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Rey-Bellet fourth in final downhill

This content was published on Mar 6, 2002 Wednesday’s race in the Austrian resort of Altenmarkt saw the 29-year-old from canton Valais narrowly miss out on the podium after finishing just 18 hundredths of a second behind third placed Frenchwoman Melanie Suchet. “I had the shivers,” Rey-Bellet laughed after learning of her final ranking position. “I didn’t have any expectations and reaching the…

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basel sinfonietta

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New coach for Fed Cup team

This content was published on Mar 5, 2002 Despite being a joint-Swiss national who represented Switzerland during his playing days, Kuharszky cannot yet be named as the Swiss Fed Cup captain, because of a previous stint in charge of Hungary’s Davis Cup team. Competition rules dictate that Kuharszky cannot serve as Switzerland’s captain until September, three years after leaving his position with the…

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Favourites strike back

This content was published on Mar 5, 2002 Davos, who were 2-1 down, defeated Bern 4-5 and levelled their quarterfinal series in Tuesday’s match. Lugano, league runners-up for the past two seasons, romped to an 8-1 win in Zug to take a 3-1 overall lead in the best of seven series. Defending champion Zurich Lions had to work a lot harder against Ambri,…

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Kratochvil successful without coach

This content was published on Mar 5, 2002 After having ended his eight-month association with the Australian trainer, the Swiss number two defeated Argentinian fourth seed Guillermo Canas 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in the first round of the ATP tournament in Scottsdale, United States. With this victory Kratochvil stands a good chance of getting into the quarterfinals. The world number 42 will next face…

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Fredy Studer, DJ M. Singe: Duos 14-20

This content was published on Mar 5, 2002

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Hemp cheese? Bern fair shows versatility

This content was published on Mar 5, 2002 Despite what most people might think, cannatrade 2002 was not just an opportunity to smoke cannabis – the substance was not even on sale at the fair. During the event, which ended on Sunday, more than 100 exhibitors showed off a range of products from hemp body lotion, bread and cheese to hemp clothes, champagne…

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Krueger keeps options open

This content was published on Mar 4, 2002 The massive squad includes seven goalkeepers, 23 defenders and 33 forwards although only 23 players will actually make it to the world championships, which get underway in Sweden in late April. Krueger gave two reasons for the squad’s size. Firstly, the semi-finals and finals of the Swiss league playoffs are set to clash with at…

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Swiss already filling UN posts

This content was published on Mar 4, 2002 Swiss foreign policy attaches great importance to the promotion of peace, humanitarian values and the rule of law, and many Swiss lawyers, aid workers and others can be found working for UN agencies which require those qualities. Now that Swiss voters have agreed to join the UN, it can tap even more deeply into that…

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