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Hingis faces Davenport in Pennsylvania final

This content was published on Nov 12, 2000 Hingis dominated Saturday’s match beating the fourth seed, Tauziat, 6-1, 6-2 to reach her 12th tournament final of the year. She will play Lindsay Davenport of the United States, the world number two, who also produced a dominant performance in her semifinal victory, beating Spain’s Conchita Martinez 6-0, 6-1. It is the third time in…

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Swiss celebrate first ice hockey victory of the season

This content was published on Nov 11, 2000 Switzerland’s goals came courtesy of André Rötheli, Michel Zeiter and two from Marcel Jenni. Unlike their last two defeats against Canada, the Swiss were not forced to come back from behind after losing the first period. Instead, Jenni opened the scoring in the ninth minute with a superb slalom through the German defence. Germany may…

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Night of upsets for Sion and Aarau

This content was published on Nov 11, 2000 At home at Wankdorf, Young Boys of Berne caused the biggest upset with their 3-0 victory over Sion. Gürkan Sermeter put the ball twice in the back of the net for Young Boys while Erich Hänzi scored from a free kick. Meanwhile, Schaffhausen triumphed 4-3 in a penalty shootout over Aarau after their game ended…

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The week in Switzerland

This content was published on Nov 11, 2000 For the first time, Switzerland hosted a Nato exercise, under its Partnership for Peace (PfP) programme. The defence minister, Adolf Ogi, made it clear at the outset that whereas Switzerland has been a member of the PfP for four years, there is no prospect of it compromising its neutrality by joining Nato. More than 400…

Hingis breezes into semifinals in Pennsylvania

This content was published on Nov 11, 2000 Hingis encountered strong resistance in the first set, but eventually defeated the sixth seed 6-4, 6-0, winning the final eight games of the match. Both players broke serve twice in the first set. “It was a very close set,” Hingis told reporters. “Then in the second set she kind of played the same strokes over…

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Swiss suffer more Canadian woe

This content was published on Nov 10, 2000 Having conceded three goals in the first seven minutes of Tuesday’s match, Switzerland were at least able to keep a clean sheet for the opening seven minutes of Friday’s match – but only just. In the eighth minute Canada stormed into the lead, free agent Greg Parks scoring from a power play. Munich Barons forward…

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Switzerland concludes military exercises with Nato

This content was published on Nov 10, 2000 The exercises, which ran for six days, were held under Nato’s Partnership for Peace (PfP) programme, and took place along the shores of Lake Lucerne. Switzerland’s participation was applauded by the president and defence minister, Adolf Ogi, but he was at pains to stress that Swiss neutrality remained intact and that Berne had no intention…

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Police call for coordinated action on dangerous dogs

This content was published on Nov 10, 2000 At their conference in Basel on Friday, the police chiefs urged the introduction of a federal law on the ownership of aggressive breeds, which include Pitbull terriers, Rottweilers and Dobermans. They said the current system, in which each canton had its own law, was not the right approach to dealing with the problem. In recent…

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Bidders pull out of UMTS licence auction

This content was published on Nov 10, 2000 The Federal Office of Communications said on Friday that if one more bidder withdraws, an auction would be meaningless. “There is no reason to hold an auction if there are only four remaining interested candidates,” said the Office’s director Marc Furrer. This would mean that the bidders would be able to obtain the much-coveted prize…

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Lausanne to face French Cup winners

This content was published on Nov 10, 2000 Nantes may not have as strong a reputation in Europe as Ajax, but will still be seen as strong favourites against Lausanne. Last season’s cup win over Calais was the third time the French side had lifted the trophy. They can also list seven French league titles among their honours. The draw could have been…

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