Prague clubs Slavia and Sparta into group stage of Europa League

The Prague clubs Slavia and Sparta have both qualified for the group stage of European football’s second-tier competition the Europa League. Slavia lost 2:1 away to Red Star Belgrade on Thursday but went through 3:2 on aggregate, while Sparta beat Maribor 1:0 at home, making it 3:0 on aggregate. Slovan Liberec, Baník Ostrava and Teplice were all knocked out.