Switzerland cruised to a 4-0 win over Estonia at the Swissporarena. Photo: Fabrice COFFRINI / AFPSource: AFP Switzerland warmed up with a 4-0 victory over visitors Estonia on Tuesday in their penultimate match before heading to Euro 2024 in Germany. The hosts cruised to victory in front of 14,473 spectators at the Swissporarena in Lucerne...
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Memorable trip for Virginia Tech men’s basketball team
For many people, the summer offers an opportunity to travel. That was the case this month for the Virginia Tech men’s basketball team. The Hokies took a trip to Switzerland and Italy from Aug. 4-12, visiting nine cities and playing two exhibition games. “It was great,” Tech coach Mike Young said Tuesday on a video...
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Swiss Open: Indian challenge ends as Srikanth loses in semis
Basel (Switzerland): Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth’s winning run at the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament came to an end after a semifinal loss to Chinese Taipei’s Lin Chun-Yi here. The former world No. 1 squandered a one-game lead to go down 21-15, 9-21, 18-21 in a gruelling last-four contest that lasted one hour and...
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Canada’s basketball teams set for Paris Olympics, group foes revealed
The groups have been set for the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments at the Paris Olympics this summer. The draw was held in Mies, Switzerland, with former Australian women’s star Penny Taylor and former NBA superstar and American Carmelo Anthony presenting the groups on Tuesday. Canada’s seventh-ranked men’s team will be in...
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Men’s Olympic basketball tournament: Paris 2024 draw results with U.S., Serbia facing off in group play
Defending Olympic champions USA will face a “strong” Serbia team and debutants South Sudan at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 after the men’s Olympic basketball tournament draw was made at the Patrick Baumann House of Basketball in Mies, Switzerland, on Tuesday 19 March. The trio were drawn in Group C, with USA and Serbia clashing...
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Swiss roll over Ireland in first home World Cup basketball qualifier
Ireland got within five points at the start of the third quarter before the Swiss pulled clear at the finish to register their second win of the qualifiers and move top of the group. It was Ireland’s first FIBA Basketball World Cup home game and the first points of the contest came courtesy of a...
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Ireland beaten convincingly by Swiss in Tallaght
Ireland 63-86 Switzerland Ireland fell to a 86-63 defeat to Switzerland at the National Basketball Arena in their second Group A game of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 European pre-qualifiers. Ireland got within five points at the start of the third quarter, before the Swiss pulled clear at the finish to register their second...