AC Milan will have Alexandre Pato available for Tuesday’s Champions League clash against Arsenal.

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.

GOING into the second half they were one goal down, a short time later they were one man down.

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.

SEVILLA, still grieving from the sudden death of midfielder Antonio Puerta, found themselves on the losing end of an incisive performance by European champions Milan in the UEFA Super Cup in Monaco last night.

AC Milan 3 Sevilla 1

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.

AC Milan 3 Manchester United 0 (Agg: 5-3)

AC Milan 2 Bayern Munich 2

THE Czech Republic limped to a narrow victory over Cyprus thanks to a single goal from Jan Koller which took them back level with Germany at the top of Euro 2008 qualifying Group D.

Germany held off a late rally by the Czech Republic to clinch a well-deserved victory in the battle of the Group D leaders in Prague.

AC Milan 1 Celtic 0

SAN MARINO fell to another humbling defeat, conceding their 20th goal in two Euro 2008 qualifiers as the Czech Republic ran out 7-0 winners in Liberec.

GERMANY crushed San Marino with a record 13-0 win last night as striker Lukas Podolski scored four in the Euro 2008 Group D qualifier.

Slovakia 0 Czech Republic 3

Czech Republic 2 Wales 1

Czech Republic 0 Italy 2

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

AC Milan have signed Udinese left-back Marek Jankulovski on a four-year contract.

GROUP ONE: The Netherlands stayed on course for World Cup qualification with a 2-0 defeat of Armenia.

Croatia climbed to the top of World Cup European Zone qualifying Group Eight with a 3-0 win over Malta at the Stadion Maksimir.

MICHAEL OWEN was among the scorers as Real Madrid continued their recent La Liga resurgence with a 3-1 win over Zaragoza at the Bernabeu last night.

GEORGIA came from behind twice to draw 2-2 with Denmark in their World Cup Group Two qualifier.

REAL MADRID moved up to second place in La Liga after goals from Luis Figo and Michael Owen helped them to a 2-0 win at Malaga.

Czech Republic striker Milan Baros wants first-team football at Liverpool next season – or he may move on.

Czech Republic striker Milan Baros admitted last night that he was in no mood to savour his probable coronation as Euro 2004 top scorer as the Czechs were beaten by Greece in a sensational semi-final at the Estadio do Dragao.

Greece 0 Czech Republic 0

Marek Jankulovski insists he will not shrink from the battle when he and his Czech team-mates face Greece in tonight’s Euro 2004 semi-final – even though a yellow card would rule him out of Sunday’s decider.

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Czech Republic coach Karel Bruckner insisted he has not been surprised by the performance of Euro 2004’s leading goalscorer Milan Baros as he prepares his troops for tomorrow’s semi-final with Greece at the Estadio do Dragao.

Czech Republic coach Karel Bruckner will draft Zdenek Grygera back into his starting line-up for the Euro 2004 semi-final with Greece at right-back in place of Martin Jiranek who had a groin strain in the 3-0 quarter-final victory over Denmark.

Czech Republic coach Karel Bruckner has two major defensive worries ahead of the Euro semi-final with Greece at the Estadio do Dragao on Thursday.

Latvia striker Marian Pahars lost his fitness battle to start the Group D Euro 2004 match with the Czech Republic at Aveiro’s colourful Estadio Municipal in what is the biggest moment in the Baltic nation’s football history.

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

Republic of Ireland 2 Czech Republic 1

CAMEROON, winners of the last two African Nations Cups, were held to a surprise 1-1 draw by outsiders Algeria as they began the defence of their crown yesterday.