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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Rune, Tsitsipas and Shelton advance at Swiss Indoors
BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — Stefanos Tsitsipas and Holger Rune kept alive their slim hopes of reaching the ATP Finals with wins at the Swiss Indoors tournament on Tuesday. Tsitsipas, ranked No. 11, outlasted Francisco Cerundolo 6-3, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (4), while 14th-ranked Rune beat Nicolas Jarry 6-4, 7-6 (3). The top-eight Finals are next month...
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Ex-Miss Switzerland Finalist Murdered By Husband, Body Parts ‘Pureed’, Dissolved In Acid
A former Miss Switzerland finalist, Kristina Joksimovic, was allegedly strangled, dismembered, and then “pureed” in a blender by her husband in Binningen, near Basel, Switzerland. Later, the 38-year-old dismembered body was dissolved in acid to cover the crime. The horrific murder was uncovered in February when dismembered remains of Joksimovic were found. Investigators quickly concluded that...
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Swiss city of Basel to host Eurovision 2025
Basel will host the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest after the Swiss border city was chosen Friday to stage the 69th edition of the glitzy annual TV extravaganza. Swiss singer Nemo’s 2024 Eurovision victory gave Switzerland the right to host next year’s event, with a huge global audience guaranteed. Right on the borders with France and...
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Basel in Switzerland to host 2025 Eurovision Song Contest
The 69th Eurovision Song Contest will be hosted in Basel in Switzerland next year, organisers have announced. In a statement on Friday, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) said the semi-finals on May 13 and 15 and the grand final on May 17 for the 2025 event will be held in the St Jakobshalle arena. The...
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Swiss choose Basel as host city for 2025 Eurovision
By John Revill Swiss choose Basel as host city for 2025 Eurovision ZURICH, – Next year’s Eurovision Song Contest will be held in the Swiss city of Basel, public broadcaster SRG said on Friday, setting it up for an economic boost from the hundreds of thousands of fans expected to flock to its restaurants, hotels...
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High alert for passengers: Swiss airports are in complete meltdown, IT outage grounds flights, cancels departures across Zurich, Geneva, Basel – Travel And Tour World
Home » AIRLINE NEWS » High alert for passengers: Swiss airports are in complete meltdown, IT outage grounds flights, cancels departures across Zurich, Geneva, Basel Saturday, July 20, 2024 Reading Time: 2 minutes A widespread IT outage on Friday significantly impacted air travel in Switzerland as the Swiss Airports are in complete meltdown with flight...
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Another Xherdan Shaqiri spectacular at a major
Xherdan Shaqiri is Basel’s second most famous sportsperson. It is possible that on nights like this, he does dislodge Roger Federer if only for some time. Effortlessness is a myth, Federer told a class of graduates recently. He recalled the hours of sweat that made his tennis silky. Shaqiri’s every sinew would testify to that....