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(UPDATE) FIFA's other match: Palestinians drop motion to suspend Israel from world football

The Palestinians have complained for years that Israel discriminates against its players and officials, but the PFA president has been persuaded to back down on FIFA vote.

29/05/2015

Switzerland

Sepp Blatter shrugs off scandal ahead of FIFA presidential vote

Embattled FIFA President Sepp Blatter appeared unfazed as the 65th Congress of football’s world governing body opened in Zurich. His speech to the

29/05/2015

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Protesters demand the resignation of FIFA's Blatter

29/05/2015

Switzerland

Sepp Blatter expected to be reelected as FIFA president despite corruption scandal

Sepp Blatter appears relaxed about his reelection as FIFA president, even as world soccer’s governing body is engulfed in corruption charges. Blatter

29/05/2015

Switzerland

Sepp Blatter: corruption scandal casts 'long shadow over football'

FIFA President Sepp Blatter says the latest corruption scandal to hit the governing body has cast a “long shadow over football.” Speaking at the

28/05/2015

World

'FIFA lives in a kind of 'Alice in Wonderland' world'

The ‘beautiful game’ has been plunged into turmoil as seven powerful football figures face extradition to the US to face corruption charges

28/05/2015

Switzerland

FIFA scandal: Blatter keeps low profile, sponsors threaten to review ties

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has been avoiding scheduled appearances in Switzerland, as world football’s governing body is gripped by another

28/05/2015

Switzerland

Football 'corrupted': Five main points in FIFA and World Cup scandals

Bribes US justice authorities are pursuing their case on four fronts against FIFA, the powerful international governing body of association football

28/05/2015

Switzerland

EU and Switzerland agree to clamp down on tax evasion

A deal has been signed between the European Union (EU) and Switzerland in an effort to clamp down on tax evasion. The European Commission (EC)

27/05/2015

Switzerland

Football's most powerful figures await extradition to US

Several of the global football industry’s most powerful figures are in detention waiting extradition to the United States after being arrested in

27/05/2015

Switzerland

"This is good for Fifa" world football's governing body reacts to arrest of senior executives

Fifa has responded to the arrest of six of its senior executives at the request of US authorities on corruption charges. The organisation’s head of

27/05/2015

Switzerland

'Rampant corruption:' US orders arrest of senior FIFA executives

FIFA is reeling after Swiss police arrested seven senior executives, including two vice presidents, at the luxury Baur au Lac hotel in Zurich in a

27/05/2015

Switzerland

Swiss police arrest several senior Fifa executives in a morning raid at a five-star hotel in Zurich

Swiss police have arrested a number of Fifa executives following a morning raid on a five-star hotel in Zurich. The arrests were made at the request

27/05/2015

Switzerland

Skiers climb seven alpine peaks within 24 hours

21/05/2015

Switzerland

Suspected killer among 5 dead in Swiss family shooting

Five people are now known to have died during a shooting in northern Switzerland, including the gunman. Police told a news conference on Sunday

10/05/2015

Switzerland

Suspected killer among 5 dead after Swiss shooting, say police

Five people are now known to have died during a shooting in northern Switzerland, including the gunman. Police told a news conference on Sunday

10/05/2015

Switzerland

'Several dead' after shooting in northern Switzerland

Several people were killed in shooting in northern Switzerland, say police. Officers in the region of Aargau, responding to reports of shots, found

10/05/2015

Sport

Daniel Arnold scales Matterhorn in record time

Mountaineering has had a dark week following the tragedy in the Himalayas but now Swiss climber Daniel Arnold has provided the sport with a welcome

01/05/2015

Switzerland

Scientists hail 'success' as Hadron Collider resumes search for dark universe

There was jubilation among scientists at Europe’s physics research centre CERN as efforts to unlock the mysteries of the universe resumed. The Large

05/04/2015

Switzerland

Revamped Large Hadron Collider restarts - on course to smash physics records

It could change physics forever. The revamped Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has restarted after a two-year hiatus. Described in Business Insider as a

05/04/2015

Switzerland

Iran and world powers reach outline nuclear deal

Iran and six world leaders have reached an outline deal on Tehran’s nuclear programme. Iran has agreed to have just one atomic facility, to shut down

03/04/2015

Switzerland

Iran reaches framework agreement with six world powers over Tehran nuclear programme

After eight days of marathon talks in Switzerland, Iran and six world powers have reached a breakthrough framework agreement on Iran’s nuclear

02/04/2015

Switzerland

Iran nuclear talks enter day eight with progress made but no deal drafted

Negotiations continued deep into the night in Lausanne between Iran and the 5 +1 group of world powers over Tehran’s nuclear programme. Progress is

02/04/2015

Switzerland

World powers struggle to strike deal with Iran over nuclear programme

The talking was supposed to have ended on Tuesday night, but world powers are still trying to strike a deal with Iran over its disputed nuclear

01/04/2015

Switzerland

Iran nuclear talks continue beyond a midnight deadline as the search for a deal goes on

With the original deadline set at midnight, Russia’s Foreign Minister had hastily rejoined nuclear talks with in Iran on Tuesday. Sergei Lavrov had

31/03/2015

Switzerland

How does your city rank in European air pollution survey?

A survey of how 23 major European cities are tackling air pollution has been released.

31/03/2015