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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 11, 11:26 am ET
Austria, often outclassed by Alpine rivals Switzerland since the northern winter began, struck back by placing three men on the podium of a World Cup super-combined event on Friday.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 11, 10:53 am ET
A federal judge in Florida declared a banker and lawyer from Switzerland who were indicted on fraud charges to be fugitives from justice.
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The Source Weekly - Sat Dec 12, 2:33 pm ET
Could earthquakes in Switzerland throw a geothermal energy project in Central Oregon’s Newberry Crater area off the rails? About a month ago AltaRock Energy got a $25 million grant (on top of an earlier $36 million) from the US Department of Energy toward development of a plant that will produce power by ta ...
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Los Angeles Times - Sat Dec 12, 10:05 am ET
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Irina Khazova of Russia won a 10-kilometer freestyle race by more than 27 seconds Saturday to top the cross-country skiing World Cup standings.
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Boston Herald - Sat Dec 12, 2:25 pm ET
DAVOS, Switzerland - Matti Heikkinen of Finland won a 15-kilometer freestyle race on Saturday to claim his first cross-country skiing World Cup victory. Heikkinen completed...
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Press of Atlantic City - Sat Dec 12, 1:10 pm ET
FILE - This is a Sept. 8, 2008, file photo showing Roger Federer, of Switzerland, celebrating after defeating Andy Murray, of Britain, to win the men's finals championship match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York. Set aside, for the moment, Federer's athleticism and artistry, his sturdiness and strokes.
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News Chief - Sat Dec 12, 12:34 pm ET
Published: Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 11:53 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 11:53 a.m. WINTERBERG, Germany - Beat Hefti of Switzerland used a strong second run Saturday to win a two-man bobsled World Cup race despite nearly overturning at the finish line.
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FasterSkier.com - Sat Dec 12, 12:30 pm ET
Davos, Switzerland – Kikkan Randall (USA), coming off two of her top World Cup distance races ever, struggled to 65th today. FasterSkier checked in with her following the race. You did not have a good result today, especially in light of your recent distance performances. What happened? I think I started a little too slow, loosing [...]
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FasterSkier.com - Sat Dec 12, 12:00 pm ET
Matti Heikkinen (FIN) - Victorious! Davos, Switzerland – Matti Heikkinen (FIN) joined Irina Khazova (RUS) as a firs time World Cup winner today. Heikkinen skiied to a 14 second victory over Marcus Helllner (SWE) in the 15km individual start race, while Maurice Magnificat led a strong French showing in 3rd. Like Khazova, who won the women’s race, [...]
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FOX 11 Tucson - Sat Dec 12, 11:17 am ET
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Matti Heikkinen of Finland won a 15-kilometer freestyle race on Saturday to claim his first cross-country skiing World Cup victory.
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FasterSkier.com - Sat Dec 12, 11:00 am ET
Please take a minute to contribute to the Sean McCabe Memorial Fundraiser. We are approaching 50%. Lets get it done by the end of the weekend! Davos, Switzerland – Irina Khazova (RUS) claimed her first career World Cup victory in the 10km freestyle this morning. Charlotte Kalla (SWE) was 2nd, and Kristina Smigun-Vähi (EST) took 3rd. Khazova, [...]
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News Chief - Sat Dec 12, 10:34 am ET
Published: Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 9:55 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 9:55 a.m. DAVOS, Switzerland - Irina Khazova of Russia won a 10-kilometer freestyle race by more than 27 seconds Saturday to top the cross-country skiing World Cup standings.
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News Chief - Sat Dec 12, 9:34 am ET
Published: Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 8:36 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 8:36 a.m. LAUSANNE, Switzerland - The IOC expects at least three networks or media consortiums to bid for the U.S. television rights to the 2014 and 2016 Olympics and believes the winning offer will exceed the previous $2 billion deal.
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Irish Central - Sat Dec 12, 8:48 am ET
Pierce Brosnan says his heart goes out to the family of director Roman Polanski who was directing Brosnan in "The Ghost," when he was arrested in September in Switzerland.
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The Springfield News-Leader - Sat Dec 12, 4:06 am ET
WBC: Live: welterweights, Victor Ortiz (24-2-1) vs. Antonio Diaz (46-5-1); welterweights, Juan Diaz (35-2-0) vs. Paul Malignaggi (26-3-0), at Chicago; Same-day Tape: champion Vitali Klitschko (38-2-0) vs. Kevin Johnson (22-0-0), for WBC heavyweight title, at Berne, Switzerland, 9:15 p.m. -- HBO