ZURICH (AP) — Swiss 18-year-old cyclist Muriel Furrer died on Friday, one day after sustaining a head injury in a crash at the road world championships. “Muriel Furrer sadly passed away today at Zurich University Hospital,” race organizers said in a statement. Furrer was competing in the junior women’s event on rain-slicked roads Thursday morning...
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Duplantis clears 6.15 meters in first pole vault event since world record at Paris Olympics
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Armand Duplantis was just excellent instead of record-breaking on Wednesday in his first pole vault competition since that stunning show at the Paris Olympics. Duplantis cleared 6.15 meters on his third and final attempt despite strong gusts of wind blowing in off Lake Geneva as the sun set on a balmy...
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Swiss beat Americans Hughes, Cheng in Olympic beach volleyball; German, Swedish men advance to semis
PARIS (AP) — No more American women left in the beach volleyball field at the Paris Games. No more hope of the U.S. women bringing a gold medal back to the sport’s birthplace for the fifth time in six Olympics. Switzerland ousted Americans Kelly Cheng and Sara Hughes on Tuesday night, a day after the...
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Horse racing leaders consider Paris Olympics equestrian scandal a lesson for their sport
PARIS (AP) — Horse welfare has been a major topic of conversation around the equestrian competition at the Olympics, and the scandal involving champion rider Charlotte Dujardin has attracted the attention of leaders in a related sport. Prominent members of the horse racing community consider the situation another lesson for an industry that has made...
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Olympic tennis schedule has Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz in action Saturday
PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz all are on the Paris Olympics’ tennis schedule Saturday, the first day of action at Roland Garros. Serbia’s Djokovic will compete in singles only, Nadal in doubles only and Alcaraz in both. Nadal and Alcaraz are teammates in doubles for Spain and will face Maximo...
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Match Awards from Germany’s tepid draw against Switzerland
Jersey Swap: Fabian Schär The Newcastle defender stayed the full 90 minutes, and definitely put in the work to show for it. He was constantly put to the test by Germany’s (struggling) attack, and never failed to answer. Schär was close to perfect for Switzerland tonight, and it showed. Minus Niclas Füllkrug’s last minute goal,...
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Four observations from Germany’s narrow escape against Switzerland
Germany’s soft underbelly Scotland never really managed to threaten Germany in the host’s opening match of the tournament. But Hungary threatened multiple times and really made Germany sweat for long periods of the game, exposing a potential soft underbelly of Germany. In that sense, Switzerland merely continued where Hungary left off by getting at Germany,...
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Borussia Dortmund’s Nico Schlotterbeck could start for Germany against Switzerland
Having beaten Scotland 5-1 and then Hungary 2-0 from their first two group stage matches at EURO 2024, Germany have already clinched their advancement to the knockout stages and they sit atop group A with 6pts and a significantly superior goal difference to everyone else in the group. As the format is laid out, the...