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Baumgartner returns to national handball team

This content was published on Apr 9, 2001 Baumgartner, 30, who currently plays for the top German side TBV Lemgo, pulled out of the national squad in June last year after its defeat by Ukraine in the World Championships play-offs. He is scheduled to return in time for the European Championship play-off against Hungary in June this year. Since leaving the national team,…

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Sherlock Holmes success no mystery in Meiringen

This content was published on Apr 9, 2001 Conan Doyle had been writing about two Holmes stories a year when in 1893 he and his wife set off on a tour of Switzerland. Frustrated with the character that had taken over his life, he came up with a plan to do away with him. “In 1893 he wrote in his diary, which still…

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Papers and paintings draw visitors to Neuchatel culture centre

This content was published on Apr 9, 2001 On four separate occasions four writers will study the day’s issue of the French-language Swiss newspaper Le Temps, and each will write a text based on one of its contents. “It might be a news report which inspires them, a photograph or even the weather forecast,” says Eugène Meiltz, who is organising the exercise. That…

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Bern’s Bellevue Hotel to get facelift

This content was published on Apr 9, 2001 The five-star Bellevue Hotel was built in 1912 and is located in the centre of the Swiss capital next to the parliament building. With its grand entrance and elaborate, stained glass ceilings, the Bellevue is very much a throwback to the “belle époque”. Its strategic location next to parliament makes it an ideal place for…

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Switzerland lose brave Davis Cup fight

This content was published on Apr 9, 2001 Apparently heading for an early exit after losing both Friday’s opening singles rubbers, the Swiss team rallied with victory in Saturday’s doubles. Then on Sunday, Roger Federer beat world number 10 Arnaud Clément to level the tie at 2-2. The deciding singles match between Swiss number four George Bastl and France’s Nicolas Escudé went to…

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Grasshoppers close in on St Gallen

This content was published on Apr 8, 2001 Deputy goalkeeper Peter Jehle, standing in for the injured Philippe Huber, enjoyed another clean sheet, while Swiss international Stéphane Chapuisat scored his first brace of the championship round, with goals in the 25th and 37th minutes. New Uruguayan signing Richard Nuñez grabbed his first goal for the Zurich club with substitute Andres Gerber scoring Grasshoppers’…

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Federer bags second Davis cup point for Swiss

This content was published on Apr 8, 2001 From the outset, Roger Federer, the underdog in this counter, made it clear he was going to fight to get Switzerland’s second Davis Cup point. Clément is four years older than Federer, and at 13th in the world, is ranked higher than the Swiss men’s number one. But the first set was tight, with each…

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Silver medals for Swiss curling team

This content was published on Apr 8, 2001 In an edgy opening sequence, both sides took single points from the ends where they held last stone advantage, giving Sweden a narrow 2-1 lead after three ends. The next four ends finished blank as Switzerland, under skip Christof Schwaller, waited for the moment to strike. In the seventh end, they chose to take a…

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Expo.02 security arrangements unveiled

This content was published on Apr 8, 2001 Specialist security personnel will deal with emergencies relating to fire, safety at work, lakeside rescues, and general security, according to the exhibition’s security chief, Raoul Rimet. They will also be sharing the management of the security centre with 150 police officers drafted in from Neuchatel, Vaud, Bern and Fribourg. However, the names of the private…

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Krueger’s men lose out to Czech Republic

This content was published on Apr 8, 2001 Only twenty-four hours after beating the Czechs 4-2 in the first leg of the two match series, Switzerland failed to live up to expectations against a galvanised opposition. After an initially strong start to the match, the Swiss failed to recover from a Czech attack which saw their opponents steal three goals in the space…

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