Built like a mighty fortress, Charles Bridge has survived floods and fires over the past 650 years. But conservationists are warning that the storied span linking Prague's two oldest neighborhoods might succumb to a different threat — renovation. There is no question the bridge, part of a ...

The NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Friday urged the Czech Republic to go ahead with a planned boost of its contingent in Afghanistan. The Czech cabinet last month decided to send 55 training and support staff to boost its 400-strong military contingent in Afghanistan. But the move must be approved by parliament, which is dominated by left-wingers opposed to ...

Scotland will play a friendly away to Sweden on August 11, the Scottish Football Association (SFA) said Thursday. The match follows Craig Levein's first fixture as Scotland manager, a 1-0 friendly in over the Czech Republic at Hampden Park here on Wednesday. "I am looking forward to taking the squad to Sweden in August and given the tremendous response ...

Canada crushed arch-rivals Russia 7-3 in a heavyweight Olympic hockey quarter-final as a fired-up host nation won more gold on the bobsleigh track as well as praise from Jacques Rogge. But there was misery for American ski starlet Lindsey Vonn on Wednesday who failed to break her alpine jinx in the giant slalom, crashing out in a race marred by ...