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Sion secure first win of football championship round

This content was published on Mar 14, 2001 The team from the Valais won the match at Tourbillion 2-0, putting paid to Grasshoppers’ hopes of going to the top of the division. Playing in front of a home crowd, Sion’s Julien Poueys scored the first goal in the eighth minute, while M’Futi Mobulu scored the second and final goal of the evening in…

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Hoffman wins Europa Cup title

This content was published on Mar 14, 2001 The European tournament involves mainly young athletes on the fringe of World Cup competition, and has acted as a springboard in the careers of many of the world’s top skiers. On Wednesday, the 24-year-old Hoffmann finished third in the final super-G race of the season to clinch the overall title. It was his second title…

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Make way for kids!

This content was published on Mar 14, 2001 The country’s official marketing body for the travel industry wants to promote the large number of attractions suitable for families; from trips on mountain railways or steamboats, a hike on a theme trail or a visit to a museum especially conceived for children. About 300 organisations involved in the industry are supporting the campaign, which…

Local newspapers to be subsumed into new title

This content was published on Mar 14, 2001 Announcing the move on Wednesday, the proprietors of the four newspapers touted the new paper – to be called the “Mittelland Zeitung” – as a “strong voice for the area”, which is bordered by Basel, Bern and Zurich. These readers are currently served by the Aargauer Zeitung, the Solothurner Zeitung, the Oltner Tagblatt and the…

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Basel stadium to usher in new era

This content was published on Mar 14, 2001 Years of neglect have left the country’s biggest football grounds in a sorry state, with bleak terracing and crumbling concrete steps offering stark contrast to the gleaming structures that have been springing up elsewhere in Europe and around the world. But, finally the Swiss are starting to catch up. As Basel prepare to welcome Lausanne…

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Hotelplan goes through difficult year

This content was published on Mar 14, 2001 Announcing its results on Wednesday, Hotelplan, a subsidiary of Migros, blamed the results on a disappointing take-up of Millennium offers and said that last year had been a difficult one for the tourism market. It added that the Italian and Dutch markets had been particularly hard hit. But the company said it was upbeat about…

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Second division football clubs bid for cup glory

This content was published on Mar 14, 2001 Wednesday’s games will be an opportunity for second division sides to take a shot at a place in the quarterfinals. Winterthur head to Schaffhausen to take on the local first league side in what promises to be a tough game, while Bern’s Young Boys go to Wangen. On Thursday, the reigning national champions, St Gallen,…

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Hingis wins, Rosset out

This content was published on Mar 14, 2001 Hingis took only 43 minutes to polish off her opponent in two easy sets, 6-0, 6-1. The world number one only dropped her serve once at the beginning of the second set. “I was very focused,” said Hingis. “There are always things you can still get better, like that first game in the second set…

Lugano move ahead in playoffs

This content was published on Mar 14, 2001 The Lions beat their local rivals 2-1 in front of an 11,500-strong crowd. Mark Ouimet and Michel Zeiter scored for the Lions while Andy Keller scored the Flyers’ only goal of the evening. The defending champions now lead 3-0 in the playoffs against Kloten, and need just one more victory to qualify for the final.…

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Lausanne exhibition sheds light on the city’s past

This content was published on Mar 14, 2001 Previous exhibitions have covered the pioneering days of photography in the 19th century, using material from the museum’s extensive archives. The latest one provides a sweeping glance at a period, which saw the transformation of the city into a modern-day metropolis. Its starting point is a time when 80 per cent of children in Lausanne…

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