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Football club Viktoria Plzeň suffered a crushing 0-3 defeat away in Belgrade, all but ending the Czech side's hopes of reaching the Europa League and leaving them fighting instead for a place in the lower-tier Conference League. After the m

World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz has announced his return to the court following a lengthy layoff caused by a right wrist injury. "I'm back. Let's go," the tennis star said in a short video. The US Open singles tournament kicks off on August 30.T

Hradec Králové came from two goals down to draw 2:2 away to Greece's Panathinaikos at the Olympic Stadium in Athens in the first leg of the Conference League's fourth qualifying round. The Czech side clawed back the deficit and struck the e

Ukrainian national Volodymyr Zhuravlyov, suspected of masterminding the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipeline, was detained by Croatian police on Wednesday under a European arrest warrant. The irony: at the time of his arrest, he was working

On Wednesday, Ukraine's parliament appointed a new overseer of digital transformation and defence innovation — former Security Service of Ukraine chief Yevhen Khmara — to take over the post vacated by the recently dismissed Mykhailo Fedorov

Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has released a video showing the construction of gallows intended for the execution of convicted Palestinians. The footage, filmed at an undisclosed location, shows the minister pointing t

In pre-season hockey friendlies ahead of the new Czech Extraliga campaign, Sparta Prague beat Vítkovice 3:0 for the second time running, Škoda Plzeň got the better of Energie Karlovy Vary in the West Bohemian derby, and Dukla Jihlava kept u

On Wednesday, July 22, at around 4:00 pm, a serious incident occurred at the Háj u Duchcova stop involving a train travelling from Děčín to Litvínov. A woman failed to remove her child's stroller from the doorway in time as she was getting

On Thursday morning in the German state of Thuringia, a 40-year-old man was killed during a violent storm — in the town of Georgenthal, a falling tree branch struck him as he was walking his child to kindergarten. According to the newspaper

The slogan "Ivan, go home!" — once shouted by Czechs at Soviet soldiers during the 1968 occupation — rang out again outside the Russian Embassy in Prague. The gathering brought together people who came to honor the victims of the Warsaw Pac

The next Czech presidential election won't take place until January 2028, but the crucial campaign groundwork will begin as early as next year. According to former European Commissioner and ex-MEP Pavel Telička, ANO leader Andrej Babiš will

For the first time, the United Kingdom has openly acknowledged that its support for Ukraine is large-scale and includes assistance with strikes on Russian territory. This was stated by Libor Bartuška, the Czech ambassador in London, comment