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Frequent soft drink consumption “bad for health”

This content was published on Jul 1, 2011 In a study of healthy young men, all participants developed adverse effects within three weeks. Past studies into the health repercussions of sweetened soft drinks looked into high sugar intake, but the Zurich University-led research is the first study to show the effects of low to moderate consumption of fructose, glucose and sucrose drinks. Lead…

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Powell does season best at Athletissima

This content was published on Jul 1, 2011 Powell, clear favourite after Usain Bolt chose to skip the meeting and with American Tyson Gay injured, charged out of the blocks to win in 9.78 seconds, one hundredth of a second better than Gay’s time in Florida earlier this month. Powell, who held the world record for three years until Bolt’s breakthrough in 2008,…

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Athletics meeting inspires young talent

This content was published on Jun 30, 2011 But as its founder, Jacky Delapierre, tells swissinfo.ch, the Athletissima is not only a very popular event with athletes and public alike, it also plays a key role in promoting the sport among young Swiss. Delapierre, who is also vice-president of the Swiss Athletics Federation, collaborates with the other major Swiss meeting, the Weltklasse Zurich,…

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Davis Cup in Bern

This content was published on Jun 30, 2011 Tennis ace Roger Federer will be part of the Swiss team competing against Portugal in the Davis Cup this weekend. The other team members are Stanislas Wawrinka, Stephane Bohli and Marco Chiudinelli. The five-match competition is being held in the Swiss capital, Bern, for the first time in more than 50 years. (Julie Hunt, swissinfo.ch)

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Matchings and hatchings increase

This content was published on Jun 30, 2011 However, the number of deaths in 2010 remained relatively stable, the Federal Statistics Office announced on Thursday. A total of 80,300 children were born last year – an increase of 2.6 per cent on 2009. The average first-time mother was 30 or older. Since 2001, the number of first-time mothers over 35 has gone up…

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Diamond lights

This content was published on Jun 30, 2011 Since 2010 Lausanne’s Athletissima and Zurich’s Weltklasse athletics meetings have been part of the international Diamond League competition. A look back at some record-breaking performances in Switzerland.

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Galeone5: Laikan

This content was published on Jun 29, 2011 La capitale (la nuit) Galeone5

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Federer falls to Tsonga at Wimbledon

This content was published on Jun 29, 2011 The Frenchman won 3-6, 6-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 in a match lasting just over three hours. It’s the first time Federer, a six-time Wimbledon champion, has lost after being two sets up. After a first set dominated by Federer, Tsonga stepped up his game, with the second set going to a tie-break, won 7-3 by…

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Swiss aid in one the most isolated and enigmatic dictatorships in the world

This content was published on Jun 29, 2011

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