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Gruelling Gigathlon gets underway

This content was published on Jul 8, 2002 Former Swiss sports minister Adolf Ogi fired the starting pistol in Yverdon to send more than 150 athletes on a potentially impossible mission around Switzerland. The Gigathlon is a race over 1,477 kilometres, divided into seven straight days and among five different sporting categories (swimming, mountain biking, road cycling, running and either inline skating or…

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Cowboys tame the wild Emmental

This content was published on Jul 8, 2002 Cowboy Adventures In this Wild West, the visitors are the cowboys. The adventures kick off with a relaxing game of horseshoe throwing, near the tepee. But this is quickly interrupted by the neighbouring Indians, who introduce the cowboys to “a real man’s game” – throwing the Tomahawk at a painted target. Things soon turn sour…

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Montreux festival offers jazz and much more

This content was published on Jul 8, 2002 Veteran soul singer, Isaac Hayes, provided one of the highlights of the opening weekend, while Chris Rea made a comeback after years of illness. Since its birth, the event has grown into a giant beyond the wildest dreams of successive organising teams around its founder and driving force Claude Nobs, who is still festival director.…

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Borer’s “lover” recants her story

This content was published on Jul 8, 2002 Djamile Rowe, the Berlin beautician at the centre of the so-called “Borer Affair” and a key player in his ultimate downfall as ambassador, says she never had sex with him. She also claimed she had been psychologically pressured and offered “substantial” sums of money by a newspaper to make claims of a sexual tryst with…

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Delemont defeat Servette

This content was published on Jul 8, 2002 Servette were the only team among this season’s championship contenders to lose their opening match. In front of 4,220 spectators, Samuel Ojong from Cameroon scored the first goal in the 30th minute, while Manuel di Zenzo netted the ball in the 52nd minute. Grasshoppers take lead Grasshoppers head the table after beating FC Wil 4-1…

Swiss urged to boost contribution to Aids fund

This content was published on Jul 7, 2002 The Swiss Aids Federation and the Swiss branch of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said the national pledge of $10 million to the global fund to fight Aids was insufficient. They said the amount was comparable to Nigeria’s contribution and only a fraction of the sum granted by other European countries like the Netherlands and Italy.…

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Basel off to winning start

This content was published on Jul 7, 2002 Basel asserted their authority on Saturday in the first half, when Christian Gimenez headed the ball into the goal in the 19th minute. In front of 10,000 fans both football teams proved that they had not forgotten how to play a good match over the break. Aarau had three good chances to equalise, however, Basel’s…

Swiss rider takes yellow jersey

This content was published on Jul 7, 2002 Bertogliati sprinted across the finishing line just ahead of the main pack and finished the 192.5 kilometres stage, which began and ended in Luxembourg’s capital, in four hours, 49 minutes and 16 seconds. “When there is a chance like this to take, you have to go for it,” Bertogliati told reporters. With his stunning result,…

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Swiss disappoint in tour prologue

This content was published on Jul 6, 2002 Rubens Bertogliati came 19th in the seven-kilometre individual time trial, finishing in 9 minutes and 25 seconds. It came as a surprise that the 23-year-old rider achieved the best Swiss time as he was expected to play a more peripheral role next to fellow rider Laurent Dufaux. However, the 33-year-old Dufaux, who skipped last weekend’s…

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Defending champ pulls out of Gstaad Open

This content was published on Jul 6, 2002 The organisers said Novak was withdrawing because he is suffering from a high fever. With the Czech player bowing out before the start, Spaniard Alex Corretja will be the eighth and final seed. French Open champion Albert Costa is the tournament’s top seed. Novak was unseeded and ranked number 65 in the world when he…

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