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Sunday press war hots up

This content was published on Mar 17, 2002 For the past 15 years, newspaper readers have been faced with a simple choice between the mass-market “SonntagsBlick” and the more upmarket “SonntagsZeitung”. But now the publishers of the country’s most prestigious paper, the “Neue Zürcher Zeitung” (NZZ), have decided to gatecrash the party. Backers of the NZZ am Sonntag, who are targeting an eventual…

Shock loss for Hingis at Indian Wells

This content was published on Mar 17, 2002 Eighteen-year-old Hantuchova beat the former world number one easily in two sets, 6-3, 6-4. The Slovak is the worst ranked player (26) to win a top-level WTA tournament since 1980, with her best results until now two semi-finals in Birmingham and Oklahoma City last year. Hantuchova kept Hingis moving around the court with her groundstrokes.…

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Kloten and Zurich Lions fight back

This content was published on Mar 16, 2002 Zurich Lions triumphed against their opponents Lugano 6-1, playing to a cheering home crowd in the Hallen stadium. The game began well for Lugano, thanks to a goal scored by Sandy Jeannin just 87 seconds into the game. But the early advantage was not enough to put off their determined opponents, who fought back shortly…

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St Gallen curling winners

This content was published on Mar 16, 2002 The defeat after a tough game will have come as a blow to Biel Touring, who won a bronze medal in the 2002 Winter Olympics. Ralph Stöckli’s side will now have to focus on training for the world championships in Winnipeg in 2003, when St Gallen will represent Switzerland. A strong performance at Winnipeg will…

Hayatou to stand for FIFA presidency

This content was published on Mar 16, 2002 Hayatou will be competing for the job with the current president, Switzerland’s Joseph Blatter. “I have decided to stand for the presidency after receiving the full backing of the CAF executive committee,” Hayatou said at a news conference in Cairo. He is currently one of seven vice-presidents in football’s governing body. “The race is now…

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Swiss collect more medals in Paralympics

This content was published on Mar 16, 2002 Four-time paralympian, Hans Burn, won a silver medal in the men’s alpine skiing slalom event. Burn, who lost his left foot in a motorcycle accident, was competing in the LW4 category, open to athletes with disabilities in one lower limb, and which involves skiing with two skis and two poles. Rolf Heinzmann and Hans-Jörg Arnold…

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No dope on the slopes

This content was published on Mar 16, 2002 The Swiss Institute of Alcohol and Drug Prevention says cannabis use has become increasingly fashionable among the snowboarding fraternity, leading to a greater risk of accident and injury. A survey carried out two years ago by the Lausanne-based institute revealed that 16 and 17-year-old snowboarders were twice as likely to smoke cannabis than the general…

Lucerne tunes up for Easter

This content was published on Mar 16, 2002 Until March 24 the central Swiss city is buzzing with the sounds of philharmonic orchestras, chamber music groups and even a jazz trio. Organisers predict that the musical montage will attract around 12,000 visitors. The wide range of musical styles has been brought together under the banner of “mix-and-match”. “We are looking for the connections…

Church leaders hit out at Israeli occupation

This content was published on Mar 15, 2002 The Protestant Church for Bern-Jura has written to the Israeli embassy, complaining about damage it said was caused by Israeli soldiers on the Bethlehem campus. “Windows have been broken, doors destroyed – even in the chapel of the assembly hall there was a wooden cross which was taken down and destroyed,” Albert Rieger, a chaplain…

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Borodin will not appeal money laundering charges

This content was published on Mar 15, 2002 But lawyers representing the ex-Kremlin aide said their client would not pay a fine of SFr300,000 ($177,000), levied by a judge in Geneva earlier this month after an anti-corruption investigation lasting over two years. Swiss authorities found Borodin guilty of receiving SFr38 million in kickbacks from two Swiss companies – Mabetex and Mercata – in…

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