Growth overseas while UK business struggles New store openings are driving organic sales growth for JD Sports in North America, but the extra weighting of these sales is dragging down the group’s gross margin. However, this expansion has the potential to drive returns if the group can make headway in the US. In the UK...
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World No 1 Novak Djokovic faces Tomas Machac in Geneva Open semi-finals – live on Sky Sports
World No 1 Novak Djokovic will face Tomas Machac in the Geneva Open semi-finals on Friday, live on Sky Sports. Djokovic suffered an unexpected loss to 32nd-ranked Alejandro Tabilo in the third round of the Internazionali d’Italia in Rome and left the Serbian looking for more games on clay before defending his title at Roland...
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Cozens leads Canada to 3-2 win over Switzerland at world hockey championship | CBC Sports
Dylan Cozens scored twice and added an assist as Canada edged Switzerland 3-2 on Sunday to remain unbeaten at the world hockey championship. Canada, the defending champion, improved to 6-0 in the tournament, with one of those victories coming in overtime. Switzerland suffered its first loss in six contests. The win moved Canada atop the...
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Canada edges Switzerland 3-2, United States routs Kazakhstan 10-1 at hockey world championship
PRAGUE – Dylan Cozens scored two goals and had an assist to rally Canada past Switzerland 3-2 for its sixth win from six games at the ice hockey world championship on Sunday. Canada leads Group A with 17 points, two more than the Czech Republic in second with Switzerland another point back in third. The...
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Canada Tops Finland, Sweden Beats Latvia, Switzerland Routs Denmark At Men’s Hockey Worlds – News18
Published By: Sports Desk Last Updated: May 19, 2024, 00:01 IST Read all latest and breaking Sports News on News18.com Defending champion Canada had to recover from an early scare before rallying to beat Finland 53 for its fifth victory from five games at the ice hockey world championship on Saturday. PRAGUE: Defending champion Canada...
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Michael Schumacher’s watches fetch 4 million Swiss francs at auction
ZURICH (Reuters) – Watches belonging to Formula 1 great Michael Schumacher sold for around 4 million Swiss francs ($4.41 million) at auction house Christie’s in Geneva on Tuesday. The eight watches, including timepieces by Rolex, F.P. Journe and Audemars Piguet, were put up for sale by the family of Schumacher, who has not been seen...
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Humana-Paredes, Wilkerson ousted from Brazil beach volleyball event by Olympic-hungry Swiss duo | CBC Sports
For the second time this week, a Canadian women’s beach volleyball duo was defeated by a highly motivated Swiss tandem at the Elite16 pro tour event in Brasilia, Brazil. Toronto’s Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson were the latest to fall to Esmee Bobner and Zoe Verge-Depre, dropping a three-set decision (21-18, 23-25, 10-15) on Saturday....
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Switzerland Will Host the Women’s Euros in 2025
The 2022 tournament broke attendance records, with over half a million fans making it out to the matches, and England’s final win over Germany was witnessed by 87,192 fans at Wembley – a European Championship final attendance record in both men’s and women’s football. With the hype for the women’s game only growing, Switzerland 2025...
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Swiss spend CHF2.17 billion on sporting goods – SWI swissinfo.ch
The running (up 0.3%) and leisure sports (up 1%) segments recorded the highest year-on-year growth in 2023, according to the press release. KEYSTONE People in Switzerland spent CHF2.17 billion ($2.38 billion) on sporting goods last year. This was 1.5% less than in the previous year, according to Swisspo, the specialist agency for sporting goods in...
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Algerian Football Federation President Walid Sadi Mobilizes 5 Lawyers in Switzerland to Take Legal Action Against CAF Over Berkane’s Jerseys Controversy – Dzair tube en
BY: Dr. Hana Saada ALGIERS- In a significant development, Walid Sadi, the President of the Algerian Football Federation (FAF), currently in Switzerland, has engaged more than five lawyers of various nationalities to file a complaint against the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The complaint, according to Dzair Tube’s reliable sources, concerns the contentious jerseys worn...
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Canada’s Gushue, Switzerland’s Tirinzoni claim titles at Players’ Championship | CBC Sports
Canada’s Brad Gushue beat top-ranked Joel Retornaz of Italy 7-6 on Sunday to win the Princess Auto Players’ Championship. Switzerland’s Silvana Tirinzoni beat Sweden’s Isabella Wrana 6-5 in the women’s final earlier in the day at the Mattamy Athletic Centre. Gushue, from St. John’s, N.L., made a single in the eighth end for the victory....
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Canada’s Gushue and Switzerland’s Tirinzoni claim titles at Players’ Championship – Sports
The Canadian Press – Apr 14, 2024 / 10:48 am | Story: 482060 Photo: The Canadian Press TORONTO — Canada’s Brad Gushue beat top-ranked Joel Retornaz of Italy 7-6 on Sunday to win the Princess Auto Players’ Championship. Switzerland’s Silvana Tirinzoni beat Sweden’s Isabella Wrana 6-5 in the women’s final earlier in the day at...