Switzerland shuts down Sweden 4-2 at ice hockey worlds 08/05/2008
Switzerland held high-scoring Sweden in check for a 4-2 win on Wednesday to win its group in the preliminary round of the world championship.
Switzerland beats Belarus 2-1 at ice hockey worlds 06/05/2008
Julien Sprunger scored two power-play goals on Monday at the ice hockey World Championship.... read more
Fasel unopposed for IIHF president 01/05/2008
Rene Fasel is unopposed for re-election as president of the International Ice Hockey Federation after his only challenger withdrew from the race.... read more
Austria announces provisional squad for Euro 2008 24/04/2008
Austria coach’s nomination of veteran midfielder Ivica Vastic comes as a surprise as he had said earlier he would focus on the younger generation of players.... read more
Federer back on the victory wagon 21/04/2008
The top-ranked Swiss won the Estoril Open when Davydenko retired with injury.... read more
FC Thun player accused of having sex with a minor suspended 21/04/2008
The player was suspended after the club learned that he was questioned before a judge on Thursday.... read more
Euro referees to clamp down on violent play 17/04/2008
The 12 referees were given a six-point list of instructions at the end of a four-day workshop.... read more
FIFA appoints new director of communications 04/04/2008
Hans Klaus, a 42-year-old Swiss, will take on his new position next month.... read more
New president for sport court 03/04/2008
Mino Auletta beat three other candidates, including former World Anti-Doping Agency chief Dick Pound.... read more
UBS, Deutsche Bank profit warnings reflect hard times ahead 02/04/2008
Billions of writedowns by two of Europe's largest banks show a deeper impact of the U.S. subprime crisis.... read more
UCI to go ahead with anti-doping passports despite WADA withdrawal, CYC 28/03/2008
International Cycling Union was surprised at agency’s pull out of pilot project but will move ahead with plans to provide riders with biological passports... read more
New York Court sets hearing for Wednesday in America's Cup squabble 28/03/2008
The hearing aims to settle the date for the America's Cup showdown between defending champion Alinghi of Switzerland and American challenger BMW Oracle Racing.... read more
Humiliating 4-0 defeat for Switzerland against convincing Germany 27/03/2008
Euro co-hosts suffered a humiliating 4- 0 defeat at home against Germany in an international friendly played in Basle on Wednesday night.... read more
Alinghi ready to return to court to settle dispute over dates of next America's Cup 26/03/2008
Alinghi is prepared to return to court the settle a dispute over the date of the next America's Cup race.... read more
Reporters Without Borders promise action in Olympic torch relay 25/03/2008
Three of its members were detained for 10 hours at a Greek police station, but Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has no plans to quit protesting and promises a lot of action in the Olympic torch relay ahead of Beijing 2008.... read more
Federer, Henin head Miami seedings 25/03/2008
Federer, Henin head Miami seedings... read more
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- PREVIEW: Huth suffers Euro set-back as Germany take on Switzerland: Middlesbrough defender Robert Huth's hopes of making Germany's Euro squad received a set-back on Monday as he had to withdraw from Wednesday's friendly in Basle against Euro co-hosts Switzerland....
- Climbers ready to carry Olympic torch to Mount Everest summit: Chinese mountain climbers are ready to carry the Olympic torch, which will be lit in Greece on Monday, to the summit of Mount Everest despite the unrest in Tibet....
- Djokovic playing catch-up: Serbian Novak Djokovic is making up ground on the leading Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in the ATP rankings released Monday after winning the Indian Wells Masters on the weekend....
- Federer writes off Fish loss as mere drop in the ocean: Roger Federer admits he came to the party too late to salvage a 6-3, 6-2 loss at Indian Wells Masters on Saturday against inspired outsider Mardy Fish....
- Better late then never as ice-calm Federer resumes play: Roger Federer is eager to resume his role as tennis dominator after getting the medical all-clear as he suffered in recent months with a mystery case of the mononucleosis virus....
- Miller secures overall crown as Reichelt wins super-G title: Austria's Hannes Reichelt won the final men's super-G race of the season in Bormio Thursday to claim the World Cup crown in the discipline ahead of Switzerland's Didier Cuche....
- Cuche clinches downhill trophy as season-ender is scrapped: Didier Cuche clinched the downhill World Cup trophy the second straight year on Tuesday because the last race in the discipline set for Wednesday had to be scrapped over training cancellations....
- Long prison sentences demanded for FIFA's former media partners: Swiss prosecutors called Tuesday for long prison sentences of between three and four-and-a-half years for six former ISL executives at the beginning of their trial for fraud in the city of Zug....
- Are Schuster's days at Real Madrid numbered?: Might Real be looking, in June, for what would be their ninth coach in five years?...
- Kiwis sue America's Cup champion Alinghi over regatta delay: Team New Zealand waded into the America's Cup legal fight on Thursday, suing two-time defending champion Alinghi of Switzerland in two US courts in an attempt to recoup tens of millions of euros it says it will lose because the next regatta has been postponed....
- Lindsey Vonn to defend overall World Cup lead in first visit to Swiss slope: Lindsey Vonn is preparing to defend her lead in the overall World Cup standings at a venue unknown to her....
- Court of Arbitration for Sport asked to protect Paris-Nice riders from sanctions: World sport's highest appeal court is looking for a solution to allow riders to compete in the Paris-Nice cycle race without punishment....
- Germany's capital team in Bundesliga doldrums: Berlin may be the capital of Germany, but remains a footballing backwater. Hertha, the city's only Bundesliga club, are rarely able to fill the 74,500-capacity Olympic Stadium....
- Bode Miller wins World Cup downhill by large margin over Didier Cuche: Bode Miller skied a near-flawless run Saturday to win a World Cup downhill by 0.40 seconds over Didier Cuche of Switzerland....
- Spain starting to worry about threat of Euro 2008 ban: After weeks of belittling the possibility, Spanish football is starting to worry about the threat of their national team being barred from playing at the 2008 European Championship finals....
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