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Sports, football: Swiss player Shaqiri signs with Bayern Munich

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:58:56 +0000

GenevaLunch.com BASEL, SWITZERLAND – Months of speculation in the football world ended Thursday 9 February with the announcement by football club Bayern Munich that it has signed Swiss player Xherdan Shaqiri to a four-year contract. The transfer from FC Basel 1893 takes place 1 July 2012. Shaqiri, an international player who plays for Basel in the [...]

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17-yr-old caught by Anzères avalanche, injures knees

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:28:29 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A 17-year-old Valais youth was caught by an avalanche Sunday 5 February while skiiing off-piste with his 47-year-old father near Anzères in canton Valais. The two, who were ski touring, had just left a groomed slope for Pointe d’Hérémence. At 2,750 metres, between La Motte and Chamossaire, the avalanche was triggered as [...]

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Bye-bye Hamilton, rumoured to be off to Monaco

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:01:51 +0000

GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND’S – Lewis Hamilton‘s five-year relationship with Switzerland appears to be drawing to a close, with the Formula 1 racer said to be moving from Zurich to Monaco, according to the Daily Mail. Hamilton moved to Geneva in 2007, then to Zurich in 2010. He will join a small herd of F1 drivers in [...]

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Contador loses his title

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:21:17 +0000

GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Spain’s Alberto Contador has been suspended from cycling for two years after the CAS sports tribunal in Lausanne, TAS, found him guilty on one count of doping. The winner of the 2010 Tour de France loses his crown as a result; it should now go to Andy Schleck of Luxembourg who came [...]

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Sports, Six Nations Rugby: England win ugly, France with style, Wales with heart

Nicholas Bates — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:28:03 +0000

GenevaLunch.com MURRAYFIELD, SCOTLAND – England achieved a rare win in Scotland, 4 February, but it did little convince the fans that there will be much attractive rugby coming from the team. The one try was from a clearance kick being charged down by Charlie Hodgson, while Scotland wasted many scoring chances with careless handling. The game [...]

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Swiss weekend snow and winter sports report, 3-5 February

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:51:13 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Pack your thermal underwear! GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – We’re heading for the slopes shortly, so this will be short and sweet: a great weekend of skiing and snowboarding is out that for those who are ready to brave the cold. Weather forecast, avalanche conditions, snow depth From now until Tuesday: sunny skies with icy temperatures. Everywhere. [...]

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Verbier piste avalanche 200m long, but happily no victims

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:26:20 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – There were happily no victims when a sizeable avalanche swept across a groomed ski slope in Verbier at 10:30 Wednesday morning 1 February. The run was open but rescue workers, who immediately combed the area,say there were no victims. The avalanche occurred at la Croix de Cœur (Le Clou) and it is [...]

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Sports, football: Swiss Under-17 Veseli moves to Man United

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:57:31 +0000

GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Frederic Veseli, a Swiss Under-17 defender, says he is “very happy” to be joining Manchester United, which pinched him from rival Manchester City. He moves onto the team’s reserve side initially. Veseli, 19, went to Manchester City in 2008 from Lausanne Sport. He made his name in 2009 when he captained the [...]

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Sports, tennis: Djokovic outlasts Nadal in five set marathon

Nicholas Bates — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:09:00 +0000

GenevaLunch.com MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA- It took more than five and a half hours, ending after one thirty in the morning, 29 January. Novak Djokovic finally wore down Rafa Nadal in the men’s final of the Australian Open 5-7, 6-4, 6-2,6-7, 7-5. Nadal took the first set but Djokovic swept past him in the next two and looked [...]

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Sports, Plushenko outperforms the best to take European figure skating title

Ellen Wallace — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:34:56 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Putting the Russians on ice takes on a glorious new meaning in Sheffield GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Evgeni Plushenko came out of retirement as a figure skater and Saturday evening in Sheffield, England, the 29-year-old, in a best-of-career performance, gave the crowd more than they asked for. He won the European Championship title, his 7th, with 176.52 [...]

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