Pretty much utterly unrelated to futball, but i still wanted to pass along a New York Times piece, the sort of thing that makes American ‘papers when the sports news flow is low.
Imagine getting to travel the world photographing stuff like cheese-rolling in Summerbee.
As for this writer’s weird world of sports, i’m still digging on [...]

Presenting the final roundup of all things Czech football, mainly stories of a trio of stars in a slow news week…
Of course, Tomáš Ujfaluši turning down Liverpool and its £500,000 contract was in The Guardian and everywhere in UK media, a personal move that surprised even his agent Pavel Paska: “I have to respect the [...]

Now that was sick.
I don’t understand Americans who think there isn’t enough scoring in futball…

Whoa, Petr Cech is in after all; by now, he may be wishing he’d rested up a bit. And while Czech backers must be a bit embarrassed and Blues fans a bit stressed, o boy is Shaun Maloney happy.
Not even a fan of either team, i’m still having cardiac arrest. My slacking, work-dodging gluteus maximus [...]

Chelsea vs. Aston Villa in fifteen minutes or so, and the biggest story on Boxing Day appears to be the absence of Petr Cech. (What, the helmet doesn’t protect the side?)
Though Cech reportedly “escaped serious injury and suffered just bruising to his hip when he limped out of the 1-0 win over Blackburn on Sunday,” [...]

It’s Sunday, therefore roundup time for all (English-language, for now) things Czech football.
Firstly, let’s talk transfers. Without further ado (cuz the mass media guys manufacture enough of their own anyway), let the factual fictions and fictitious facts begin!
From BBC Sport’s comprehensive gossip ‘n’ rumors page Wednesday: “West Brom boss Tony Mowbray wants to sign goalkeeper [...]

Mlada Boleslav heads to Fiorentina tonight for each team’s fourth game in UEFA Cup pool play; Fiorentina needs just a draw to advance, but a surprise (and boy would it be a surprise, it seems; Goal.com, just to name one example, has the Yellow Submarine 2-0) win by the Czechs puts them in second place [...]

…behind only Argentina, Brazil, Italy, Spain, and Germany. Not too shabby at all…
Who else thinks the Czechs are going to do some serious damage in the Euro Cup?

A few thoughts on Chelsea-Arsenal with particular reference to Cech and Rosicky jotted down in Notepad while watching the match via quasi-legal online television and later expostulated upon for this entry…
• Can the absence of Didier Drogba alone be blamed for Chelsea’s complete lack of attack or was Arsenal really that dominant on the [...]

Good day and welcome to the Czech Republic World Cup blog. My name is Os Davis and i’ll be contributing to these pages straight up through glory in World Cup 2010 (hopefully). Last time ’round, i wrote for the pages of the Poland blog, but since that one is now filled by the ever-capable Zibi, [...]