Karolína Plíšková wins career 10th title in Stuttgart; Plzeň on verge of league title; Baroš secures valuable points for Ostrava; Krpálek crowned European champion; Sparta hockey club appoint Krupp coach.
Karolína Plíšková, photo: CTK
The Czech women’s tennis number one, Karolína Plíšková, has won the
10th WTA title of her career, and her first of 2018, after taking
Germany’s Stuttgart Open on Sunday. The 26-year-old, who was seeded
sixth, overcame CoCo Vandeweghe 7-6 6-4 in just under two hours, adding
another 11 aces to the 41 she had picked up earlier in the tournament.
Tomáš Hořava (left), photo: CTK
The Czech football championship could be wrapped up within days after
leaders Viktoria Plzeň beat 2:0 at the weekend, with two goals from
Tomáš Hořava, and second-placed Slavia Prague could only manage a 0:0
draw at Slovan Liberec, who are sixth.
Those results leave Plzeň nine points clear with four rounds to go – and needing just one more when they face Slavia at the latter’s Eden Stadium on Saturday evening in what should be a very closely watched encounter.
Milan Baroš, photo: CTK
At the other end of the league table the relegation spots are currently
occupied by Brno and Baník Ostrava. The latter are one point from safety
after a dramatic 3:2 home win over Sparta Prague in which Milan Baroš, now
36, scored the winner four minutes from time.
Lukáš Krpálek, photo: CTK
The Czech Republic’s Lukáš Krpálek has been crowned European judo
champion for the third time in Israel’s Tel Aviv. He took gold on
Saturday in the 100-plus kilogramme top weight category after previously
winning at a lower weight. Krpálek is the most successful Czech judoka
ever and took the country’s only gold medal at the 2016 Olympics in Rio.
Meanwhile, Prague has been selected as the venue for the 2020 European Judo Championships. It will be the second time the city has hosted the event.
Uwe Krupp has been named manager of Sparta Prague ice hockey club. The 52-year-old German, a two-time Stanley Cup winner during his playing career, has signed a two-year contract with the club. Sparta last won the domestic Extraliga title 11 years ago.
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