Vladimir Darida

FIFA 2018 World Cup qualifiers: Harry Kane brace helps England beat Malta, Germany edge past Czech Republic

Mats Hummels fired Germany to the brink of qualification for the 2018 World Cup on Friday with a late winner against the Czech Republic, while Harry Kane scored twice as England downed Malta 4-0.

Euro 2016: Comeback will boost Czech Republic, but they need to be more positive to stand a chance

The reason the Czech Republic could come back in the game had a lot to do with how their opponents threw away the game

Euro 2016: Reality Czech needed after pragmatic plan to earn draw against Spain is foiled

The manner in which Czech played needs to improve, because if they are to progress to the knockout stages — and even third placed teams have a shot at that — they need to be more progressive

Spain ride on Andres Iniesta magic, but misfiring strikers may hurt team at Euro 2016

Despite being disappointed by constant poor finishing, Andres Iniesta kept pressing relentlessly, making 107 touches on the ball, the most he has achieved in an international tournament for Spain

Euro 2016: Youthful Czech side look to Petr Cech, Tomas Rosicky to carry team past group stage

Czech might just be the surprise package of the entire tournament. Realistically, however, the round-of-16, if they make it, is about as far as the Czechs are likely to go