GenevaLunch » football http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Sun, 27 May 2012 07:01:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Sports, football: Servette FC downs Basel!http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/21/sports-football-servette-fc-downs-basel/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/21/sports-football-servette-fc-downs-basel/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 06:34:44 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=70368 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – They said it themselves: “to make the Europa League, the goal seemed unattainable not long ago” but Sunday troubled football club Servette defeated Basel 2-1 in a surprise finish, to earn their way into the league. Swiss champion Basel put out its B team and left its stars on the bench, but [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/21/sports-football-servette-fc-downs-basel/feed/ 0 Basel, the reluctant champ, takes the crownhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/30/basel-the-reluctant-champ-takes-the-crown/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/30/basel-the-reluctant-champ-takes-the-crown/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 08:31:59 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=69720 GenevaLunch.com BASEL, SWITZERLAND – It took three times but FC Basel has finally accepted the crown as Swiss football champions, in one of the stranger sagas of trying to make it to the top. The club defeated Lausanne 3-1 but the bigger battle was with FC Luzern, which theoretically could have overtaken the Basel club but [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/30/basel-the-reluctant-champ-takes-the-crown/feed/ 0 Geneva Servette, the FC, gets Quennec backinghttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/09/geneva-servette-the-fc-gets-quennec-backing/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/09/geneva-servette-the-fc-gets-quennec-backing/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 11:38:55 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=67450 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Hugh Quennec is a familiar name to Geneva Servette Hockey Club fans, as one of its two owners, with Chris McSorley. The Swiss Canadian, who runs Continental Capital Markets, which has offices in Nyon and Zurich, has now stepped in to save another Geneva Servette, the city’s football club. GSFC said early [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/09/geneva-servette-the-fc-gets-quennec-backing/feed/ 0 Sports,football: Messi magic sinks Swiss (update)http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/29/sportsfootball-messi-magic-sinks-swiss-update/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/29/sportsfootball-messi-magic-sinks-swiss-update/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:39:55 +0000 Nicholas Bates http://genevalunch.com/?p=67109 GenevaLunch.com Dutch ride over England Update 23:00  BERN, SWITZERLAND – Three goals from Lionel Messi gave Argentina a 1-3 win over Switzerland in their friendly match, 29 February. The game was balanced until the last few minutes when a defensive error gave Messi the chance for a little piece of brilliance. The last goal was from [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/29/sportsfootball-messi-magic-sinks-swiss-update/feed/ 0 Wednesday night football, 2 big friendlieshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/29/wednesday-night-football-2-big-friendlies/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/29/wednesday-night-football-2-big-friendlies/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 08:17:10 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=67054 GenevaLunch.com Home friendly for Switzerland with Argentina Two big ones are England vs The Netherlands and Germany vs France GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Football fans who are not heading to Bern for the 29 February evening friendly with Argentina are likely to be glued to the TV, with this game broadcast on RTS (new name for Swiss [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/29/wednesday-night-football-2-big-friendlies/feed/ 0 Swiss football upset: Basel does it to Bayern Munichhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/23/swiss-football-upset-basel-does-it-to-bayern-munich/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/23/swiss-football-upset-basel-does-it-to-bayern-munich/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:23:00 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66884 GenevaLunch.com BASEL, SWITZERLAND – Basel drew attention to itself again in the football world Wednesday night, defeating powerhouse Bayern Munich 1-0 with a goal in the 86th minute by substitute Valentin Stocker. Strong work from goalkeeper Yann Sommer throughout the match kept Bayern at bay. This is the second shock Basel has thrown the football world [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/23/swiss-football-upset-basel-does-it-to-bayern-munich/feed/ 0 Fifa vs Hamann, sports court to hear the casehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/21/fifa-vs-hamann-sports-court-to-hear-the-case/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/21/fifa-vs-hamann-sports-court-to-hear-the-case/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:02:11 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66834 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne has agreed to hear the case of Mohamed Bin Hammam vs Fifa, the international football body 18 and 19 April. He was given a life ban from football in 2011 after a scandal surfaced in May  over alleged payments for votes in an [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/21/fifa-vs-hamann-sports-court-to-hear-the-case/feed/ 0 Sports, football: Sion FC loses appeal over sheared points but will go to higher courthttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/15/sports-football-sion-fc-loses-appeal-over-sheared-points-but-will-go-to-higher-court/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/15/sports-football-sion-fc-loses-appeal-over-sheared-points-but-will-go-to-higher-court/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:30:41 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66716 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Sion Football Club lost another round in its legal dispute with the Swiss Football Assocation, which docked it 36 points for breaking regulations. A Bern regional (Mitteland) court has ruled in favour of the association, which leaves the club at the bottom of the nine-team Swiss top division. Sion FC, reports Sports [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/15/sports-football-sion-fc-loses-appeal-over-sheared-points-but-will-go-to-higher-court/feed/ 0 Sports, football: Swiss player Shaqiri signs with Bayern Munichhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/09/sports-football-swiss-player-shaqiri-signs-with-bayern-munich/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/09/sports-football-swiss-player-shaqiri-signs-with-bayern-munich/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:58:56 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66449 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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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/09/sports-football-swiss-player-shaqiri-signs-with-bayern-munich/feed/ 0 Egyptian football fans clash – 73 reported deadhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/01/egyptian-football-fans-clash-73-reported-dead/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/01/egyptian-football-fans-clash-73-reported-dead/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:55:07 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66226 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Egyptian state television is reporting that at least 73 people have died, and numbers are being revised upwards late Wednesday 1 February, after two football teams’ fans clashed in Port Said. More than 150 people are reported to be injured. Fans of Masry and al-Ahly teams, both in the top group, poured [...]

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