Fri, 30 Jul 2010
- Sun, sea and ski wax
Summer is no picnic for top skiers, who after countless interviews and hours in the gym and workshop this week swapped their flip flops for ski boots.
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Sat, 17 Jul 2010
- Swiss gives red card to video technology
Looking back at the football World Cup, retired Swiss referee Urs Meier goes against popular opinion by opposing the introduction of video replays.
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Mon, 12 Jul 2010
- Swiss press celebrates World Cup final
While Mondays often mean skinny newspapers, Sunday’s World Cup football final between Spain and the Netherlands has given the Swiss press plenty to talk about.
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Sun, 11 Jul 2010
- Spain crowned football world champions
Spain have beaten the Netherlands 1-0 in a disappointing and foul-filled World Cup final in South Africa.
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Fri, 9 Jul 2010
- New move to fight football hooliganism
As Swiss football fans—and troublemakers—prepare for the start of the season in a week’s time, the authorities have introduced a new measure to fight hooliganism.
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Sat, 10 Jul 2010
- World Cup South Africa win their bet
While Spain and the Netherlands prepare to fight for football’s top prize on Sunday, early assessments of the first World Cup on African soil are largely positive.
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Wed, 7 Jul 2010
- Spain reach World Cup final
The Swiss defeated them – the Germans couldn’t. Spain have beaten Germany 1-0 in the second football World Cup semifinal in South Africa.
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Tue, 6 Jul 2010
- Dutch power into World Cup final
The Netherlands have beaten Uruguay 3-2 to reach their third football World Cup final.
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Thu, 1 Jul 2010
- Swiss press groans over Federer’s loss
Defending champion Roger Federer’s loss at Wimbledon has provoked a mix of sympathy and criticism in the Swiss media.
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Wed, 30 Jun 2010
- Federer loses in Wimbledon quarterfinals
Top seed and defending champion Roger Federer has been beaten by 12th-seeded Tomas Berdych 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 at Wimbledon.
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Sat, 26 Jun 2010
- Switzerland “deserved" elimination, say papers
After Switzerland’s World Cup football hopes ended with a goalless draw against Honduras on Friday, the Swiss press is not kind to the team.
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Fri, 25 Jun 2010
- Swiss eliminated from football World Cup in South Africa
Switzerland have failed to qualify for the last 16 at the football World Cup in South Africa after being held to goalless draw by Honduras.
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Thu, 24 Jun 2010
- “What I want is respect for referees”
Swiss referee Massimo Busacca has been labelled “the worst referee so far” at the 2010 football World Cup by South Africa’s coach.
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Tue, 22 Jun 2010
- Swiss media blast World Cup referee
Switzerland may have lost Monday’s World Cup group match against Chile, but Swiss media have laid the blame for the defeat squarely on the shoulders of the referee.
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Mon, 21 Jun 2010
- Switzerland beaten by Chile
Switzerland have lost 1-0 to Chile in the second of their three group matches of the 2010 football World Cup.
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Mon, 21 Jun 2010
- Workers’ rights “progress” thanks to World Cup
The football World Cup has helped significantly improve South African workers’ rights, a Swiss union activist tells swissinfo.ch.
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Mon, 21 Jun 2010
- Federer scrapes through Wimbledon first round
In what was nearly one of the greatest upsets in tennis history, Roger Federer has won his first-round match at Wimbledon 5-7, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6, 6-0 against 60th-ranked Alejandro Falla.
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Sat, 19 Jun 2010
- Firms and consumers cash in on football win
Switzerland’s shock defeat of Spain in the World Cup has opened the floodgates of business activity as firms try to cash in on the euphoria of fans.
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Thu, 17 Jun 2010
- Swiss media revel in “Miracle of Durban”
Switzerland’s shock victory over European champions Spain in their first group match of the 2010 World Cup took centre-stage in Swiss front pages on Thursday.
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Wed, 16 Jun 2010
- Switzerland stun Spain in World Cup shock
Switzerland have beaten European champions Spain 1-0 in the first of their three group matches of the 2010 football World Cup.
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Mon, 14 Jun 2010
- World Cup match-fixing is “highly probable”
Contrary to what Fifa says, it is highly likely that some World Cup football matches in South Africa will be fixed, says investigative journalist Declan Hill.
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