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Olympic leaders silent after talks on WADA role
Olympic leaders held a summit meeting on doping and match-fixing but declined to give any details of the discussions. IOC President Jacques Rogge ...
UN: Drop in Syrians reaching Jordan, unclear why
U.N. officials said Tuesday that the number of Syrian refugees arriving in Jordan has suddenly fallen from an average of 2,500 a day to fewer than 20, ...
Driver error or fainting blamed for Swiss crash
Authorities say a bus crash last year in southern Switzerland that killed 22 Belgian schoolchildren returning from a ski holiday was probably caused ...
Swedes wins ice hockey world championships
Sweden ended a 27-year jinx on home teams winning the ice hockey world championships, beating Switzerland 5-1 on Sunday for its ninth title.
Swiss stun US in ice hockey worlds semis
Switzerland added the United States to its list of upsets at the ice hockey world championship, and is now just one more win away its first gold medal
US beats Russia 8-3 at hockey worlds
Paul Stastny had two goals and two assists and Craig Smith had five assists on Thursday to give the United States a spot in the hockey world ...
Thai authorities arrest Swiss bank robbery suspect
Thai police have arrested a Swiss man charged with robbing a bank in his homeland before fleeing to live with his wife in Thailand. Department of ...
Pat McQuaid to run for UCI president again
Pat McQuaid will stand for a third term as president of the International Cycling Union after the Swiss federation approved his request to be endorsed
Geneva auction sells huge diamond for $26.7M
A huge diamond unearthed in Botswana commanded an unearthly price of $26.7 million from Christie's auction house Wednesday amid the spring ritual of ...
IOC to chart out India's return to Olympic fold
The IOC will issue a "roadmap" for India's return to the Olympic fold after both sides reached agreement Wednesday on the terms for lifting the ...
Swiss to crack down on business, sports bribery
The Swiss government wants to broaden its anti-corruption laws to make bribery a criminal offense in almost all cases. The move follows criticism from ...
Slovakia, Czechs into quarters at hockey worlds
Slovakia defeated the United States 4-1 and the Czech Republic routed Norway 7-0 in group finales for both teams to reach the quarterfinals at the ice ...
Swiss: 1,500 money-laundering cases last year
Unpaid fees lead to safe deposit caches of suspicious paintings and expensive jewelry. A foreign client's offshore deposits turn up possibly forged ...
EU court finds Swiss assisted-suicide laws vague
An elderly Swiss woman who would rather end her life now than decline further in health found sympathy Tuesday from the European Court of Human ...
IOC proposes global betting monitoring system
The IOC is proposing the establishment of a global system for monitoring betting patterns during major sports events, the latest step in efforts to ...
CAS rejects Zenit appeal, hurts title bid
The Court of Arbitration for Sport says it has rejected Zenit St. Petersburg's appeal against a technical defeat, hurting the team's chances of ...
Slovakia beat US, Swiss down Belarus in ice hockey
Slovakia defeated the United States 4-1 in its group finale to reach the quarterfinals at the ice hockey world championship on Tuesday. The U.S.
Channel 10 wins Australian TV rights for Sochi
The International Olympic Committee has awarded the Australian broadcast rights for next year's Sochi Winter Games to Channel 10. The deal, which was ...
US, Canada, Russia, Swiss into quarters at worlds
The United States, Canada, Russia and Switzerland clinched spots in the quarterfinals at the ice hockey world championships Sunday. The Americans beat ...
US, Finland, Sweden win at ice hockey worlds
The United States beat France 4-2 for its fourth victory at the ice hockey world championship, while host teams Finland and Sweden also won on ...
Syrian rebels, government fight over key highways
Syrian rebels on Saturday cut a newly built bypass road linking the capital Damascus with the northern city of Aleppo, an activist group said, while ...
US beats France 4-2 at ice hockey worlds
The United States beat France 4-2 Saturday to take the lead in its group at the ice hockey world championships. Stephen Gionta and Bobby Butler gave ...
Nations agree to new chemical ban, export controls
A summit on chemicals and hazardous wastes ended Friday with an agreement to globally phase out a widely used flame retardant and to accept stricter ...
CAS allows wrestling body meeting in Moscow
The Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland has given wrestling's governing body the go-ahead to hold a congress in Moscow despite a suit filed ...