Cluster: Swiss Identity

Hingis faces Serena Williams in Canadian Open final

This content was published on Aug 20, 2000 Hingis, the top seed who won this tournament last year in Toronto, defeated Conchita Martinez of Spain 6-3, 6-2 in the semifinals on Saturday. Williams ousted two-time Canadian Open champion Arantxa Sanchez Vicario of Spain 6-2, 6-4. “That’s great. I always look forward to playing her,” Williams said of the final pairing. “It’s an opportunity…

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Rochat-Moser turns her back on the Sydney Olympics

This content was published on Aug 20, 2000 The Swiss Olympic Committee unveiled the team for Sydney last week, but had agreed to give Rochat-Moser a final chance. To qualify, she was told she would have to run a half-marathon on September 3 in under one hour, 12 minutes. Rochat-Moser has suffered a series of injuries in the past months. “It just didn’t…

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Raoul Wüthrich goes back to the United States

This content was published on Aug 20, 2000 Raoul’s parents, Beverley and Andreas, have split up and his mother has decided to leave Switzerland and return to her native America. Beverley Wüthrich has taken Raoul and one of his sisters with her to Tucson, Arizona. Raoul was detained in Colorado for three months on incest charges in August last year. In May 2000,…

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Rock festival draws the crowds to Avenches

This content was published on Aug 20, 2000 The organisers of the festival said they were pleased with the turnout, which exceeded the 15,000 mark which they had originally hoped for. Stands and bars made a roaring trade because of the high turnout. The rainy weather last Thursday failed to keep music lovers away, and the hot weather on Saturday night certainly lifted…

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Lugano stay in top spot

This content was published on Aug 20, 2000 In Saturday’s matches, the Ticinese side beat Neuchatel Xamax 3-0. It was Neuchatel’s fourth goalless home game. Lausanne moved up to second place in the league table by winning against Aarau 2-1. Grasshoppers, meanwhile, advanced to third place after a nail-biting finish against Yverdon. Until the 87th minute of the match Yverdon were one goal…

Swiss prosecutors investigate German secret service for espionage

This content was published on Aug 20, 2000 The German agency (BND) allegedly procured confidential information from the high-tech firm, Decotec, through former employees. The Federal prosecutor, Felix Bänziger, said Decotec, which specialises in disinfectants, had lodged a complaint on August 4. The BND first made its interest in Decotec known in the mid-1990s, due its business relations with Libya. Berne had provided…

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Hingis qualifies for semis in Montreal

This content was published on Aug 18, 2000 In the semi-finals, she will play the winner of the game between Spaniard, Conchita Martinez, and Luxembourger, Anne Kremer. Hingis beat Testud for the 11th time in as many matches. She had to fight for her victory though: Testud managed twice in the first set to break Hingis’ serve, although the Swiss was able recover…

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St Gallen retake lead in league table

This content was published on Aug 18, 2000 After just half an hour of play the 3-1 final result was achieved with Charles Amoah scoring two and Marco Zwyssig one for St Gallen. Blaise Piffaretti saved Sion from a goalless performance by equalising in the 8th minute. In the second half of the match, the reigning Swiss champions, St Gallen, played a largely…

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Swiss Olympic chief upbeat about Sydney

This content was published on Aug 18, 2000 Speaking at a news conference at which team members modelled the official Swiss Olympic outfits, Wirz said that at least 13 of the 16 disciplines in which a Swiss athlete will be competing could yield a medal. “I don’t mean that we will win medals everywhere, but we do have the potential to do so,”…

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Judge brings back documents from US in Russian money probe

This content was published on Aug 18, 2000 However, on Friday he said the number of files handed over was not sufficient. Kasper-Ansermet said that in order to continue his investigations into whether Russian IMF money of $4.8 billion was diverted into Swiss bank accounts he needed more information from legal authorities in the US. He said that the missing material was “indispensable”…

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