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Swiss ice hockey women back among the best

This content was published on Mar 25, 2001 The Swiss team, coached by Francois Ceretti and Diane Michaud, completed a perfect week on Sunday with a 2-1 victory over Japan in the tournament’s closing match. A strong start helped Switzerland seal victory with goals from Sandrine Ray and Sandra Cattaneo putting the team 2-0 ahead in the first 12 minutes of the match.…

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Hingis strolls on in Florida

This content was published on Mar 25, 2001 The Swiss world number one beat Panova 6-1, 6-0. Hingis, who has dropped just five games since the start of the tournament, will now face Spain’s Magui Serna, currently ranked 27th in the world. Hingis’s first real opposition is likely to come in the quarter-finals, though, where she is expected to meet either Germany’s Anke…

Pfadi with homework to do

This content was published on Mar 25, 2001 The Swiss side lost the away leg of their semi-final encounter with Poland’s Slask Wroclaw 28-34 on Sunday. With six minutes of the match remaining, Pfadi had succeeded in narrowing Wroclaw’s lead to just two goals. But the Polish side took advantage of some sloppy play by Winterthur and a double powerplay opportunity to score…

Nef completes Swiss double

This content was published on Mar 25, 2001 Having already clinched this winter’s World Cup and world championship giant slalom titles, Nef took the chance to grab some glory closer to home with wins in Saturday’s giant slalom race and Sunday’s slalom. Saturday’s race posed few difficulties for the 28-year-old from Aargau, who finished more than a second ahead of Swiss team colleagues…

Trossero warns against complacency

This content was published on Mar 25, 2001 The Swiss team resumed training in Belgrade on Sunday morning, before flying back to Zurich for further sessions on Monday and Tuesday. Luxembourg may be rooted to the bottom of the group one qualifying table after suffering a humiliating 2-0 home defeat against the Faroe Islands, but Trossero is clearly taking no chances. “We can’t…

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Deiss embarks on Israeli leg of Middle East tour

This content was published on Mar 25, 2001 Although the agenda for the talks is not known, Deiss is expected to raise the issue of respect for humanitarian law. During his time in the West Bank, the foreign minister spoke out against human rights abuses committed by Israel against the Palestinians. In comments on Sunday, he deplored current economic conditions in the Palestinian…

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Lugano make winning start

This content was published on Mar 24, 2001 The Ticinese side, who lost out in the finals to Zurich last season, wasted little time in their search for revenge. With just two minutes played, Régis Fuchs fired the home side in front. It wasn’t until the closing stages of the final period that Lugano were able to relax though. Fuchs was again the…

Davis Cup return for Rosset

This content was published on Mar 24, 2001 Saturday’s announcement followed a meeting at which the two men appear to have patched up their differences. The two former doubles partners fell out with each other more than a year ago after Hlasek decided to drop Rosset from the squad. At the time Hlasek said he wanted to concentrate on the development of the…

Chapuisat earns Swiss late draw in Belgrade

This content was published on Mar 24, 2001 The Grasshoppers Zurich striker headed in a high cross from Sébastien Fournier with just five minutes of play remaining, to cancel out Sinisa Mihajlovic’s 69th minute opener. Even then it took a reflex save in injury time from Swiss keeper Marco Pascolo to keep the scores level, the FC Zurich striker stretching out a shin…

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Nef clinches Swiss title

This content was published on Mar 24, 2001 The 28 year old from canton Aargau finished her two runs at the Swiss championships in Engelberg with a combined time of 2’09″62, to finish more than a second ahead of national team colleague Corinne Rey-Bellet. “I didn’t want to suffer my first defeat of 2001 here,” said Nef after picking up what was her…

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