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Lausanne cling onto slim hopes

This content was published on Jan 27, 2002 Lausanne, just two league points behind Bern, will be under pressure to defeat Kloten in Sunday’s decisive games, which will determine the eighth and final team to qualify for the play-offs. Lausanne’s qualification is also dependent on Bern losing to Fribourg. Bern, for their part, suffered their third consecutive defeat after losing 2-3 to Kloten.…

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Hanging tough

This content was published on Jan 27, 2002 In a somewhat controversial men’s final, three of the eight finalists, including Canadian world number two Will Gadd, were halted by the jury after overstepping the marked climbing zones. With current world number one Daniel Du Lac forced to pull out with an injury that cleared the way for Bytchkov to win his first Saas-Fee…

Swiss take second place in four-man World Cup

This content was published on Jan 26, 2002 Christian Reich’s team finished in second place, behind France’s Bruno Mingeon. Fellow Swiss pilot Martin Annen came fourth in the race, but is leading the World Cup standings after winning the two-man bobsled race a day earlier. Annen’s win on Friday, just two weeks before the Salt Lake City Olympics, was also his first this…

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Cuche finishes second in Garmisch

This content was published on Jan 26, 2002 With the Salt Lake City Games just two weeks away, Cuche seems to be peaking at the right time. The reigning Olympic super-G silver medallist may have finished half a second behind Austria’s Fritz Strobl, but more importantly, he was in front of another Austrian, Stefan Eberharter, who has dominated this season’s speed events. “It’s…

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Sixth time unlucky for Hingis

This content was published on Jan 26, 2002 Making her sixth consecutive appearance in the final of the Grand Slam event, the Swiss star had appeared to be on course for victory after winning the opening set 6-4 and then earning four match points in the second. But amazingly Capriati defended all four points, going on to win the set on a tie-break…

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Sixth place for Rey-Bellet in Italy

This content was published on Jan 26, 2002 Despite “skiing really well”, Rey-Bellet came sixth in Friday’s race at Cortina d’Ampezzo in the Italian Alps. “I listened to my heart,” she said after the race. “It was important for me to feature among today’s fastest skiers, to regain my confidence after my two successive super-g eliminations,” Rey-Bellet continued. Switzerland’s Sylviane Berthoud also made…

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Sauber rolls out new C21

This content was published on Jan 25, 2002 With much spectacle surrounding the unveiling of his new C21 racing car, team principal, Peter Sauber, proved there is more to the world of fast cars than scantily clad ladies lounging on the bonnet. This year, the team hired a male dancing group to the visible delight of the relatively small number of women. The…

Switzerland and Monaco join forces against money laundering

This content was published on Jan 25, 2002 Similar agreements have been signed with Belgium and Finland, said the money laundering control authority. The Swiss government recently revamped its control authority, after following through on a number of parliamentary recommendations to improve the work of the division of the finance ministry that supervises certain activities in the banking sector. A report from the…

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China hints at progress on human rights

This content was published on Jan 25, 2002 “We held very open discussions with our Chinese counterparts – but, of course, a lot of questions remain open,” said Peter Maurer, a high-ranking Foreign Ministry official heading the Swiss delegation. He was speaking to swissinfo after five days of talks with Chinese officials from various government offices. Their meetings focused on a range of…

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Kuhn optimistic on Swiss Euro chances

This content was published on Jan 25, 2002 But the team still face a series of tough matches in their qualifying group against the Republic of Ireland, Russia, Georgia and Albania. The Swiss lost both matches against Russia in their recent failed attempt to qualify for next summer’s World Cup finals in South Korea and Japan, suffering an ignominious 4-0 hammering in Moscow…

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