Swiss delight after shock 1-0 win over Spain
In what could go down as the biggest upset of the 2010 World Cup, Switzerland shocked Spain with a 1-0 victory Wednesday in Durban. Despite getting outplayed for the entire match, the Swiss were able…
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The Swiss hoping for World Cup bliss, but expect World Cup miss
World Ranking: 26th Best World Cup finish: Quarterfinal appearance 1934 Coach: Ottmar Hitzfeld Projected Starting Eleven: (GK) Diego Benaglio – (D) Stephan Lichtsteiner, Philippe Senderos, Stephane Grichting, Ludovic Magnin – (M) Tranquillo Barnetta, Gokhan Inler,…
China thumps Switzerland to win bronze
In their first Olympic games, China’s women’s curling team has impressed by picking up a bronze medal as they defeated Switzerland 12-6 at the Vancouver Olympic Centre on Friday. Two-time Olympic silver medalist Mirjam Ott…
Bernard squeaks by Ott in women’s curling semifinal
Not even a head cold could stop team Canada skip Cheryl Bernard. The 43-year-old’s rink came through in the clutch in another nail-biter to defeat Switzerland skip Mirjam Ott 6-5 in semifinal action of…
Parise lifts Americans over Switzerland and Hiller
A rare mistake by Swiss goaltender Jonas Hiller led to the winning goal by Zach Parise and the Americans defeated Switzerland 2-0 on Wednesday afternoon at Canada Hockey Place. The goal came early in the…
Shootout win advances Swiss to quarterfinals
Romano Lemm scored the deciding goal to give Switzerland a 3-2 shootout victory over Belarus in the men’s hockey playoff qualifier Tuesday. Belarus opened the scoring less than one minute into the first period….
Curling perfection for Martin
Canada’s Kevin Martin heads into the semifinals with a perfect record in curling, after defeating China’s Fengchun Wang 10-3 on Tuesday.
Switzerland defeats Russia 2-1 in shootout thriller for 5th place in women’s hockey
Florence Schelling stopped 32 of 33 shots including two in the shootout as Switzerland defeated Russia 2-1 in a shootout and claimed 5th place in women’s hockey on Monday at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic games….
Austria revels in Ammann’s absence
The heavily favoured Austrian ski jump team finally found the top of the podium as they claimed gold at the team ski jump event on Monday afternoon at Whistler Olympic Park. After watching Switzerland’s Simon…
Goliath downs David (Murdoch) in men’s curling marquee matchup
Canada’s curling giant Kevin Martin continued his dominance as Team Canada defeated their international archrival, Great Britain’s David Murdoch 7-6 in men’s curling action at the Vancouver Olympic Centre on Saturday night. In the tenth…