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Lions and Lugano prepare to play it again

This content was published on Apr 4, 2001 Jim Koleff’s men squandered their first opportunity to win the championships on Tuesday, when they were beaten 6-3 in their own stadium by their playoff opponents, the Zurich Lions. But as he looked ahead to Thursday’s reunion, Koleff rejected suggestions that his team had underestimated the defending champions. “I always thought before the series started…

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Switzerland remembers Max Frisch

This content was published on Apr 4, 2001 Born in Zurich in 1911, Frisch studied architecture at the city’s Federal Institute of Technology and after gaining his diploma began a university course in German studies. During the 1930s he became a freelance journalist, reporting from Germany and Czechoslovakia for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung newspaper during the years leading up to the Second World…

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Swiss men suffer third defeat in world curling championships

This content was published on Apr 4, 2001 In a one-sided match against Sweden, Switzerland were unable to pick up a single point in the first three ends. Two points in the fourth end were not enough to save the team from defeat, and they went down 9-2. Swedish skipper Peter Lindholm and his team took control from the second end, when they…

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Swiss women yet to win a match in curling championships

This content was published on Apr 4, 2001 Switzerland were hammered by the Danes who raced to a 9-3 lead after only seven ends, at which point the Swiss conceded the match. The result means the team have a mountain to climb in their search for a first tournament point when they take on Sweden, who lie at the opposite end of the…

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Surgeons call for nationwide vaccination campaign against meningitis

This content was published on Apr 4, 2001 The recommendation follows a rise in the number of meningitis cases recorded in Switzerland during the first three months of this year. Some 83 people contracted the disease compared to 60 during the same period last year. Ten per cent of cases are usually fatal. The vaccine has yet to be approved by the government,…

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Hingis stalker found guilty

This content was published on Apr 4, 2001 Croatian-born Dubravko Rajcevic was also convicted on three counts of trespassing. The court heard that he had followed the world number one to tennis tournaments, had hung around outside her Zurich home, and sent her flowers, letters and faxes. Rajcevic, who is an Australian citizen, was arrested at last year’s Ericsson Open tournament in Key…

Fumetto presents art of the comic strip

This content was published on Apr 4, 2001 From this modest start it became an annual event, first as the Lucerne Comics Festival, then as the Swiss Comics Festival, before it eventually developed into an international celebration of the comic strip as an art form. Fumetto is the Italian word for cigarette smoke, and in Italy is used to describe what the English-speaking…

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Zurich Lions bite back

This content was published on Apr 4, 2001 Needing just one more win to wrap up the championships, Lugano were stunned in the opening minute of the match when Michel Zeiter fired the Lions ahead after just 16 seconds. Less than six more minutes had been played when Laurent Müller doubled the visitors’ lead, ending all hopes of a comfortable title win for…

Swiss men move a step closer to world curling semi-finals

This content was published on Apr 3, 2001 The victory was the fourth of six games for the men’s team. It also brings them a step closer to qualifying for the semi-finals. The Swiss women’s curling team have not fared as well as their male counterparts as they continue to languish at the bottom of the championship table, after losing 7-5 to Germany,…

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Lugano win ice hockey championships (standby)

This content was published on Apr 3, 2001 Jim Koleff’s team wrapped up the series with a x-x home win on Tuesday with goals from xxxxxx xxxxxxxx, xxxxxxx xxxxxxx and xxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx. Lugano’s six championship titles have all been won since the introduction of the playoff system in 1985/86, making the Ticinese team by far the most successful team in the last 15…

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