Swiss Identity

Tough start for Swiss second strings

This content was published on Sep 10, 2001 Having taken Belgian world number eight Justine Henin to an unexpected three sets during the second round of the Grand Slam event in New York, Schnyder crashed back to earth at the Brazilian Open with a straight sets defeat to South Africa’s Joanette Kruger. Playing against an opponent more than 20 places below her in…

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Markus Zberg injured in Spain

This content was published on Sep 10, 2001 Zberg fell from his bike during Monday’s 160 kilometre stage between Valladolid and Leon and had to be treated at the roadside for a suspected dislocated shoulder. He was then transferred to hospital in an ambulance. The canton Uri rider, who races for Dutch team Rabobank, was in 59th place just over a minute behind…

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Federer on a high

This content was published on Sep 10, 2001 The 20-year-old from Basel went up one place in the ATP entry rankings (which measure a player’s performances at all tournaments over the space of 12 months) after reaching the fourth round at the US Open for the first time in his career. Federer’s achievements in New York (where he was eventually beaten by Andre…

Woman pastor aims to shake up Geneva church

This content was published on Sep 10, 2001 Graesslé, who describes herself as a rebel, is a well-known feminist theologian who hopes to have a modernising influence on the church. “The church needs to be shaken. I don’t want to abandon tradition, but we constantly need to question it,” she explains. The post of Moderator of the Company of Pastors and Deacons was…

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Hingis top – but for how long?

This content was published on Sep 10, 2001 “The irrelevant number one” was how the New York Times described Hingis following her straight sets loss to Serena Williams on Friday. Former men’s tennis legend John McEnroe joined in the criticism, telling the New York crowd they should forget the number one ranking. The controversy surrounding the tennis rankings centres on the system used…

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Heyer and Egger take volleyball gold

This content was published on Sep 9, 2001 In an all-Swiss tournament final, Heyer/Egger fought off tough competition from their compatriots, Paul and Martin Laciga, to win the match 2-0 (21:18, 23:21). Spectators who were on hand at last year’s final in Bilbao, Spain, would have been forgiven for feeling a sense of déjà vu on Sunday, since the Swiss finale turned out…

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History repeats itself in Crans-Montana

This content was published on Sep 9, 2001 Twelve months ago, it was Eduardo Romero who clinched the title, by a stunning 10 strokes. This time around it was Ricardo Gonzalez who was handed the SFr 380,000 winner’s cheque, after reaching the clubhouse with a slightly more modest three shot lead over Denmark’s Soren Hansen. Sunday’s win was Gonzalez’s first on the European…

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New Swiss laws step up protection of adopted children

This content was published on Sep 9, 2001 One of the major aims of the new Office for the International Protection of Children, based in Bern, is to bolster Swiss laws so they reflect regulations contained in The Hague’s 1993 Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Inter-country Adoption. “The goal of the service is to put under one…

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Bucher signs off in style

This content was published on Sep 9, 2001 Bucher rallied in the final stage of a tight 800m race to beat hurdler Allen Johnson by one point to the overall title. The Swiss star, who this year took a share of the 50kg of gold ingots awarded to athletes who win five of the seven Golden League athletics meetings, entered the final event…

Anything Bern can do…

This content was published on Sep 9, 2001 Written off as almost certain relegation fodder by most of the Swiss media, the newly-promoted club are one of only three teams to have now won both their opening matches. Having stunned Swiss champions the Zurich Lions on Friday, Lausanne demolished title hopefuls Davos 6-3 on Saturday in front of a delighted home crowd of…

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