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Penalty-taking legend Antonin Panenka in hospital with COVID-19

"Antonín Panenka was taken to the ICU hospital today in a serious condition," said the club of which the 71-year-old is honorary president.

Australian Open 2020: For Petra Kvitova and Simona Halep, first Grand Slam of season is about avenging past losses in finals

Kvitova was down a set and a break to Naomi Osaka and facing three match points when she fought back to force a decider, eventually losing 7-6(2), 5-7, 6-4

US Open 2019: Andrea Petkovic reminds us why matchups are so important in tennis with win over Petra Kvitova

It was one of those days when Petkovic’s subtle knocks piled up and turned into something unmanageable.

Wimbledon 2019: At 33, Barbora Strycova revels in rare summer of her career after topsy-turvy journey

Barbora Strycova, who played her first Wimbledon in 2003 – the year before Gauff was born, needed 52 attempts in Grand Slams before making the semi-finals

Czech footballer Josef Sural killed in minibus accident, confirms Turkish club Aytemiz Alanyaspor

Czech international Josef Sural has died of injuries sustained in a minibus crash while returning with teammates from a match in southern Turkey

Petra Kvitova gives graphic testimony about 2016 knife attack, says she mainly remembers attacker's eyes

Two-times Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova told a Czech court on Tuesday how she grabbed the blade of an attacker’s knife and forced it away from her neck, leaving blood everywhere, during an attack at her home in December 2016.

World's last male northern white rhino dead; 45-year-old Sudan stole many hearts with his dignity and strength

The world's last male northern white rhino, Sudan, has died after "age-related complications," researchers announced on Tuesday, saying he "stole the heart of many with his dignity and strength."

Pro-Russian president, academic challenger face off in dead-heat Czech presidential vote

Czechs were set to pick their new president on Saturday, in a face-off between pro-Russian incumbent Milos Zeman and liberal pro-European rival Jiri Drahos in a vote that promises to go down to the wire

Prague High Court rules on extradition of Yevgeniy Nikulin, accused of hacking social networks

A US federal grand jury in California indicted the 29-year-old Nikulin last year on suspicion of hacking into the U.S.-based social media companies.

'Czech Trump' Andrej Babis expected to sweep general election as voters flock polling stations on final day

Voters flocked to polling stations on Saturday, the second and final day of a Czech general election expected to sweep into power a billionaire populist dubbed the "Czech Trump"