GenevaLunch » Sports http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Sun, 27 May 2012 09:11:36 +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 Paw the hoof and lock the horns: the race is on for Queen of the Cows titlehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/23/paw-the-hoof-and-lock-the-horns-the-race-is-on-for-queen-of-the-cows-title/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/23/paw-the-hoof-and-lock-the-horns-the-race-is-on-for-queen-of-the-cows-title/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:02:24 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=69336 GenevaLunch.com Finals are just 2 weeks away and Valais’s finest Alpine cows show their stuff in Mollens arena GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – You know spring is here when Swiss cows begin to fight (tourism office schedule) and the crowds stream in from all corners of the country to watch them. Cool weather at 900 metres in Mollens, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/23/paw-the-hoof-and-lock-the-horns-the-race-is-on-for-queen-of-the-cows-title/feed/ 0 Geneva Marathon for Unicefhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/15/geneva-marathon-for-unicef-2/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/15/geneva-marathon-for-unicef-2/#comments Sat, 14 Apr 2012 22:04:12 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=67015 GenevaLunch.com First off is a 5k race for women only, La Genevoise, open to female runners aged 14 and up. In addition, four races, 1k-3k will be open for kids 6 to 13. These races, and the women’s race, will take place on Saturday 5 May. 100% of the kids’ races registration fees will be donated [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/15/geneva-marathon-for-unicef-2/feed/ 0 Financial skiers to test Swiss slopes in Crans-Montanahttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/05/financial-skiers-to-test-swiss-slopes-in-crans-montana/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/05/financial-skiers-to-test-swiss-slopes-in-crans-montana/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2012 09:30:53 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=67286 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The ups and downs of the financial world are the language of daily news, but in 10 days there will be a literal twist to it, with one of the top winter networking events in the financial world moving to Switzerland from its Italian home of the past 12 years. The resort [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/05/financial-skiers-to-test-swiss-slopes-in-crans-montana/feed/ 0 Swiss weekend snow and winter sports report, 24-26 February 2012http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/24/swiss-weekend-snow-and-winter-sports-report-24-26-february-2012/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/24/swiss-weekend-snow-and-winter-sports-report-24-26-february-2012/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:09:58 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66908 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Schools in Vaud are on vacation starting this afternoon, and the weather forecast promises us some of the warmest temperatures since early January. Expect the slopes to be busy. Snow cover is still excellent everywhere, so no matter where you head, you can’t go wrong, but don’t sleep in: the best snow [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/24/swiss-weekend-snow-and-winter-sports-report-24-26-february-2012/feed/ 0 Geneva sports boss suspended while tennis investigation underwayhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/23/geneva-sports-boss-suspended-while-tennis-investigation-underway/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/23/geneva-sports-boss-suspended-while-tennis-investigation-underway/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:42:46 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66935 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The head of Geneva’s sports programme has been suspended for the term of an investigation into the organization of the Geneva Challenger ATP tennis tournament. The city is a major sponsor and its administrative council issued a brief statement Thursday afternoon 23 February stating that he is the object of an investigation, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/23/geneva-sports-boss-suspended-while-tennis-investigation-underway/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 Canadian freestyle ski leader dies week after accidenthttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/20/canadian-freestyle-ski-leader-dies-week-after-accident/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/20/canadian-freestyle-ski-leader-dies-week-after-accident/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:53:08 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=65422 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Sarah Burke, 29-year-old Canadian freestyle ski champion, died Thursday 19 January at the University of Utah hospital where she was taken following an accident during training near Salt Lake City a week earlier. Burke had won numerous gold medals in the past five years and CNN reports that she “is considered a [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/20/canadian-freestyle-ski-leader-dies-week-after-accident/feed/ 0 Joe Frazier loses outside the ring, to liver cancerhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/08/joe-frazier-loses-outside-the-ring-to-liver-cancer/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/08/joe-frazier-loses-outside-the-ring-to-liver-cancer/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:12:22 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63362 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Heavyweight champion boxer Joe Frazier is dead, age 67, following a one-month battle with liver cancer. He was the only man to defeat Mohammad Ali in 1971 and the three fights the two had, ending with a victory by Ali in 1975, remain among the greatest matches in the sport’s history. Frazier [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/08/joe-frazier-loses-outside-the-ring-to-liver-cancer/feed/ 0 N Zealand endurance bike race results in 2 heart attackshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/31/n-zealand-endurance-bike-race-results-in-2-heart-attacks/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/31/n-zealand-endurance-bike-race-results-in-2-heart-attacks/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:52:06 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63015 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – One man died and another is in serious condition after they had heart attacks, just minutes apart, during an endurance bicycle race in Christchurch, New Zeland. Both suffered cardiac arrest not long after the grueling race got underway. Bob Hopkins, a longtime outdoorsman and fitness buff, age 61, died during the Giant 12 [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/31/n-zealand-endurance-bike-race-results-in-2-heart-attacks/feed/ 0 The Harlem Globetrottershttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/23/the-harlem-globetrotters/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/23/the-harlem-globetrotters/#comments Sat, 22 Oct 2011 22:00:00 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/26/the-harlem-globetrotters/ GenevaLunch.com In Geneva for one night only.

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