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Federer seeks home comfort

This content was published on Jul 8, 2001 Four of the world’s top ten players will be in the Bernese Oberland competing for a total prize fund of $600,000. Russian world number three Marat Safin is the tournament’s top seed, followed by Spain’s Juan Carlos Ferrero (ATP 4), France’s Sébastien Grosjean (ATP 8) and Spanish defending champion Alex Corretja (ATP 9). As fifth…

Holocaust fund under fire from Roma community

This content was published on Jul 8, 2001 Under the agreement, Switzerland’s two biggest banks – UBS and Credit Suisse – are to pay $1.25 billion (SFr2.14 billion) to settle claims of Holocaust survivors who held assets in Switzerland during the Second World War. Almost 65 per cent of the money – some $800 million – has been earmarked for owners of dormant…

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Young Boys leave home

This content was published on Jul 8, 2001 After almost fifty years of playing at the Wankdorf stadium, the team from Bern are moving out of their old ground to allow the bulldozers in. The former national stadium, the Wankdorf is to be demolished in August so that a new arena can be built in its place. If Lugano’s task on Saturday was…

“Auf Wiedersehen, Wankdorf”

This content was published on Jul 7, 2001 Switzerland’s national stadium for almost half a decade, the Wankdorf has also hosted a number of international events, the greatest of all being the final of the 1954 World Cup. Built specifically to host the tournament, the stadium was the setting for a thrilling showdown between Germany and Hungary. In front of 60,000 spectators the…

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Blatter in the clear

This content was published on Jul 7, 2001 Blatter had been threatened with a vote of no-confidence following the controversial collapse of FIFA’s marketing partners, ISL. But on Saturday he was met with a standing ovation during an Extraordinary Congress in Buenos Aires, after telling delegates that FIFA would honour all its commitments to its member federations. “You are not in any way…

Fencers surrender European title

This content was published on Jul 7, 2001 After winning silver medals at last year’s Sydney Olympics, the épée team were hoping to defend their European title. The women suffered from an unfortunate draw in Koblenz, however, where they were once again pitted against Russia. The Russians, who denied Switzerland the gold medal at the Olympics, proved their abilities once more, seeing off…

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Swiss riders in short supply on Tour de France

This content was published on Jul 7, 2001 Lugano’s Rubens Bertogliati will be riding with the Lampre team, while Sven Montgomery and Daniel Schnider will both be hoping to make an impact with the La Francaise des Jeux squad. But all eyes, once again, will be on the champion of the last two years and the pre-race favourite, America’s Lance Armstrong. The US…

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Bucher on a high

This content was published on Jul 7, 2001 On Friday Bucher clocked the world’s fastest time this season during the Golden League meeting in Paris, just two days after achieving the same feat at the Athletissima grand prix meeting in Lausanne. “Each win boosts my confidence,” Bucher said after completing Friday’s race in a time of 1’43″34. The Lucerne runner’s performance was the…

Xeno Müller absent from national rowing championships

This content was published on Jul 6, 2001 Around 800 competitors will take part in the event, including most of the big names in Swiss rowing. But the championships will go ahead without Switzerland’s best-known rower. The Olympic silver medal winner, Xeno Müller, who has won the national single sculls title five times, will be at home in the US until the middle…

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Government wants to recognise electronic signatures

This content was published on Jul 6, 2001 The justice ministry said on Friday the bill was aimed at recognising the validity of computer-generated signatures if safety standards are guaranteed. The signatures are to be provided by certified private operators. Under the proposed new law, the certified operators have to be able to ensure the authenticity of an e-signature. The system is based…

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