Sunday, 19 May 2013
Sports | ČTK
Hockey forward Červenka leaves NHL for St.Petersburg

Czech ice hockey forward Roman Červenka is leaving the NHL, where he played for Calgary, and returning to the Continental League (KHL) to play for Saint Petersburg.
Sports | Perth Now/AP
Riders to try Tour de France on bikes without pedals

Six men, four of which are Czechs, will attempt to mark the 100th edition of the Tour de France by covering the 3500km distance on bikes without pedals, or drugs.

Sports | San Antonio Express
Slovakia, Czechs into quarters at hockey worlds

Slovakia defeated the United States 4-1 and the Czech Republic routed Norway 7-0 in group finales for both teams to reach the quarterfinals at the ice hockey world championship on Tuesday.
Sports | Prague Daily Monitor
Cricket weekend round up

A wet weekend in Prague led to the cancellation of the two league matches scheduled here.
Sports | Prague Daily Monitor
The Volkswagen Prague Marathon 2013 is here!

Prague will be awash with tourists and elite runners this weekend as the 19th edition of the Volkswagen Prague Marathon takes place on Sunday 12th May 2013.

A plethora of East African runners, once again, fill the top ten entries for the men’s race. Albert Kiplagat Matebor is ranked as the favourite to win and quite possibly in a record time too.

Sports | Prague Daily Monitor
Czech cricket season arrived

The Czech cricket season arrived last week but unfortunately, for Prague Cricket Club, who wanted to hit the practice nets, so did the rain.
Sports | Prague Wandering
That's how they roll: Girls like it rough and ready with old-new sport

While ice hockey remains one of the most popular sports in the Czech Republic, with the national team ranking as one of the top in the world, a craze incorporating hockey's speed and agility is gaining momentum in the nation's capital — roller derby.
Sports | ČTK
Olympic team's clothes based on Mucha's post stamp

The motif on the clothes Czech athletes will wear at the winter Olympic games in Sochi has been inspired by the first Czechoslovak post stamp designed by famous art nouveau painter Alfons Mucha.
Sports | Bangkok Post
Rosol wins maiden ATP title in Bucharest

Lukáš Rosol of the Czech Republic claimed his first ATP title in Bucharest on Sunday with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.
Sports | ČTK
Ten NHL players in Czech hockey roster for world cup

Ten ice hockey players from the overseas NHL competition are included in the Czech roster for the forthcoming world cup in Stockholm that the national side's coach Alois Hadamczik presented after the Czech Hockey Games tournament on Sunday.
Sports | AP
Italy beats Czech Republic to reach Fed Cup final

Roberta Vinci put Italy into the Fed Cup final, beating Lucie Šafářová of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-3 Monday to clinch a 3-1 win in a series that had been postponed a day because of rain.
Sports | Bangkok Post
Roman Kreuziger wins Amstel Gold race

Czech biker Roman Kreuziger made a solo break for home to win the Amstel Gold race on Sunday after 251.8km from Maastricht to Valkenburg.
Sports | AP
ČR advances to Davis Cup semifinals

Defending champion Czech Republic beat Kazakhstan to advance to the Davis Cup semifinals with a match to spare on Sunday.
Sports | SBS/AAP
Berdych injury rocks Czech Davis Cup team

What looked like being a fairly straightforward assignment in Kazakhstan for Davis Cup holders the Czech Republic has turned into a quarter-final minefield following the late withdrawal of top player Tomáš Berdych.
Sports | Edmonton Journal
Boston Bruins get Jaromír Jágr from the Dallas Stars

Jaromír Jágr is now a member of the Boston Bruins after the Dallas Stars traded him on Tuesday, April 2.