Real Madrid took centre stage on the final day of the summer transfer window as two Galacticos departed to make way for the most expensive player in the history of football.

Newcastle 3 Bordeaux 0

IT’S easy to be misled by scorelines.

Russia went top of Group A as Alan Dzagoev’s double helped them to an impressive victory over the Czech Republic at the Municipal Stadium in Wroclaw last night.

Russia 4 Czech Republic 1

Republic of Ireland 1 Czech Republic 1

Republic of Ireland 0 Czech Republic 0

Applause rang out across the stadium when, just after the hour-mark of Czech Republic’s Euro 2012 qualifying defeat to Spain last October, coach Michal Bilek decided to make a change.

Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech and Arsenal midfielder Tomas Rosicky were included in the Czech Republic squad for next week’s friendly against Ireland.

Czech Republic 2 Montenegro 0

Scotland 2 Czech Republic 2

THE return of Patrice Evra and Franck Ribery failed to inspire France as, for the second time in their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign, they laboured to a 2-0 win over Luxembourg in Group D.

Czech Republic 1 Scotland 0

LYON were grateful to goalkeeper Hugo Lloris for a dramatic late save as Les Gones reached the Champions League semi-finals for the first time in their history with victory over Ligue 1 rivals Bordeaux last night.

Bayern Munich 0 Bordeaux 2

Czech Republic 0 Northern Ireland 0

REAL MADRID looked fabulous in attack but frail at the back as they began their Champions League Group C campaign last night with a 5-2 win over Swiss champions FC Zurich.

Juventus 1 Bordeaux 1

Turkey captain Nihat Kahveci admitted it was an “unbelievable feeling” to see his team recover from a two-goal deficit to earn a last-gasp 3-2 win over the Czech Republic in a Group A thriller in Geneva.

Turkey 3 Czech Republic 2

Czech Republic 1 Portugal 3

CZECH REPUBLIC sealed first place in Ireland’s Group D with a comfortable victory in Cyprus.

CZECH REPUBLIC booked their spot in next summer’s European Championships last night with a 3-0 victory over Germany in Munich.

Republic of Ireland boss Steve Staunton admitted Ireland's European Championship qualifying hopes were effectively over after his side suffered a 1-0 defeat to the Czech Republic in Prague.

STEVE STAUNTON’S dream of leading the Republic of Ireland to next summer’s Euro 2008 finals are effectively over after Marek Jankulovski’s first-half winner gave the Czech Republic an almost unassailable Group D advantage.

Steve Staunton's dream of leading the Republic of Ireland to next summer's Euro 2008 finals are effectively over after Marek Jankulovski's first-half winner gave the Czech Republic an almost unassailable Group D advantage.

THE Czech Republic have called up two of the heroes of Slavia Prague’s Champions’ League qualifying team for the European Championship games against the Republic of Ireland and San Marino.

KAROL BRUCKNER walked into yesterday’s press conference in Lansdowne Road wearing his best poker face and insisting that Ireland would be no pushovers despite their apparent disarray.

Slovakia 0 Czech Republic 3

Ghana provided the biggest shock of the 2006 World Cup so far as they comfortably beat the world's second-ranked nation to keep alive their hopes of a place in the last 16.

There were few surprises as Czech Republic boss Karel Bruckner named his 23-man squad for this summer’s World Cup.

There were few surprises when Czech Republic coach Karel Bruckner named his provisional squad for Euro 2004 today.