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At the weekend all eyes were on Jested near Liberec, which was the venue for the latest stage of the ski-jumping World Cup. Horst Siegl, with an impressive 160 league goals the leading scorer still active in Czech football, has rejected an offer from Katar and signed with Pilsen. And Sparta Prague ice hockey club marked their hundredth anniversary on Saturday, though a home defeat was not the ideal way to celebrate.
World Cup ski-jumping near Liberec hampered by bad weather
"It's a pity I couldn't complete the competition but at the same time I can be satisfied with the results that I've achieved here over the two days. The fact that the weather was bad was a pity, especially for the organisers and fans. But I think I can be satisfied with my jumps."
Siegl, leading scorer still active in Czech football, signs with Pilsen
Horst Siegl, with an impressive 160 league goals the leading scorer still active in Czech football, has just signed with Pilsen, after being let go by Pribram before Christmas. Siegl, who spent 14 successful years at Sparta Prague, turned down offers from as far afield as the USA and Qatar. However, he hasn't ruled out a move to Qatar next season: the 34-year-old could join the likes of world stars Gabriel Batistuta and Stefan Effenberg in making a pre-retirement packet in the oil-rich state's league.
Chelsea still keen to sign Czech goalkeeper Petr Cech
Meanwhile, talks about Czech goalkeeper Petr Cech are continuing between Rennes and Chelsea, although the management at Rennes are keen to keep the Czech international until the end of the season. We can't put a big bag of money in goal and hope to not get relegated, said the French team's coach.
Sparta Prague ice hockey club celebrate 100th anniversary
Sparta Prague ice hockey club celebrated their hundredth anniversary on Saturday, but everything didn't go quite according to script when they were beaten 5:1 at home by Znojmo. Over 12,000 fans turned out for the game, which was preceded by a ceremony in which six Sparta legends - including the famous Vladimir Zabrodsky - were inducted into the Sparta All Star Team. By the way, Sparta officials decided to ignore a hoax bomb warning during the game, saying they were convinced security at the stadium could not have been breached.
Extraliga news
In other Extraliga action, leaders Pardubice beat Karlovy Vary 4:3 on Sunday, while reigning champions Slavia are now in third place behind Zlin after losing 3:0 at Ceske Budejovice.
Czech duo of Lang and Jagr do the business again for Washington
Across the water in the NHL, the Czech duo of Robert Lang and Jaromir Jagr again delivered for the Washington Capitals on Sunday: Lang scored from a Jagr assist to help Washington to a 1:0 win over Edmonton.
