Showing posts with label Zurich. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Zurich. Show all posts
Sunday, 30 August 2026
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Friday, 15 May 2026
TIGER WOODS HOME FROM REHAB | Hops Off Plane In Florida
Tiger Woods is back on U.S. soil for the first time since heading to Switzerland for rehab in early April ... and we've got the first visuals of the golf legend getting off his private jet, after leaving Zurich hours earlier.
50-year-old Woods was photographed stepping off his Gulfstream G550 Wednesday afternoon at Palm Beach International Airport ... and he looked stoned-faced, showing no emotion as he walked across the tarmac, with his pup by his side.
Tiger had been in an exclusive, and ultra-expensive Swiss rehab facility since around April 3, when his PJ took him from Florida to Europe for treatment.
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Woods went overseas for help after his March 27 rollover crash and DUI arrest in Jupiter, FL ... after telling the judge in his case that he feared he couldn't privately get help in the States.
The judge gave T.W. the green light, and he was off to Switzerland.
He may be back, but he's still got his DUI case to contend with ... and he suffered a loss in court this week.
Tiger wanted to block prosecutors from accessing his prescription drug records, but a judge ruled in the State's favor, clearing the way for them to see what Woods was taking the day of the crash.
It wasn't a total loss for Woods -- the judge said the information would be limited to people involved with the case.
Tiger is facing two misdemeanors ... one for DUI, and another for refusing to take a urine test after the wreck.
- TMZ
Friday, 18 July 2025
ENGLAND REACH EURO 2025 SEMIFINALS AFTER SHOOTOUT WIN OVER SWEDEN
The reigning European champions were staring at elimination with 11 minutes remaining in normal time after conceding twice.
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| England beat Sweden 3-2 in a chaotic penalty shoot-out to continue their title defence. |
England roared into the semi-finals of Women's Euro 2025 on Thursday after coming back from two goals down and then beating Sweden 3-2 in a chaotic penalty shoot-out to continue their title defence. Smilla Holmberg blasted over from the spot to settle the shootout drama in Zurich after the match finished 2-2 thanks to Lucy Bronze and Michelle Agyemang's quick-fire strikes just as England looked to be limping out of the tournament. The reigning European champions were staring at elimination with 11 minutes remaining in normal time after Kosovare Asllani, who opened the scoring with her 50th international goal in the second minute, and Stina Blackstenius shot Sweden into a two-goal lead at half-time.
"That was one of the hardest games I have ever watched. We could have been out four or five times," England boss Sarina Wiegman told the BBC.
"We started badly. We didn't create anything so we changed shape and we scored two goals which was crazy. The shootout, we missed a lot but they missed more and we're through."
England will face Italy, who are in the last four for the first time since 1997, in the last four in Geneva on Tuesday after a rollercoaster comeback.
*Not how we planned it to be, of course, but it's a learning experience that we put in our back pocket and learn from going forward," Chloe Kelly, who was key to both England goals and took one of the few good penalties of the shootout, told reporters.
"We solved the problems and then it was about getting back in the game. The resilience of the team is incredible."
Defeat ended Sweden's bid for a first major honour since winning the first official Euros back in 1984, Peter Gerhardsson's team falling in the most painful of fashions.
Goalkeeper Jennifer Falk, who saved four penalties, had the chance to send Sweden through but like Holmberg she scooped her effort over the bar and gave England the chance to reach the last four.
"All analysis feels fairly pointless right now, right now it's melancholy. You feel a certain sadness that it turned out this way," said Sweden coach Peter Gerhardsson.
England survive
England scored 10 goals in their final two Group D matches to reach the last eight but showed none of that attacking flair in the early stages at the Letzigrund Stadium.
Sweden were on the front foot from the off and somehow it was no surprise when Asllani drilled home her opener after just one minute and 46 seconds, the attacking midfielder being left completely free to collect Blackstenius' lay-off and score.
Jess Carter's loose pass led to that goal and moments later goalkeeper Hannah Hampton almost gifted Blackstenius her third goal of the tournament after miscontrolling the ball and allowing the Arsenal striker to bear down on an open goal before Leah Williamson slid in to cut out the danger.
Lauren Hemp's pot shot was brilliantly tipped onto the bar by Falk but that was a rare bright spot in a dismal opening half for England, who were deservedly two behind at the break.
Blackstenius showed how lethal she can be in the 25th minute when she raced in behind a dozing English defence, collected Julia Zigiotti Olme's pass, held off Carter and slotted home.
England were brighter after the restart and Hemp should have halved the deficit when she failed to direct Lauren James' cross on target.
And Bronze gave England hope by heading home a searching cross in the 79th minute from Kelly, one of four late substitutions alongside Agyemang who two minutes later reacted quickest to a loose ball and prodded England level.
Extra time passed without much incident and that left the shootout in which a parade of poor penalties ended with Holmberg ballooning her effort way over and sending England through.
- Agence France-Presse
Friday, 2 May 2025
Monday, 30 September 2024
CYCLING STAR TADEJ POGACAR WINS MEN'S ROAD RACE AT WORLDS
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| Tadej Pogačar continued his dominant 2024 by winning the men's road race at the world championships Sunday. AP Photo/Peter Dejong |
ZURICH -- Tadej Pogačar cemented his status as cycling's biggest star with a devastating solo attack to win the men's road race at the world championships Sunday.
The three-time Tour de France champion surged ahead just over 50 kilometers (31 miles) from the end. The 26-year-old Slovenian appeared to be in tears after crossing the line in Zurich, putting his hand on his mouth then covering his face with both hands before pumping his arms in the air.
He crossed the line 34 seconds ahead of Australian Ben O'Connor and 58 clear of defending champion Mathieu van der Poel of the Netherlands, who finished third in a sprint to the line ahead of Latvian Toms Skujins and Belgian contender Remco Evenepoel in fifth place.
"I put a lot of pressure on myself for today. The race unfolded pretty quickly," Pogačar said. "I never gave up. It was an incredible day. I cannot believe what just happened."
Pogačar achieved the rare treble of winning the worlds, the Tour and the Giro d'Italia in the same year. He also won the prestigious Liège-Bastogne-Liège classic and the Strade Bianche, both with similar solo attacks.
"After many years fighting for the Tour de France and other races, I never had the world championship as a clear goal, but this year everything went smoothly," Pogačar said. "After the perfect season, it was a really big goal to win the world championship, and I can't believe it happened."
On Sunday, he had a prestigious teammate on the road: Primož Roglič, the record-equaling four-time Spanish Vuelta champion.
But he didn't need him, and it was Pavel Sivakov of France who joined Pogačar as he made a breakaway 100 kilometers (62 miles) out.
"I don't know what I was thinking," Pogačar said. "But I went with the flow, and luckily I made it."
The peloton, led by a determined Van der Poel, tried to counter them with about 70 kilometers left.
The front two maintained their lead of around 40 seconds, with Van der Poel now joined by Evenepoel, the 2022 world champion and reigning Olympic champion. But Evenepoel, who won last weekend's time trial, had no teammates with him.
After Pogačar dropped Sivakov, he rolled through the countryside leading to Zurich and the title after finishing third last year.
He completed the 274-kilometer (170-mile) route, which started from Winterthur and had elevation gains of 4,470 meters, in 6 hours, 27 minutes, 30 seconds.
Two-time world champion Julian Alaphilippe of France went out of the race early on. The Soudal Quick-Step rider was caught in a crash and hurt his left shoulder.
- Associated Press
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FIFA: GIANNI INFANTINO RAIS MPYA FIFA
FIFA jana ilichagua kiongozi mpya wa Shirikisho hilo katika zoezi la kupiga kura lililofanyika Zurich...Gianni Infantino amekua Rais mpya wa FIFA... Infantino alipata kura 115 na alimpita Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa kwa kura 27...Infantino amechukua nafasi ya Sepp Blatter ambae alikuwa rais wa FIFA toka 1998 na sasa Blatter amefungiwa miaka 6 kutojihusisha na shughuli zozote za mpira...Rais mpya wa FIFA alikuwa hata hana mpango wa kuwania urais lakini Michel Platini alipoacha kuwania urais Infantino aliingia kwenye kinyan'ganyiro cha urais...Ameahidi kusafisha FIFA na kurudisha sifa ya mpira...Bofya hapa upate habari zaidi.
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