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African Fifa members break off ties with Asia

This content was published on Aug 5, 2000 The African confederation (CAF) argued it was going to stop its co-operation with the Asian confederation (AFC) due to “a lack of support”. The secretary-general of the AFC, Peter Velappan, said: “It was very unexpected. It really shocked us.” However, the president of football’s world governing board (Fifa), Sepp Blatter, said that the misunderstanding between…

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Highest bridge in the world provokes environmentalist ire

This content was published on Aug 5, 2000 The concept, known as Granitpark, is the brainchild of Roland Delez, a former Swiss handgliding champion and a native of Salvan, the village closest to the proposed site of the bridge. “I got the original idea when I was flying over the canyon,” Delez told swissinfo. “For a number of years I was trying to…

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Carmela Schlegel qualifies for World Championships

This content was published on Aug 5, 2000 By improving her personal record by 0.52 seconds, she has qualified to take part in the 2001 World Championships in the Japanese city of Fukuoka. Her time for 50 metres was 33.05 seconds. In other races at the championships in Vevey, 19-year-old Luka Gabrilo broke the Swiss record in 200 metres back stroke. Gabrilo swam…

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Flurry of goals in initial matches of top division football

This content was published on Aug 4, 2000 Just five days ahead of their Champions League showdown with Galatasaray of Istanbul, Sankt Gallen leapt to the top of Switzerland’s first division, with their triumph over Lausanne. An opening in the defense gave Sankt Gallen its first goal of the evening, with Gane scoring in the 44th minute before the 9,000 spectators at Espenmoos.…

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Novy swims to Championship victory in familiar waters

This content was published on Aug 4, 2000 Novy edged Gerry Strasser for the gold medal with a time of 1’43″89. After the race he admitted he had felt the pressure of having to do his best before his Vevey Natation club-members, but said he was most satisfied with his performance. “I feel that in a way this represents the culmination of my…

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Controversial French film makes waves in Locarno

This content was published on Aug 4, 2000 Written by Virginie Despentes and Coralie Trinh Tri, the liberal Parisian press had been outraged at the film’s X rating earlier this summer. Critics had denounced the move as censorship, and likening the film to a feminist manifesto, or a French version of the American road movie, “Thelma and Louise”. But that would be giving…

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Ancient Roman fresco turns up in Zurich

This content was published on Aug 4, 2000 The work – depicting a peacock – disappeared from the Italian town of Pompeii in 1957. Dating from 79 AD, it had been in the possession of a Zurich collector until earlier this year. According to Italian police, the collector had unwittingly bought the piece from a Swiss antiques dealer, but had handed it over…

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Johnson pulls out of Zurich meeting

This content was published on Aug 4, 2000 Johnson’s spokeswoman said he would definitely not take part in the Weltklasse event next Friday. “Rather than shuffle him back and forth to Europe, we believe it would be best if he stayed at home and trained.” Johnson, who pulled out of the 200 metres in Sacramento, California, on July 23, was due to compete…

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Locarno festival film is a critical flop

This content was published on Aug 4, 2000 X-men is based on the comic strip of the same name, which began in 1962 and quickly acquired cult status with its combination of action-loaded science fiction plots with some of humankind’s oldest moral questions. The comic series’, and the film’s, main characters are mutants. All over a world which otherwise looks very much like…

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Police flex muscles for Law Enforcement Games

This content was published on Aug 4, 2000 Officers from 17 countries, including Switzerland, will take part in events as varied as horseshoe throwing, darts, bullseye pistol and more traditional sports such as basketball, cycling and judo. They will also be battling for the title of Toughest Cop Alive, in which participants run, swim, climb and lift weights. About 6,000 people are due…

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