Category: Czechoslovakia

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

by The Guardian | Jun 20, 2026 | Czechia, Czechoslovakia, European Championship, Football, Sport, The Guardian | 0 |

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’Antonin Panenka laughs like a bear might, a low rumble, suggesting...

Secret police tricked Carlos the Jackal into fleeing Prague, archives reveal

by The Guardian | Jan 27, 2025 | Carlos the Jackal, Cold war, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Espionage, Europe, The Guardian, World News | 0 |

New book casts doubt on accepted picture of communist bloc support for violent radicals during cold warIn June 1986, a pair of operatives from communist Czechoslovakia’s StB intelligence service made contact with a mysterious...