He and his gold medal-winning wife – a fellow rifle shooter – make "best team in the world"
Pavol and Peter Hochschorner won the gold medal in double canoe slalom on Friday, making it three straight Olympics the brothers from Slovakia have finished first.
Chinese athletes won two gold medals on Saturday on a first day of Olympic competition marred by the stabbing death of an American volleyball coach's relative and two doping controversies.
A passenger train rumbling through the Czech Republic slammed into a collapsed overpass, causing the deaths of at least a half dozen passengers and the injuries of a few dozen more, according to a Czech News Agency account.
Ai Sugiyama of Japan downed 16th-seeded Nicole Vaidisova of the Czech Republic 6-3 3-6 6-2 in opening-round at the Rogers Cup on Tuesday.
Iran tests nine of its missiles just after Russia makes its own provocative response to a planned expansion of the U.S. missile shield in Europe
Russia's Foreign Ministry Tuesday threatened a "military-technological" response if the United States deploys a missile defense system in former Soviet-bloc nations near Russia's borders.
The United States and the Czech Republic on Tuesday signed an initial agreement to begin basing part of a U.S. missile shield in the former Soviet satellite
Germany, Holland and Spain set the pace in Europe's classic football championship
Czech Republic substitute Vaclav Sverkos stunned Euro 2008 co-hosts Switzerland with the only goal of the opening game in Basle on Saturday.
He and his gold medal-winning wife – a fellow rifle shooter – make "best team in the world"
Pavol and Peter Hochschorner won the gold medal in double canoe slalom on Friday, making it three straight Olympics the brothers from Slovakia have finished first.
Chinese athletes won two gold medals on Saturday on a first day of Olympic competition marred by the stabbing death of an American volleyball coach's relative and two doping controversies.
A passenger train rumbling through the Czech Republic slammed into a collapsed overpass, causing the deaths of at least a half dozen passengers and the injuries of a few dozen more, according to a Czech News Agency account.
Ai Sugiyama of Japan downed 16th-seeded Nicole Vaidisova of the Czech Republic 6-3 3-6 6-2 in opening-round at the Rogers Cup on Tuesday.
Iran tests nine of its missiles just after Russia makes its own provocative response to a planned expansion of the U.S. missile shield in Europe
Russia's Foreign Ministry Tuesday threatened a "military-technological" response if the United States deploys a missile defense system in former Soviet-bloc nations near Russia's borders.
The United States and the Czech Republic on Tuesday signed an initial agreement to begin basing part of a U.S. missile shield in the former Soviet satellite
Germany, Holland and Spain set the pace in Europe's classic football championship
Czech Republic substitute Vaclav Sverkos stunned Euro 2008 co-hosts Switzerland with the only goal of the opening game in Basle on Saturday.
SI.com's Gabriele Marcotti is in Switzerland and Austria for the 2008 European Championship. Here's his primer for the tournament.
Euro 2008 is almost upon us, and the excitement is mounting. In England, however, you could be forgiven for thinking the tournament has been canceled.
Midfielder Libor Sionko scored twice with substitute Michal Kadlec adding the other as the Czech Republic warmed up for Euro 2008 with a 3-1 win over Scotland in Prague on Friday night.
Striker Bafetimbi Gomis scored twice on his French debut as they beat Ecuador 2-0 in a friendly international in Grenoble on Tuesday night.
Czech Republic captain Tomas Rosicky broke the expected bad news on Friday that he would be unavailable for this summer's European Championships because of an injury.
Forget lists of "What's Next" in travel. Eastern Europe is "What's Now." While it's catching up to the West -- becoming more modern, expensive and crowded -- Eastern Europe remains a great value. Here's what to expect this year.
The two US allies are suddenly in no hurry to see the implementation of the Bush Administration's plan to station an interceptor system on their soil
Reading have agreed to sign Czech Republic midfielder Marek Matejovsky from Mlada Boleslav for a reported $2.8 million fee on a three-and-a-half year contract.
Here are four things you can count on happening at the 2008 World Under-20 Championship at Pardubice, Czech Republic:
The best available, not the best possible.
Germany maintained the pressure on the Czech Republic in the race for top spot in Group D with a comfortable 4-0 win against Cyprus in Hannover.
An outbreak of bird flu detected on a poultry farm in eastern England is the highly virulent H5N1 strain of the virus, British officials said Tuesday.
Second-seeded Sybille Bammer beat Yvonne Meusburger 6-2 6-1 in an all-Austrian match Tuesday to reach the second round of the Slovenia Open.
Petr Matous, a grad student at the University of Tokyo, is an unlikely character. First off, he excels in sumo wrestling -- despite having grown up in the Czech Republic and being rather thin.
A strip of honey-colored flypaper spirals down from a thumbtack that anchors its now-empty canister. Speckled with lifeless flies, the canister swings each time the violin bow pokes it.
Former European champions Red Star Belgrade set up a Champions League third round qualifying third clash with Rangers despite a 2-1 defeat at Estonian champions Levadia Tallin on Wednesday.
Italy consolidated their place as the world's top-rated football team while Scotland rose to their highest-ever position in the FIFA rankings issued on Wednesday.
The Czech Republic, the reigning world silver medallists, made it two wins out of two in Group B of the world championships with a confident 6-1 thumping of Austria on Sunday.
German captain Michael Ballack says his team have only victory in mind ahead of Saturday's vital clash with fellow Euro 2008 Group D leaders Czech Republic in Prague.
Belgium coach Rene Vandereycken has named two uncapped players in his 20-man squad for the friendly international against the Czech Republic on February 7.
India upset the Czech Republic 2-1 in a thrilling first round tie at the Hopman Cup mixed teams' event in Perth on Sunday.
Radek Stepanek has retired from the Czech Republic Davis Cup team after a bitter dispute with his home federation.
Scottish champions Celtic strolled to a 3-0 home win over Inverness Caledonian Thistle on Saturday to extend their lead in the Scottish Premier League to 15 points.
Newcastle goalkeeper Shay Given is back in the Ireland squad for next week's Euro 2008 qualifier against San Marino having recovered from an internal injury.
Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech won the Golden Ball award as the Czech Republic's player of the season for the second time in a row, beating five-times winner Pavel Nedved of Italian champions Juventus.
Jan Koller scored two goals and set up another to lead the Czech Republic to a 3-0 win over fellow finalists Trinidad and Tobago in the final warmup international for both sides ahead of the World Cup.
Tomas Rosicky will miss the Czech Republic's World Cup warm-up against Costa Rica on Tuesday because of a thigh injury.
Czech Republic international midfielder Tomas Rosicky has joined Arsenal from Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund.
Croatia claimed a 2-1 win over the United States while the Czech Republic surprised Argentina with an identical scoreline at the World Team Cup on Monday.
Olympic champions Sweden blanked titleholders Czech Republic 4-0 in the world championship final in Riga on Sunday, to complete a unique golden double.
Group E | World ranking: 48
The top two teams in each group advance to the 16-team knockout round.
Top seed Justine Henin-Hardenne opened the defense of her Family Circle Cup title in Charleston with a comfortable win, but number 14 Nicole Vaidisova was one of three seeds to fall by the wayside.
With St. Patrick's Day and March Madness soon upon us, Americans probably don't need any more reasons to toss back a few beers. But we'll give you some anyway.
Clint Dempsey's 48th-minute header gave the United States a 1-0 victory over Poland in a World Cup warm-up played in a snowstorm in Kaiserslautern on Wednesday.
World Sport's Candy Reid recently caught up with Czech tennis star Nicole Vaidisova and asked her to respond to some of your e-mails.
World champions Brazil won the Team of the Year award for the 10th time after topping the rankings for a fourth straight year, ruling body FIFA announced on Monday.
Vladimir Smicer's first-half header enabled the Czech Republic to take a giant step towards next year's World Cup finals in Germany, giving them a 1-0 victory over Norway in the first leg of their qualifying playoff in Oslo.
Pavel Nedved will return to help the injury-ravaged Czech Republic in this month's World Cup playoff against Norway after a 16-month absence.
England have returned to the top 10 in FIFA's world soccer rankings for October, while the Czech Republic moved up to third behind Brazil and the Netherlands.
Spain will play Slovakia, Switzerland will face Turkey and Norway will meet the Czech Republic in the play-offs to determine the last three European qualifiers for the World Cup finals.
The following six teams will go into Friday's draw for the playoffs for the three remaining World Cup qualifying slots from the European zone.
The Czech Republic secured a place in the World Cup playoffs after beating Finland 3-0 in the their final Group One qualifier.
Striker Milan Baros has given the Czech Republic a boost by declaring himself fit for Saturday's World Cup qualifier against the Netherlands.
Netherlands coach Marco van Basten has recalled Edgar Davids and George Boateng for the World Cup qualifiers away to the Czech Republic and at home to Macedonia.
Monday's U.S. Open first round results (seeds in parentheses)
Holders CSKA Moscow will start the defense of the UEFA Cup against FC Midtylland of Denmark following the draw for the first round of the competition in Monaco on Friday.
Barcelona striker Henrik Larsson, who only recently recovered from a serious leg injury, has been picked by coach Lars Lagerback for Sweden's friendly against the Czech Republic next week.
Hearts romped to a 4-0 derby day win over Edinburgh city rivals Hibernian in the Scottish Premier League on Sunday to surge to the top of the table.
Top seed Tommy Robredo and second-seeded Guillermo Coria both crashed to straight sets defeat in the second round of the Ordina Open on Wednesday.
World Cup holders Brazil maintained first place in the monthly football rankings issued by FIFA on Wednesday, the day before they start their Confederations Cup campaign against Greece.
Czech Republic climbed to second in the FIFA world rankings published on Wednesday following World Cup qualifying wins over Finland and Andorra last month.
At least 390 non-nationals are confirmed to have been killed in the tsunamis of December 26, and thousands more are missing. Thai officials, however, say at least 1,300 of their 5,300 dead are non-nationals.
Striker Jan Koller's first-half penalty secured the Czech Republic their first points with a 1-0 victory over Romania in their World Cup Group One qualifying match.
The Czech Republic will receive the Euro 2004 Fair Play award before their World Cup Group One qualifying match against Romania on Saturday.
Group One leaders Romania have been forced to rule injured captain Cristian Chivu out of their World Cup qualifier against the Czech Republic on Saturday with a toe injury.
Defending champion Mark Philippoussis suffered a first round humiliation in the Shanghai Open, losing to unheralded American Glenn Weiner 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Romania have called up the injured Cristian Chivu for next month's World Cup qualifier against the Czech Republic.
Six British soldiers have been killed in a helicopter crash during military exercises in the Czech Republic, the Czech ministry of defense says.
A late goal by Mikko Eloranta helped strong favorites Finland scrape past Germany 2-1 in the World Cup of ice hockey, sending the Finns through to the semifinals in North America later this week.
Czech Republic defender Tomas Ujfalusi has joined Serie A club Fiorentina after passing a medical on Monday.
Liverpool's Czech Republic international midfielder Vladimir Smicer will be sidelined for six months after undergoing knee surgery.
Greek captain Theodoros Zagorakis has capped an incredible Euro 2004 by being named as UEFA's player of the tournament.
The Czech Republic bounced back from two goals down to beat the Netherlands 3-2 and claim a place in the quarterfinals at Euro 2004.
Latvia held Germany to a goalless draw in Group D to put the three-times European champions' progress at Euro 2004 in doubt.
Group A
Jaroslav Plasil hit his first international goal as the Czech Republic recorded their first win of the year, beating fellow Euro 2004 finalists Bulgaria 3-1 in Prague.
It's hard not to admire the perseverance of some people like Josef. He has three Skodas and battles most of the time to keep then running and on the road.
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