Tag: Switzerland
Swiss court rules against prosecutor in FIFA case
ZURICH — A Swiss court ruled that a special prosecutor investigating Switzerland’s former attorney general acted illegally while pursuing a separate case against FIFA...
UN rights office laments Swiss ban on Muslim face-coverings
GENEVA — The U.N. human rights office expressed dismay on Tuesday that Switzerland is set to join a few other countries where “actively discriminating...
Italy rejects two-state deal for ethnically divided Cyprus
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Italy strongly disapproves of any deal to reunify ethnically divided Cyprus that doesn’t conform to an already agreed-upon federal framework that’s...
African soccer leader’s ban cut, but ruled out of election
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The president of the African soccer confederation had his FIFA ban cut to two years on appeal Monday but he will...
Kriechmayr adds World Cup downhill win to world title
SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria — Vincent Kriechmayr ended his two-year-long victory drought in men’s World Cup downhills by winning Saturday, three weeks after he took the...
Top official at swimming body FINA quits after 35 years
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Cornel Marculescu, the executive director of swimming's governing body FINA, resigned Wednesday after 35 years in charge in which the sport...
Gut-Behrami wins 2nd straight downhill, eyes season title
MOENA, Italy — Lara Gut-Behrami let out a brief scream of joy and held up her right arm after crossing the finish, then nodded...
Gut-Behrami wins downhill and moves atop World Cup standings
MOENA, Italy — Coming off a performance that included two golds and three medals overall at the skiing world championships, Lara Gut-Behrami now has...
Draw for the round of 16 of the Europa League
NYON, Switzerland — Draw Friday for the last 16 in the Europa League:
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Olympic ‘kingmaker’ faces 5-day forgery trial in Swiss court
GENEVA — The so-called “kingmaker” of Olympic elections goes on trial Monday accused of forging documents that his accusers allege were used to implicate...