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BMW Sauber team grabs Canadian Grand Prix title

This content was published on Jun 9, 2008 Its pilot, Robert Kubica, also wrested the championship lead from McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton who was involved in a pile-up early in the race. Kubica’s team-mate, Nick Heidfeld came second ahead of Britain’s David Coulthard. Last year Kubica suffered the worst crash of his career at the Canadian Grand Prix. Sauber and BMW formed an alliance…

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Art Basel expecting top results

This content was published on Jun 8, 2008 The four-day event featured paintings, sculptures, drawings, installations, photographs and video works from 300 leading galleries from North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa. The show brings in some of the year’s biggest revenue for many galleries. Those attending include collectors, dealers, artists, curators and other art enthusiasts. Actor Brad Pitt and Russian…

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Third French Open loss for Federer

This content was published on Jun 8, 2008 The 22-year-old Spaniard dominated the 108-minute match, beating the world number one by 6-1, 6-3, 6-0 on Sunday. This was the third consecutive loss to Nadal in the French Open final for Federer and the result edged him further from his dream of winning all four grand slam titles. “I hoped to do a bit…

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Swiss look ahead to Turkey “final”

This content was published on Jun 8, 2008 Coach Köbi Kuhn brushed aside pessimism about the team’s chances in the tournament, telling media on Sunday: “I want to reassure everyone that the players’ morale has not been crushed.” He added that the team would be ready for Wednesday’s match against Turkey. Midfielder Gelson Fernandes said he believed that Switzerland performed well against the…

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Portugal start Euro 2008 with 2-0 win

This content was published on Jun 8, 2008 Pepe and Raul Meireles scored second-half goals on Saturday night at the Stade de Genève, giving Portugal a healthy jump start towards the Group A quarterfinals. It was the first major Portuguese match for Pepe, a Brazilian-born central defender. He scored in the 61st minute and Meireles added the second goal during injury time. “I…

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Getting into the mind of a football hooligan

This content was published on Jun 8, 2008 Sometimes it is the turn of England, then Italy, and now Switzerland – especially now, with Euro 2008 underway, says Thomas Busset of the International Center for Sports Studies, attached to Neuchâtel University. To get a better grasp of the football scene in Switzerland so as to be able to take more effective measures to…

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Show time!

This content was published on Jun 7, 2008 40,000 football fans in Basel’s St Jacob’s Park witnessed a short but colourful opening ceremony on June 7 that featured various subjects from the two co-hosts, Switzerland and Austria.

Swiss lose 1-0 to the Czech Republic

This content was published on Jun 7, 2008 A goal by Vaclav Sverkos in the 70th minute and a serious injury to Swiss captain Alex Frei ruined the night for the tournament co-hosts. Sverkos, making only his fourth appearance for the national team, scored from 16 metres with the outside of his right foot shortly after coming on as a substitute. He ran…

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Modern art fetches record prices

This content was published on Jun 7, 2008 Works by Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Klee were among seven items sold above the million franc mark in the auction of 19th and 20th century art at the Kornfeld gallery in Bern. Marc Chagall’s La Joie au Cirque (Happiness at the circus) fetched the highest price of the sale at SFr1.85 million ($1.82 million),…

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Festivities underway in host cities

This content was published on Jun 7, 2008 Thousands of people turned out for concerts at newly built fan zones in Basel, Bern, Geneva and Zurich on Friday despite regular bouts of rain. Bern officials said there were 15,000 additional people on the capital’s streets but it had seemed calmer than an average weekend. Basel, Geneva and Zurich police reported no serious problems…

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