc B 10 10:14 11
13. Blšany 10 9:15 10
14. Bohemians 1905 10 7:10 9
15. Ústí n. Labem 10 13:19 9
16. Bystrc 10 3:19 4

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Group stage - 19th October 2006 20:15
Venue: Sparta Stadium - Prague

Sparta played well, but Espanyol had more luck. The match was heavily infulenced by referee. Penalty shot from 17th minute was decided wrong. On the other side, Howard Webb didnt award penalty, which shoud be played at second half of the match...

Sparta

29 Jaromír Blažek, 20 Zdeněk Pospěch, 2 Tomáš Řepka, 22 Jiří Homola, 23 Michal Kadlec, 11 Daniel Kolář, 17 Ludovic Sylvestre, 18 Karol Kisel, 28 Miroslav Matušovič, 9 Libor Došek, 16 Jan Šimák

Substitutes: 31 Tomáš Grigar, 5 Václav Drobný, 7 Tomáš Kóňa, 8 Radoslav Zabavník, 14 Michal Zelenka, 21 Tomáš Jun, 30 Mauro Lustrinelli

Coach: Michal Bílek

Espanyol

1 Gorka Iraizoz, 5 Sergio, 21 Daniel Jarque, 19 Marc Torrejón, 15 Fredson Camara, 8 Pablo Javier Zabaleta, 17 Mohamed El Yaagoubi, 11 Albert Riera, 9 Iván de la Peña, 10 Luis García, 7 Walter Pandiani

Substitutes: 13 Idriss Kaméni, 4 Jesús María Lacruz, 14 Ito, 20 Ferrán Corominas, 24 Jonathan Soriano, 27 Julián, 30 Francisco Chica

Coach: Ernesto Valverde

Referee: Howard Webb (ENG)
Assistant referee: Robert Lewis (ENG) Gavin Ward (ENG)
Fourth official: Martin Atkinson (ENG)

Complete report from UEFA:

RCD Espanyol made a winning start to their Group F campaign by scoring two goals without reply at AC Sparta Praha.

Riera strike
Despite struggling for form in the Primera División, Espanyol made a bright start in the Czech capital and took the lead after 17 minutes as Luis García converted a penalty. Sparta were the dominant team from then on and the visitors had to survive some fierce late pressure before striker Albert Riera wrapped up the victory in the 85th minute.

Changes
Espanyol coach Ernesto Valverde made eight changes to the team which drew 0-0 at Villarreal CF on Sunday, fielding Walter Pandiani as the lone striker in a 4-2-3-1 formation. Sparta boss Michal Bílek also went for a new-look starting XI, making three alterations to the side which saw off FC Baník Ostrava 3-0 at the weekend.

Repka set-piece
García caused havoc from the off and soon won a penalty after a speedy break into the box was brought to an abrupt end by Michal Kadlec. The 25-year-old forward picked himself up to fire the spot-kick past goalkeeper Jaromír Blažek and into the bottom right-hand corner. The goal seemed to spur the home side into action and they immediately went on the offensive as defender Tomáš Repka went close from a free-kick.

Stout defending
The visitors had to defend stoutly to preserve their slender advantage as the interval approached, Miroslav Matušovič shooting just wide. Sparta began the second half in similar fashion, and were denied an equaliser three minutes in as Espanyol goalkeeper Gorka Iraizoz repelled a Jan Šimák shot. The clinching second goal came against the run of play as Riera latched on to a Pablo Zabaleta cross and fired the ball low into the net.
source: http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UEFACup/FixturesResults/Round=2365/Match=85001/index.html

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Hradec Kralove - Bohemians 1905 0:2 (0:0)
Bystrc - Jakubčovice 3:0 (1:0)
Žižkov - Vítkovice 1:0 (0:0)
Ústí n. Labem - Třinec 1:0 (0:0)
Hlučín - HFK Olomouc 0:0 (0:0)
Sokolov - Blšany 1:0 (0:0)
Jihlava - Čáslav 2:0 (0:0)
Olomouc B - Opava 1:0 (0:0)

Standings after Round 11

1. HFK Olomouc 11 18:2 26
2. Žižkov 11 19:6 24
3. Jihlava 11 18:6 22
4. Sokolov 11 13:11 18
5. Opava 11 13:11 16
6. Jakubčovice 11 15:15 16
7. Čáslav 11 12:16 16
8. Hlučín 11 10:10 14
9. Olomouc B 11 11:14 14
10. Třinec 11 7:11 14
11. Bohemians 1905 11 9:10 12
12. Vítkovice 11 8:12 12
13. Ústí n. Labem 11 14:19 12
14. Hradec Kr. 11 9:13 11
15. Blšany 11 9:16 10
16. Bystrc 11 6:19 7

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Jakubcovice - 1. HFK Olomouc 2:0 (0:0)
Blsany - Zizkovv 0:2 (0:0)
Caslav - Sokolov 2:2 (1:1)
Vitkovice - Hlucín 1:1 (0:1)
Trinec - Bystrc 0:1 (0:0)
Opava - Hradec Kralove 0:2 (0:0)
Olomouc B - Jihlava
Bohemians 1905 - Ústí n. Labem 3:1 (1:0)

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Jakubcovice - 1. HFK Olomouc 2:0 (0:0)

Goals: 51. Jašurek, 85. P. Kunc
Referee: Možíš - Gallo, Pochylý
Yellow cards: R. Fischer - Los, Schindler
Antendance: 537

Jakubcovice: J. Pospěch - Kuděla, K. Doležal, R. Fischer (83. Mikula), J. Daněk - Jašurek, Hanus (62. Schreier), Baránek, Krohmer - P. Kunc, Prohaszka (19. Jandík). Coach: Grussmann

HFK Olomouc: M. Doležal - Lošťák, O. Kalvoda, Schindler, Josefík - Spáčil, Ševela, Škuta, Krutý - Los, Janeček
Coach: L. Kalvoda


Blsany - Zizkov 0:2 (0:0)

Goals: 53. Eismann, 76. Kalod
Referee: Adam - Mikel, Hájek
Yellow cards: Bogdanov, Psohlavec, Jamrich - Šťastný
Attendance: 538

Blšany: Rada - Jamrich (73. Caushaj), Zachariáš, Heinc, Benko - Čonka (64. Štípek), Bogdanov, Loos (31. Jedinák), Flaišman - Kožíšek, Psohlavec
Coach: Bičovský

Žižkov: Bartalský - Kučera, Král, Šťastný, Kušnír (48. Eismann) - Stracený, T. Procházka, Novotný, Grznár - Kalod (90. Kropík), Demjan
Coach: Skalba


Caslav - Sokolov 2:2 (1:1)

Goals: 19. Bálek, 90.+3 Mráz - 12. vlastní Šrámek, 90.+1 Gába
Referee: Královec - Zlámal, Hojsík
Yellow cards: Urban, Jirouš, Mráz - Huber, Salák
Attendance: 982

Čáslav: Malík - Kunášek, Mráz, Šrámek, Širanec (63. Sedláček) - Urban (77. T. Dubský), Pazdera, Haniak, Blažej - Jirouš, Bálek. Coach: Zákostelský

Sokolov: Kubásek - Dřížďal (37. Kubice), Huber, Němeček, P. Mach - Dittrich, Gába, Adam, Glos - Salák (72. Sláma), Šorfa (87. Boček)
Coach: Pulpit

Vitkovice - Hlucín 1:1 (0:1)

Goals: 70. Fromelius - 23. own goal Švec
Referee: Ardeleánu - Peřina, Vysloužil
Yellow cards: Opršal, Hejdušek, Rygel, Černý - Melecký, Tomáš
Attendance: 1185
Vítkovice: Kello - Hejdušek, Derych, Opršal, Mikulenka (62. Fromelius) - Pražák (46. Jakus), Švec, Pokorný, Třasák - Černý, Rygel Coach: Daněk
Hlučín: Kosmál - Veselý, Sáblík, Švrček, Tomáš (73. Prokeš) - Novosad (77. Moravčík), Melecký, Bogdaň, Žižka - Dombi, Mišinský
Coach: Cviertna

Trinec - Bystrc 0:1 (0:0)

Goals: 47. Mrázek
Referee: Kocourek - Wilczek, Szarowski
Yellow cards: Maceček, Cieslar - Schuster
Attendance: 579
Třinec: Vreštiak - Vavruška, Pindor, Čelůstka, Martinčík - Malíř, Cieslar, Lasota (61. Szmek), Miko (80. Kořínek) - Kluz (51. Ceplák), Maceček
Coach: Hajný
Bystrc: Hrubý - Houšť, Simr, Michal, Krejčíř - Látal (77. Veselovský), Bajer, Nechvátal, Ševčík (90. Janíček) - Mrázek (87. Jirásek), Schuster
Coach: Machala

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Australien Jason Crump won World Championchip and Sunday he also won 58th race for Golden Helmet at pardubice speedway.

Jason Crump won at pardubice speedway won 8th time.

Second finished Hans Andersen and third was Nicki Pedersen (both from Denmark).

Best from Czech Republic was ninth Marian Jirout.

Complete finals results:

1 CRUMP Jason AUS
2 ANDERSEN Hans N. DEN
3 PEDERSEN Nicki DEN
4 ULAMEK Sebastian POL
5 KASPRZAK Krysztof POL
6 ADAMS Leigh AUS
7 BJERRE Kenneth DEN
8 LINDGREN Fredrik SWE
9 JIROUT Marian CZE
10 PAVLIČ Jurica CRO
11 NICHOLLS Scott GBR
12 JENSEN Jesper B. DEN

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Petr Cech 15.10.2006 underwent an operation on a depressed fracture of
the skull sustained in Saturday's English Premier League between Chelsea
and Reading. The Czech international collided with Reading's Stephen
Hunt in the first minute of the match and was immediately stretchered
off the pitch and taken to hospital.

17.10.2006
According to an official Chelsea statement Petr Cech's condition is
improving. The Czech goalkeeper saw his first visitors yesterday, including wife Martina, Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, and Chelsea captain John Terry, and could
be released from hospital next week.

The British media, meanwhile, is involved in a "merry-go-round of
speculation" about the seriousness of the injury. The most optimistic
scenario sees Cech returning to action in just six weeks; the most
pessimistic scenario involves a one-year layoff.

Quoting an anonymous Chelsea source, The Sun, a British tabloid,
reported today that Cech has had two metal plates inserted in his head,
similar to the sort normally used to treat victims of car accidents.

18.10.2006
Encouragingly, Cech yesterday spoke on the phone with his agent, Pavel
Zika. According to Zika, Cech wanted to know the latest football news,
passed on his thanks to well-wishers, and said he was looking forward to
going home. According to info from latest news in Czech TV, he will be watching his Chelsea playing Barcelona today.

Meanwhile, doctors at the hospital where Cech is being treated have
confirmed that two metal plates have been inserted into the
24-year-old's head. The exact location of the plates hasn't been
disclosed, however, making it difficult to judge how long he might be
out of action.

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Tescoma Zlin vs. Teplice 1:4 (1:0)
Viktoria Plzen vs. Brno 1:1 (1:0)

Kladno vs. Slavia Praha 0:1 (0:0)
Marila Pribram vs. Slovan Liberec (1:0)
Mlada Boleslav vs. Dynamo Ceske Budejovice 4:2 (2:1)
SIAD Most vs. Slovacko 2:0 (0:0)
Sparta Praha vs. Banik Ostrava 3:0 (3:0)

Jablonec vs. Sigma Olomouc 2:0 (1:0)

1 Mlada Boleslav 25
2 Liberec 23
3 Sparta 19
4 Slavia 17
5 Jablonec 16
6 Teplice 15
7 Brno 15
8 Ceske Budejovice 14
9 Most 13
10 Plzen 13
11 Ostrava 11
12 Pribram 9
13 Zlín 8
14 Kladno 8
15 Olomouc 7
16 Slovácko 5

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Republic of Ireland: 1 Wayne Henderson, 2 Stephen Kelly, 4 Paul McShane, 5 John O'Shea, 3 Steve Finnan, 6 Lee Carsley, 7 Andy Reid, 8 Jonathan Douglas, 9 Kevin Kilbane, 11 Damien Duff, 10 Robbie Keane

Substitutes: 12 Clinton Morrison, 13 Alan O'Brien, 15 Alan Lee, 17 Kevin Foley, 18 Sean St Ledger, 14 Alan Quinn, 16 Nicky Colgan

Coach: Steve Staunton

Czech Republic: 1 Petr Čech, 3 Jan Polák, 21 Tomáš Ujfaluši, 5 Radoslav Kováč, 6 Marek Jankulovski, 13 Martin Jiránek, 10 Tomáš Rosický, 20 Jaroslav Plašil, 22 David Rozehnal, 9 Jan Koller, 15 Milan Baroš

Substitutes: 16 Jaromír Blažek, 2 Zdeněk Grygera, 11 David Lafata, 12 Zdeněk Pospěch, 14 David Jarolím, 17 Martin Abrahám, 18 Marek Kulič

Coach: Karel Brückner

Referee: Bertrand Layec (FRA)
Assistant referee: Patrick Reinbold (FRA) Bruno Faye (FRA)
Fourth official: Stéphane Lannoy (FRA)

Complete coverage at UEFA.com

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Tomas Enge qulified at seventh place. Finished second.

Czech fans that had crowded into the natural amphitheatre surrounding the Brno circuit were delighted to see Tomas Enge secure the Czech team’s first podium finish of the season. Thanks to a slick tyre change on lap nine, the Czech was able to squeeze past Duran when the Mexican pitted two laps later. Duran pushed Enge hard to regain position, but the Brno specialist kept his line until the finish. “It was a strong performance,” Enge said, “I had to get used to the car again after so long away, I had to get used to a new engineer, but everyone did a great job and I’m really happy with the result. I don’t know if I’ll celebrate too much tonight though – it’s been a tough week!”

Source: A1GP Site

Qualifying Results
A1 Team Driver Aggregate Time
1 NEW ZEALAND Jonny Reid 3:30.053
2 GERMANY Nico Hulkenberg 3:30.524
3 MALAYSIA Alex Yoong 3:31.051
4 CHINA Congfu Cheng 3:31.531
5 CANADA James Hinchcliffe 3:31.673
6 USA Philip Giebler 3:31.743
7 CZECH REPUBLIC Tomas Enge 3:32.016
8 FRANCE Nicolas Lapierre 3:32.227
9 SWITZERLAND Sebastien Buemi 3:32.774
10 GREAT BRITAIN Robbie Kerr 3.32.787
11 MEXICO Salvador Duran 3:32.943
12 NETHERLANDS Jeroen Bleekemolen 3:32.976
13 LEBANON Graham Rahal 3:33.360
14 SOUTH AFRICA Stephen Simpson 3:33.676
15 BRAZIL Tuka Rocha 3:33.732
16 INDONESIA Ananda Mikola 3:34.079
17 ITALY Pier Guidi Alessandro 3:34.897
18 IRELAND Michael Devaney 3:35.306
19 INDIA Armaan Ebrahim 3:36.076
20 AUSTRALIA Karl Reindler 3:37.495
21 GREECE Takis Kaitazis 3:38.020
22 SINGAPORE Denis Lian 3:38.767
23 PAKISTAN Nur Ali 3:42.593

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Horse Decent Fellow with a jockey Josef Bartoš won 116th Velká Pardubická Steeplechase.
Most of the favorite horses did not finish.

The longest running and most challenging steeplechase on the continent, the Velká Pardubická, took place today October 8th at 11.00.

The long history of the Velká Pardubická is peppered with records. The only horse to win the race four times was the phenomenal Železník. The most successful jockey was Josef Váňa, the only man to win the race five times. The only jockey to win both the Velká Pardubická and the Grand National was the Englishman Williamson. This was, however, back in the 19th century.

More interesting facts...

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Group D, U Nisy, Liberec - Saturday 7th October 2006
Czech Republic vs San Marino 7:0 (4:0)
15' Kulič, 22' Polák, 28', 68' Baroš 43', 52' Koller, 49' Jarolím

Lineups with substitutes Czech Republic:
1 P. Čech, 21 T. Ujfaluši, 2 Z. Grygera, 22 D. Rozehnal (T. Zápotočný [46.]), 6 M. Jankulovski, 14 D. Jarolím, 10 T. Rosický (J. Plašil [64.]), 3 J. Polák, 15 M. Baroš
9 J. Koller, 18 M. Kulič (D. Lafata [46.])

Lineups with substitutes San Marino:
1 F. Valentini, 2 C. Valentini, 3 D. Vannucci, 6 S. Bacciocchi, 5 A. Della Valle, 4 N. Albani, 7 M. Masi (F. Crescentini [69.]), 8 M. Domeniconi, 9 M. Moretti (M. Marani [55.]), 11 M. Andreini (P. Mariotti [81.]), 10 A. Selva

Referee: Vusal Aliyev (AZE),
Assistant referee: Azad Huseynov (AZE), Ramiz Asadov (AZE)
Fourth official: Babak Guliyev (AZE)

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Friday, October 6th, 2006
Playoff for Final Tournament, Fisrt leg
Czech Republic Under-21s vs Bosnia-Herzegovina Under-21s 2:1 (1:0)
Goals: 34th Kolar, 71st Latka - 54th Salihovic

The Czech Under-21s concede an away goal but go into Tuesday's second
leg, in Sarajevo, with a one-goal advantage.

Complete Uefa Report

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Taťána Kuchařová, 18 year old girl from Opočno, won title of Miss World. It is a first time, that this title belongs to Czech Republic.

Czech Republic was crowned Miss World out of 104 beautiful and talented contestants, with Romania named first runner-up, followed by Australia as second runner-up.

Taťána Kuchařová likes to play tenis, voleyball, horseriding and skying. She likes to dance a listen to a good music. She likes to spend time with her favourite animals, cats, birds and turtles.

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Saturday, October 7th, 2006
Venue: Stadion U Nisy, Liberec

Czech Republic Starting Lineup
1 P. Čech, 21 T. Ujfaluši, 2 Z. Grygera, 22 D. Rozehnal, 6 M. Jankulovski, 14 D. Jarolím, 10 T. Rosický, 3 J. Polák, 15 M. Baroš, 9 J. Koller, 18 M. Kulič

San Marion Starting Lineup
1 F. Valentini, 2 C. Valentini, 3 D. Vannucci, 6 S. Bacciocchi, 5 A. Della Valle, 4 N. Albani, 7 M. Masi, 8 M. Domeniconi, 9 M. Moretti, 11 M. Andreini, 10 A. Selva

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Three Czech teams reached basic groups at UEFA Cup. Sparta Praha, Liberec and Mlada Boleslav.

UEFA Cup Program

Thursday 19th October
Group A: Livorno - Glasgow Rangers, Maccabi Haifa - Auxerre.
Group B: Besiktas - Tottenham, Bruggy - Leverkusen.
Group C: Alkmaar - Braga, Liberec - Sevilla.
Group D: Pamplona - Heerenveen, Odense - Parma.
Group E: Wisla Krakov - Blackburn, Basilej - Feyenoord.
Group F: Austria Vídeň - Waregem, Sparta Praha - Espaňol.
Group G: Panathinaikos - Hapoel Tel Aviv, Rapid Bukurešť - Paris St. Germain.
Group H: Frankfurt - Palermo, Newcastle - Fenerbahce.

Thursday 2nd November
Group A: Glasgow Rangers - Maccabi Haifa, Partizan Bělehrad - Livorno.
Group B: Tottenham - Bruggy, Dinamo Bukurešť - Besiktas.
Group C: Braga - Liberec, Grasshoppers Curych - Alkmaar.
Group D: Heerenveen - Odense, Lens - Pamplona.
Group E: Blackburn - Basilej, Nancy - Wisla Krakov.
Group F: Waregem - Sparta Praha, Ajax - Austria Vídeň.
Group G: Hapoel Tel Aviv - Rapid Bukurešť, Mladá Boleslav - Panathinaikos.
Group H: Palermo - Newcastle, Celta Vigo - Frankfurt.

Thursday 23rd November
Group A: Auxerre - Glasgow Rangers, Maccabi Haifa - Partizan Bělehrad.
Group B: Leverkusen - Tottenham, Bruggy - Dinamo Bukurešť.
Group C: Sevilla - Braga, Liberec - Grasshoppers Curych.
Group D: Parma - Heerenveen, Odense - Lens.
Group E: Feyenoord - Blackburn, Basilej - Nancy.
Group F: Espaňol - Waregem, Sparta Praha - Ajax.
Group G: Paris St. Germain - Hapoel Tel Aviv, Rapid Bukurešť - Mladá Boleslav.
Group H: Fenerbahce - Palermo, Newcastle - Celta Vigo.

Wednesday 29th November
Group A: Partizan Bělehrad - Auxerre, Livorno - Maccabi Haifa.
Group B: Dinamo Bukurešť - Leverkusen, Besiktas - Bruggy.
Group C: Grasshoppers Curych - Sevilla, Alkmaar - Liberec.
Group D: Lens - Parma, Pamplona - Odense.

Thursday 30th November
Group E: Nancy - Feyenoord, Wisla Krakov - Basilej.
Group F: Ajax - Espaňol, Austria Vídeň - Sparta Praha.
Group G: Mladá Boleslav - Paris St. Germain, Panathinaikos - Rapid Bukurešť.
Group H: Celta Vigo - Fenerbahce, Frankfurt - Newcastle.

Wednesday 13rd December
Group E: Feyenoord - Wisla Krakov, Blackburn - Nancy.
Group F: Espaňol - Austria Vídeň, Waregem - Ajax.
Group G: Paris St. Germain - Panathinaikos, Hapoel Tel Aviv - Mladá Boleslav.
Group H: Fenerbahce - Frankfurt, Palermo - Celta Vigo.

Thursday 14th December
Group A: Auxerre - Livorno, Glasgow Rangers - Partizan Bělehrad.
Group B: Leverkusen - Besiktas, Tottenham - Dinamo Bukurešť.
Group C: Sevilla - Alkmaar, Braga - Grasshoppers Curych.
Group D: Parma - Pamplona, Heerenveen - Lens.

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Until end of autum part of second division will be no fee for home games of Hradec Kralove. Decision was made after bad results in the first ten matches, hoping that bigger fan support wil help team play. Hradec Kralove will be playing three more home matches. They will host games against Bohemians Praha, Olomouc B and Jihlava.

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Dopravni podnik, firm that runs Prague underground will introduce new metro station - at line IV.C - Střížkov.

Entrance will be free at
Friday 6th October from 14:00 to 17:00 and
Saturday 7th October from 10:00 to 17:00.

Entrance is from the Liberecka bus station (Vysočanská street)
view on Map.

More pictures and photos of Strižkov metro station at metroweb.cz.

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According to news on CT1 some exchange points at centre of Prague are behaving quite unfair. You see just a big sign, that tells you exchange rates have bigger ratio, than you will get when you try to change money. Where is the problem? The big sign doesn't tell you that you have to exchange "more than" 15 - 30.000,-, that is written on that small ones behind the door. So when you just want to change 100EUR you get only about 2.100,- CZK, but according to big sign you should get 2.800,-. There is currently no defense againt it and according to czech law it is not a crime. Be careful when exchanging money at street.

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Exactly before 75 years - 28th September was newly opened Prague ZOO.

Complete article about celebration (czech only).

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Pardubice - České Budějovice 5:1 (2:0, 2:1, 1:0)
Kladno - Vsetín 2:0 (1:0, 0:0, 1:0)
Zlín - Liberec 4:1 (2:1, 1:0, 1:0)
Plzeň - Třinec 1:4 (1:1, 0:0, 0:3)
Sparta - Karlovy Vary 4:1 (3:0, 0:1, 1:0)
Litvínov - Slavia 2:1 PP (0:0, 0:0, 1:1 - 1:0)
Vítkovice - Znojmo 1:2 (1:1, 0:1, 0:0)

1 Znojmo 19
2 Sparta 19
3 Zlín 19
4 Třinec 17
5 České Budějovice 17
6 Litvínov 17
7 Pardubice 16
8 Liberec 15
9 Karlovy Vary 14
10 Vítkovice 13
11 Kladno 12
12 Plzeň 12
13 Vsetín 11
14 Slavia 9

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Sparta - Plzeň 5:3 (0:2, 4:0, 1:1)
Karlovy Vary - Zlín 2:3 PP (1:1, 0:1, 1:0 - 0:1)
Třinec - Kladno 7:5 (3:2, 3:2, 1:1)
Liberec - Pardubice 4:3 (1:1, 1:0, 2:2)
České Budějovice - Vítkovice 1:2 (0:0, 0:1, 1:1)
Vsetín - Litvínov 3:6 (0:2, 1:2, 2:2)
Znojmo - Slavia 5:2 (1:0, 1:2, 3:0)

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Jihlava vs. Bohemians 1905 3:0 (1:0)

Sokolov vs. Hlucin 2:1 (1:0)
Usti nad Labem vs. Vitkovice 2:1 (1:1)
Bystrc vs. HFK Olomouc 0:3 (0:0)
Opava vs. Trinec 2:0 (2:0)

Zizkov vs. Jakubcovice 3:0 (1:0)
Hradec Kralove vs. Blsany 0:3 (0:3)

Sigma Olomouc B vs. Caslav

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Tescoma Zlin vs. Jablonec 0:0 (0:0)
Banik Ostrava vs. Marila Pribram 1:1 (1:1)

Dynamo Ceske Budejovice vs. Viktoria Plzen 2:1 (2:1)
Sigma Olomouc vs. Slovacko 2:1 (1:1)
Brno vs. SIAD Most 1:1 (1:1)
Teplice vs. Mlada Boleslav 0:2 (0:0)

Slavia Praha vs. Sparta Praha 0:0 (0:0)
Slovan Liberec vs. Kladno 4:1 (1:0)

1 Liberec 23
2 Mladá Boleslav 22
3 Sparta 16
4 Slavia 14
5 Brno 14
6 České Budějovice 14
7 Jablonec 13
8 Teplice 12
9 Plzeň 12
10 Ostrava 11
11 Most 10
12 Zlín 8
13 Kladno 8
14 Olomouc 7
15 Příbram 6
16 Slovácko 5

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