Tag: Switzerland
Spurs complete fight-back with Crouch treble
Tottenham Hotspur completed a stunning fight-back against Young Boys thanks to a Peter Crouch hat-trick, while Luis Suarez helped Ajax Amsterdam reach the Champions League group stage with a 2-1 win over Dynamo Kiev.[MORE]
Clijsters vows to defend US Open crown
Kim Clijsters has said she will be fit in time to defend her US Open title next week despite sustaining a hip injury while playing in Montreal at the weekend.[MORE]
Federer bounces back with Cincinnati title
Roger Federer ended a seven-month title drought with a 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (7-1), 6-4 win over American Mardy Fish in the final of the Cincinnati Masters.[MORE]
Lapierre fails to wrap up Diamond bonus
Australia's world indoor champion Fabrice Lapierre missed out on the Diamond League long jump series winner's $US40,000 ($A44,800) bonus, unable to land a valid jump in the last event.[MORE]
BP accused of withholding oil spill documents
The owner of the rig involved in the Gulf of Mexico disaster has accused oil giant BP of hiding key data needed for an investigation probe.[MORE]
Spurs stunned in Champs League play-off
Roman Pavlyuchenko's late goal has allowed Tottenham to escape from a lacklustre performance with a narrow 3-2 defeat at Swiss side Young Boys in the first leg of their Champions League play-off.[MORE]
UN 'shocked' by NT intervention
A traditional owner says a UN convention in Europe was shocked to hear how the Australian Government treats its Indigenous people.[MORE]
Global youth unemployment at all-time high
A report by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has found youth unemployment is at unprecedented levels. [MORE]
Australia appears before UN over human rights
Australia has appeared before a United Nations panel in Geneva, accused of human rights violations against Aboriginal people and asylum seekers.[MORE]
WHO declares swine flu pandemic over
The World Health Organisation says the swine flu pandemic is now over.[MORE]
Swiss to screen banned gay Zombie film
Switzerland's Locarno Film Festival has opened for 10 days of arthouse movies, including the premiere of an explicit gay alien zombie movie that was sidelined by Australian censors last month.[MORE]
Almagro coasts past Gasquet
Spain's Nicolas Almagro has won the Swiss Open with a comprehensive straight sets defeat of Frenchman Richard Gasquet.[MORE]
Gasquet to meet Almagro in Swiss final
France's Richard Gasquet has marked his return to action after a seven-week injury break by reaching the Swiss Open final in Gstaad, where he will face Spain's Nicolas Almagro.[MORE]
Youzhny bundled out in Switzerland
Top-seeded Mikhail Youzhny has lost to 147th-ranked Yuri Schukin of Kazakhstan in the Swiss Open quarter-finals in Gstaad.[MORE]
UN enshrines water access as a human right
The United Nations General Assembly has declared that access to clean water and sanitation is a fundamental human right.[MORE]
Early exits for Luczak, Guccione
Australian Peter Luczak has been eliminated in the first round of the ATP Gstaad Open in Switzerland.[MORE]
Federer looks to rediscover magic touch
Roger Federer has hooked up with Pete Sampras's former coach Paul Annacone for a "test period" in a bid to rediscover his winning touch.[MORE]
Atom smasher closing in on 'God particle'
The world's biggest atom smasher has scaled up in power even faster than hoped for and may soon unlock some of the universe's deepest secrets.[MORE]
Swiss train derails killing tourist
A popular Swiss tourist train carrying mainly Japanese holidaymakers has derailed in the Alps, killing one person and injuring 42 others, police say.[MORE]
Polanski attends wife's concert
Film director Roman Polanski, freed earlier this week from house arrest in Switzerland, attended a weekend concert given by his wife at the Montreux jazz festival.[MORE]
Freed Polanski bears no grudges against Switzerland
Film director Roman Polanski, freed this week after Switzerland refused a US extradition request, said he felt warm affection for the country despite his arrest last year.[MORE]
FIFA sets tighter rules for Cup bids
FIFA has imposed tighter transparency rules on World Cup bidders in the wake of its investigation into the ethics of Australia's bid for the 2022 tournament.[MORE]
Freed Polanski to shoot new film
Roman Polanski will shoot a new film based on an award-winning French play in early 2011 now that Switzerland has rejected a US bid to extradite him on child sex charges.[MORE]
Polanski's victim satisfied with Swiss release
The woman with whom Roman Polanski was convicted of having illegal sex with when she was a minor says she is satisfied with Switzerland's decision not to extradite him to the United States for the 1977 offence.[MORE]
Polanski freed as Switzerland rejects extradition
Switzerland says it won't send Roman Polanski back to the US to face sentencing for unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl.[MORE]
