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Ice hockey’s big guns draw at the Resega

This content was published on Oct 24, 2000 The season’s first duel between last year’s championship finalists saw Salis open the score for Zurich in the ninth minute. Lugano were playing with an extra man at the time. The “Bianconeri” took two whole periods in front of their home crowd before replying to Zurich’s lone goal. Fuchs, taking a pass from Bozon, managed…

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Sion and Yverdon fail to score

This content was published on Oct 24, 2000 In front of 5,600 spectators on Tuesday, Sion were the better of the two teams, keeping the ball in their possession most of the time. But the home side threatened Yverdon’s goal only twice, with two free kicks. Yverdon had the best chance of scoring during the match, thanks to Brazilian player Gil in the…

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Ogi wants to extend Swiss mission in Kosovo

This content was published on Oct 24, 2000 Ogi and Scheibner agreed at their meeting on Tuesday that the Swiss mission in Kosovo should be extended by a year. Swiss troops are assisting the international peacekeeping effort in the Yugoslav province, but are doing so under the protection of Austrian soldiers because Swiss law does not allow troops to carry arms abroad. After…

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Basel tennis tournament loses top seed Norman

This content was published on Oct 24, 2000 Norman picked up his fifth title of the season on Monday when he won the hard court tournament in Shanghai. But the win came at a price with the world number four aggravating a back injury. His subsequent decision to withdraw leaves the Basel tournament with just three of the world’s top ten players. Norman’s…

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Swiss authorities to consider Virenque ban

This content was published on Oct 24, 2000 The former Festina rider has been charged with helping and inciting the administration of illegal substances to members of his team during the 1998 Tour de France. In his admission to the court Virenque confessed that he had taken drugs but insisted he had no choice. After the doping scandal broke, Virenque was banned from…

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Handball: St Otmar lose player-coach

This content was published on Oct 24, 2000 He added that he had been in talks with the first division clubs Willstädt/Schutterwald and Nettelstedt as well as with second division side Schwerin. Hedin has been St Otmar’s player-coach for the last three years. In a break with recent tradition the club are now thought to be looking for a replacement who will concentrate…

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Merk only Swiss at track cycling championships

This content was published on Oct 24, 2000 Patrick Merk will be the only cyclist flying the Swiss flag, following the withdrawals of Olympic cyclists Bruno Risi, Kurt Betschart and Franco Marvulli. A knee injury ended Risi’s hopes of defending the points race world championship title that he won in Berlin last year. Betschart was then forced to pull out, since he was…

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Federer avenges Olympic defeat

This content was published on Oct 24, 2000 Federer’s well-deserved victory will have tasted doubly sweet, coming in front of a supportive hometown crowd and against the man who ended Federer’s hopes of Olympic glory this summer. Beaten comfortably by Haas in the Sydney semi-finals, Federer never seemed in danger of suffering the same fate in Basel on Tuesday. Despite being broken in…

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Europe approves Roche cancer drug

This content was published on Oct 24, 2000 Roche said in a statement that authorisation by the European Health Authorities was the first of its kind. Professor Stan Kaye of the Royal Marsden Hospital in London said Xeloda represented a significant contribution to the treatment of patients. “As Xeloda is given as tablets, it reduces the number of times patients need to attend…

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Modern version of Mozart opera in Geneva

This content was published on Oct 24, 2000 The last time the opera was staged in Geneva, in 1996, it caused some controversy because the setting had been changed: instead of taking place in a palace in an Islamic country – as Mozart had envisaged – the Zurich director, Dieter Kaegi, had it performed on a steamship. It was then rare for this…

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