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On the spot: 50 of the most famous – and infamous – Panenka penalties of all time

The 50th anniversary is the perfect time to remember 50 of the most famous – and infamous – attempts at the Czech’s chip

The Guardian - UK

“If I’d missed that penalty, they might have sent me down a mine for 50 years. Instead I became a national hero” Antonin Panenka on the origin of his historic penalty

The former Czechoslovakia international’s spot-kick against West Germany has gone down in history

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‘That penalty changed my life’: Panenka’s pride 50 years on from special spot-kick

Czech’s audacious defiance of Sepp Maier in Belgrade has slipped into football folklore: ‘The only disadvantage is that I don’t get any royalties from it’

The Guardian - UK

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Italy 1934: Mussolini’s World Cup

The loss of a goal under the eyes of the Duce stirs the Italians to frenzy who go on to beat Czechoslovakia in the final

The Guardian - UK

Erika Brooke obituary

Other lives: Postwar refugee from Czechoslovakia who came to the UK as a temporary measure but stayed for the rest of her life

The Guardian - UK

Holocaust hero’s viral BBC moment: Decades-old Nicholas Winton clip resurfaces

British humanitarian Nicholas Winton's decades-old television clip continues to resurface online, drawing widespread emotional responses across generations. The footage, originally broadcast on the BBC programme That’s Life! in 1988, captures the moment Winton realises that several members of the studio audience were among the 669 Jewish children he helped rescue…

The Times of India

Letter: Sir Tom Stoppard obituary

Adrian Phillips writes: My doctor in Nairobi, Dr Gellert, also Jewish, told me a story about this. He had been a friend and colleague of Sträussler in Czechoslovakia

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‘I am p***ed off as hell’: Tennis star Martina Navratilova slams ‘capitulation’ to Trump in new ad campaign

The tennis star says she won’t be ‘cowed’ by an ‘authoritarian regime’ 50 years after she defected from communist Czechoslovakia

The Independent UK

Theodor Pištěk, Czech Oscar-winning costume designer, dies at 93

Theodor Pištěk, a Czech costume and stage designer, has died at 93

The Independent UK

The Worst Groups of Death in World Cup History

Some stunning group stage match-ups have been seen over the past century.

Sports Illustrated

Skoda's Imaginary New Sedan Looks So Good You'll Wish It Existed

Skoda has certainly come a long way since the pre-Volkswagen days. It’s now the third best-selling automaker in Europe, holding a 6.3 percent share through October. It’s safe to say the company is in the best shape of its 100-year history, not counting the years of the preceding Laurin Klement.…

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Trump's Shameful Attempt to Reprise the Munich Agreement With Ukraine - and What to do About it

Trump's 28-point "peace" plan for the Russia-Ukraine War is a reprise of the 1938 Munich agreement, which dismembered Czechoslovakia for the benefit of Nazi Germany. But US and European supporters of Ukraine can do much to resist it.

Reason

Thousands in Slovakia and Czech Republic rally against leaders on Velvet Revolution anniversary

The Velvet Revolution in 1989 brought an end to decades of Soviet-dominated communist rule in the former Czechoslovakia, which peacefully split into two nations in 1993.

Euronews

Mysterious envelope to reveal secrets of Czechoslovakia’s founding father

The sealed document was entrusted to the National Archive in 2005

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The Independent UK

Munich 1938 tells us Trump must not give anything away at Putin summit

Ukraine – and Europe – will be hoping that Trump can hold his nerve when he meets Putin in Alaska on Friday

The Conversation

Alaska summit: why Donald Trump should heed the lessons of Munich 1938 when he meets Putin

Donald Trump meets Russian president Vladimir Putin in Alaska on August 15 for their first summit of Trump’s second term. Their topic of discussion will be the war in Ukraine. The pair may decide the fate of the country which Putin began to illegally occupy in 2014 and which Russian…

The Conversation

This isn’t how wars are ended − a veteran diplomat explains how Trump-Putin summit is amateurish and politically driven

A hastily arranged summit between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin is set for Aug. 15, 2025, in Alaska, where the two leaders will discuss a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will not attend, barring a last-minute change. The Conversation’s politics editor Naomi…

The Guardian - UK

Exposing ‘the illegals’: how KGB’s fake westerners infiltrated the Prague Spring

Kremlin’s most prized spies were sent in to Czechoslovakia to whip up the 1960s reform protests in a move then replicated across the eastern bloc

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Obituary: Former F1 team boss Colin Crabbe, the man who gave Ronnie Peterson his chance

As the head of his small Formula 1 team, Colin Crabbe, who has died aged 82, was the man who gave Ronnie Peterson his big break. It was just before Crabbe’s 27th birthday when his Antique Automobiles team made its F1 debut in 1969, in the non-championship Madrid Grand Prix at…

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Jawa’s 350 Legacy Edition Looks Like the Perfect Beginner-Friendly Cruiser

Jawa Motorcycles might not be the first name that comes to mind when you think of retro-styled cruisers, but this classic brand has been making waves in India and beyond. Originally founded in Czechoslovakia in the 1920s, Jawa built a strong reputation for stylish, easy-riding motorcycles.

The Independent UK

Slovak opposition rallies against the government of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico

Thousands of protesters have gathered in Slovakia’s capital on the 35th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution that brought an end to decades of communist rule in Czechoslovakia to oppose the policies of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico

The Independent UK

Slovakia and former Czech leader settle lawsuit over collaboration with communist secret police

Slovakia’s Interior Ministry has agreed in a lawsuit settlement that former former Czech populist Prime Minister Andrej Babis did not knowingly collaborate with communist-era secret police in what was then Czechoslovakia

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Youth-Led Uprisings: Catalysts For Political Change Worldwide

Explore historical youth-led uprisings globally, from Bangladesh to the United States, shaping political landscapes and inspiring change.

The Independent UK

Bangladesh protests are not the first time student uprisings have helped bring about radical change

In Bangladesh, weeks of protests against a quota system for government jobs turned into a broad uprising that forced the prime minister to flee the country and resign

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Nations which won Olympic medals in football

From the first football tournament in 1900 to the present day, a look at the nations which won Olympic medals in the sport...

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