GenevaLunch » Sports http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:16:25 +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.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Canadian freestyle ski leader dies week after accident http://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 cancer http://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 attacks http://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 Globetrotters http://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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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/23/the-harlem-globetrotters/feed/ 0 There’s gold in that Swiss river! or maybe a dream (update) http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/07/theres-gold-in-that-swiss-river-or-maybe-a-dream-update/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/07/theres-gold-in-that-swiss-river-or-maybe-a-dream-update/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:49:29 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62226 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Blick magazine has shed some some light on the largest-ever chunk of gold found in Switzerland, reportedly found in the Tieche river near Crans-Montana by a 34-year-old German hiker in September. But the Valais cantonal geologist says maybe it’s a nugget someone lost: there’s no gold in that river. The gold nugget [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/07/theres-gold-in-that-swiss-river-or-maybe-a-dream-update/feed/ 0 Sports: Canada outs Tonga at Rugby World Cup http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/14/sports-canada-outs-tonga-at-rugby-world-cup/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/14/sports-canada-outs-tonga-at-rugby-world-cup/#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:16:32 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=61568 GenevaLunch.com AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND – Canada produced the first shock of the Rugby World Cup as they ousted Tonga from the Cup, 25-20 during a game on 14 September. Few had given the Canucks much of a chance against the Pacific islanders. Tonga and Canada, ranked at 12 and 14 respectively, have a long World Cup [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/14/sports-canada-outs-tonga-at-rugby-world-cup/feed/ 0 Football passions rise in Switzerland: hooligans, protests, goals, cleaner sport http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/29/football-passions-rise-in-switzerland-hooligans-protests-goals-cleaner-sport/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/29/football-passions-rise-in-switzerland-hooligans-protests-goals-cleaner-sport/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:17:01 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=61039 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Football (soccer) fans in Switzerland have had a lively weekend, starting with a peaceful protest by Turkish fans Friday in Nyon and ending with Geneva Servette fans setting fire to a field, among other hooliganisms, in Sion. Turkey lays a club to rest in Nyon Canton Vaud police say a protest Saturday [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/29/football-passions-rise-in-switzerland-hooligans-protests-goals-cleaner-sport/feed/ 0 Sports: High-mountain road bike race kicks off in Geneva http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/20/sports-high-mountain-road-bike-race-kicks-off-in-geneva/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/20/sports-high-mountain-road-bike-race-kicks-off-in-geneva/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2011 22:40:51 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=60773 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The first Haute Route road bicycle race connecting Geneva to Nice through the Alps is ready to kick off at 07:00, 21 August in Geneva. Over 300 participants from 27 countries will embark on a 730-kilometer journey over the Alps in what organizers hope will be a fun seven-stage race. Those wanting [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/20/sports-high-mountain-road-bike-race-kicks-off-in-geneva/feed/ 0 Falling from heights is your child’s most dangerous activity http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/04/falling-from-heights-is-your-childs-most-dangerous-activity/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/04/falling-from-heights-is-your-childs-most-dangerous-activity/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 11:38:39 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=60410 GenevaLunch.com Football and skiing cause greatest number of sports injuries, Swiss safety statistics show ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – The greatest number of injuries to children around the home in Switzerland are due to falling from heights, while by age 26 falling on stairs becomes more of a problem. By age 45 we become wiser about avoiding falls [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/04/falling-from-heights-is-your-childs-most-dangerous-activity/feed/ 1 The Swiss Open in Gstaad http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/07/the-swiss-open-in-gstaad/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/07/the-swiss-open-in-gstaad/#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2011 05:42:28 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=59520 GenevaLunch.com The biggest and oldest, 1915, Tennis tournament in Switzerland.

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