The duo of Leanne Wong (above) and Oklahoma’s Fuzzy Benas placed ninth in Saturday’s Swiss Cup Zürich competition. Photo By: Lloyd Smith/USA Gymnastics Zurich, Switzerland – The U.S. duo of Florida senior gymnast Leanne Wong and Oklahoma’s Fuzzy Benas took ninth in Saturday’s 41st annual Swiss Cup Zürich competition. There was an elimination...
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Shannon Called Up For Switzerland – Newcastle Eagles
Newcastle Eagles women’s team player Shannon Hatch returns to international duty this week with a call up to the Swiss Basketball squad. It will be forward’s sixth cap for the senior team after 14 appearances for the country at Under 16. The 5’10 Canadian-Swiss dual-national last played for Switzerland in November 2023 at Montenegro in...
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Wawrinka outlasts Mannarino at Swiss Indoors and Rublev advances
BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — Stan Wawrinka became the oldest match-winner in the Swiss Indoors tournament history when he outlasted Adrian Mannarino 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 on Wednesday. Playing in front of a home crowd, the 39-year-old Wawrinka earned his first win over Mannarino after having lost to the Frenchman three times. Wawrinka will next face 22-year-old...
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Swiss police make arrests after suicide capsule death
Police in the northern canton of Schaffhausen bordering Germany said the so-called “Sarco” capsule had been deployed in a wood in the municipality of Merishausen on Monday. Prosecutors in Schaffhausen have opened criminal proceedings against several people for “inducing and aiding and abetting suicide”, a police statement said on Tuesday, adding several people were detained,...
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Tournament 1: Champs of Portugal and Switzerland reach the Final
ANTALYA (Turkiye) – SL Benfica have been one of the feel good teams of the Basketball Champions League over the past two seasons, and they are one step away from making it three straight Regular Season appearances after defeating Rilski Sportist in the Semi-Finals of the Qualification Rounds. It was a dramatic finish to the...
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FIBA Open welcomes all
MIES (Switzerland) – The 7th edition of the FIBA Open took place at the Patrick Baumann House of Basketball in Mies over the weekend of 4 and 5 September. 140 teams took part in the biggest grassroots 3×3 basketball tournament in Switzerland that hosted players from 2 to 60 years of age. The FIBA Foundation’s...
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St. Vincent’s Vonovier helps coach Switzerland to bronze at FIBA EuroBasket 2024
This story first appeared on athletics.stvincent.edu. LATROBE, PA — Julien Vonovier, a junior majoring in sports management with a minor in data analytics at Saint Vincent College, put his classroom lessons to work this past summer as an assistant coach for Switzerland’s U16 basketball national team. Switzerland finished third in Division B of the International Basketball Federation...
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FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2025 milestone marked by Tissot countdown clock and logo launch
LAUSANNE (Switzerland) – With one year to go until the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2025 in Switzerland, the occasion was celebrated with the unveiling of the Tissot countdown clock and the competition logo at a special event held in the host city. The flagship youth tournament will take place in the city of Lausanne...
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Swiss take double Paralympic gold in wheelchair marathon as Games close
Switzerland won both Paralympic wheelchair marathons on Sunday while the Netherlands secured back-to-back women’s wheelchair basketball titles, denying the United States on the final day of competition. China finished top of the medals table in Paris, as they have for every Paralympics since Athens in 2004. They had 94 golds, followed by Britain with 49...
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Paris 2024 Paralympics: Swiss double in wheelchair marathons, Dutch women retain basketball title
Switzerland won both Paralympic wheelchair marathons on Sunday while the Netherlands secured back-to-back women’s wheelchair basketball titles, denying the USA on the final day of competition. China finished top of the medals table in Paris, as they have for every Paralympics since Athens in 2004. It had 94 golds, followed by Britain with 49 and...
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Swiss double in Paralympic wheelchair marathons, Dutch women retain basketball title
Paris: Switzerland won both Paralympic wheelchair marathons on Sunday while the Netherlands secured back-to-back women’s wheelchair basketball titles, denying the USA on the final day of competition. China finished top of the medals table in Paris, as they have for every Paralympics since Athens in 2004. They had 94 golds, followed by Britain with 49...
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Paris Paralympics close with a party after ‘historic summer’
Chief Paris 2024 organiser Tony Estanguet said the Olympics and Paralympics had created a “historic summer” (JULIEN DE ROSA) The Paralympics closed on Sunday with a giant music-fuelled party as chief Paris 2024 organiser Tony Estanguet said the Games and the Olympics had created a “historic summer”. The Paralympic flame and cauldron were extinguished before...