All posts in Swiss sport
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdyTOgZbd2Q] Imagine two men, each weighing 150kg, grappling to throw the other to the ground. It might sound like heavyweight karate but it’s actually Schwingen, the most traditional Swiss sport.
Swiss Watching trivia, No 8: Roger Federer
Binningen in the canton of Basel-Land isn’t exactly the best-known place in Switzerland. It’s a small community dating back to 1004
When the Heidi Boys beat the fancied few
Switzerland 1-0 Spain. A score-line that fairy tales are made of, at least for anyone Swiss, particularly given the background.
Double trouble for Bern’s sporting fans
When people talk of a sporting double in Switzerland they usually mean the Super League and Schweizer Cup.
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Double gold for Swiss Olympic men
February 17, 2010, No commentsYou might think that Switzerland has enough gold buried away in bank vaults under Zurich’s Paradeplatz, but it seems the Swiss can’t get enough of it.
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First gold in 2010 Olympics to Switzerland
February 13, 2010, No commentsIt could all be downhill from here for the Swiss Olympic team, but they have struck gold first and, even better, beat the Austrians into third place.
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Red Cross missing at Vancouver Olympics
February 10, 2010, No commentsOnly two days to go before the Winter Olympics open, and I think some officials in Vancouver might be rushing out to buy white paint.
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Swiss man wins the Lauberhorn
January 16, 2010, 1 CommentThis is the Swiss equivalent of a British win at Wimbledon: a Swiss man winning the premier ski event of the year, the Lauberhorn run.
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Gillette: the worst a man can get?
December 13, 2009, 3 CommentsClearly the Swiss expect nothing less than perfection from their greatest sports star. You might think Roger Federer has had rather a good year
My Books
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Swiss election results: xenophobia 0 commonsense 1
October 24, 2011, 31 Comments -
Dead famous in Switzerland
September 15, 2010, 26 Comments -
Meet Homo helveticus
October 3, 2011, 25 Comments -
A beginner’s guide to Swissness
June 4, 2010, 25 Comments -
A writer’s dream: giving up the day job
May 13, 2011, 24 Comments
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Switzerland at Eurovision
May 26, 2012, 1 Comment -
When is a car not a car?
May 18, 2012, 16 Comments -
A tale of two citizenships
May 9, 2012, 20 Comments -
It’s rubbish in Switzerland!
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Flying Doctors of Switzerland
April 27, 2012, 1 Comment
