https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Faced with a choice between Switzerland, where he was born, and Croatia, the homeland of his parents, Ivan Rakitic made a painstaking decision that will see the midfielder line up against France in Sunday's World Cup final. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180715/made-in-switzerland-croatias-rakitic-on-cusp-of-world-cup-glory Sun, 15 Jul 2018 14:30:17 +0200 made-in-switzerland-croatias-rakitic-on-cusp-of-world-cup-glory Sweden reached the World Cup quarter-finals for the first time in 24 years after Emil Forsberg's deflected shot earned a scrappy 1-0 win over Switzerland on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180703/sweden-beat-switzerland-1-0-to-reach-world-cup-quarter-finals Tue, 03 Jul 2018 19:50:18 +0200 sweden-beat-switzerland-1-0-to-reach-world-cup-quarter-finals Disgraced former Fifa President Sepp Blatter has criticised Sweden's government for its diplomatic boycott of the group stage of the 2018 World Cup, saying they "should have been there from the start". https://www.thelocal.ch/20180703/its-football-not-politics-blatter-criticises-swedish-government-for-world-cup-boycott Tue, 03 Jul 2018 11:56:28 +0200 its-football-not-politics-blatter-criticises-swedish-government-for-world-cup-boycott Switzerland's coach insisted he was right to field a full-strength side against Costa Rica, even though two experienced defenders will miss the last 16 clash against Sweden with bookings. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180628/we-had-to-qualify-despite-yellow-card-risk-swiss-coach Thu, 28 Jun 2018 10:44:46 +0200 we-had-to-qualify-despite-yellow-card-risk-swiss-coach Fifa opened disciplinary proceedings against Swiss players Granit Xhaka and Xherdan Shaqiri on Saturday over their pro-Kosovo goal celebrations during the 2-1 win against Serbia. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180624/swiss-players-may-face-discipline-for-pro-kosovo-world-cup-celebrations Sun, 24 Jun 2018 04:59:00 +0200 swiss-players-may-face-discipline-for-pro-kosovo-world-cup-celebrations A group of Swiss football fans on their way to see the national team play Brazil in Russia accidentally ended up in a war zone, it has emerged. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180618/swiss-football-fans-end-up-in-ukraine-war-zone-on-way-to-brazil-game Mon, 18 Jun 2018 12:45:24 +0200 swiss-football-fans-end-up-in-ukraine-war-zone-on-way-to-brazil-game Police in the canton of Vaud have said they will tolerate one hour of car horns after World Cup football matches so that fans can express their “joy or disappointment”. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180613/swiss-canton-sets-60-minute-limit-for-celebratory-car-horns-during-world-cup Wed, 13 Jun 2018 19:09:58 +0200 swiss-canton-sets-60-minute-limit-for-celebratory-car-horns-during-world-cup Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka expressed relief after getting good news about a training ground injury that threatened to scupper his World Cup chances for Switzerland on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180601/relief-for-switzerlands-xhaka-after-training-ground-injury Fri, 01 Jun 2018 13:47:51 +0200 relief-for-switzerlands-xhaka-after-training-ground-injury The World Cup slalom and giant slalom scheduled for the Swiss slopes of Adelboden over the weekend will be raced despite regional road closures due to a rain-induced mudslide. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180105/swiss-alpine-skiing-events-to-go-ahead-despite-mudslide Fri, 05 Jan 2018 15:07:21 +0100 swiss-alpine-skiing-events-to-go-ahead-despite-mudslide Switzerland held off Northern Ireland to seal a place at the 2018 World Cup in Russia with a 0-0 second-leg draw on Sunday that secured a 1-0 aggregate play-off victory. https://www.thelocal.ch/20171113/switzerland-fend-off-northern-ireland-to-qualify-for-world-cup Mon, 13 Nov 2017 09:28:49 +0100 switzerland-fend-off-northern-ireland-to-qualify-for-world-cup Organisers called off Saturday's men's World Cup Alpine ski downhill due to heavy snow falls. Between 40 and 50 cm (15 to 20 inches) of snow fell since Friday on the Oberland resort, making it impossible to prepare the Wengen piste for the scheduled 12:30pm (1130 GMT) start. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170114/heavy-snowfall-calls-off-skiing-world-cup-in-switzerland Sat, 14 Jan 2017 13:26:48 +0100 heavy-snowfall-calls-off-skiing-world-cup-in-switzerland Fifa's ruling council on Tuesday unanimously approved an expansion of the World Cup to 48 teams in 2026, with a format of 16 groups of three nations. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170110/fifa-approves-expanded-world-cup-for-2026 Tue, 10 Jan 2017 12:08:14 +0100 fifa-approves-expanded-world-cup-for-2026 FIFA's ethics committee on Tuesday launched an investigation targeting six people over their roles in the bidding that awarded the 2006 World Cup to Germany, with the probe partly focused on alleged bribery. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160322/fifa-opens-ethics-probe-into-bidding-for-2006-world-cup-in-germany Tue, 22 Mar 2016 18:37:46 +0100 fifa-opens-ethics-probe-into-bidding-for-2006-world-cup-in-germany Switzerland's Lara Gut clinched the women's alpine skiing World Cup title on Sunday, finishing third in the super-combined at Lenzerheide. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160313/switzerlands-lara-gut-clinches-womens-world-cup-title Sun, 13 Mar 2016 19:53:39 +0100 switzerlands-lara-gut-clinches-womens-world-cup-title Captain Aya Miyama converted a first-half penalty that got defending champion Japan's Women's World Cup football campaign in Canada off to a winning start against Switzerland on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150609/switzerland Tue, 09 Jun 2015 11:34:14 +0200 switzerland In-form all-rounder Carlo Janka will head up the 12-strong Swiss team for the February 2nd-15th World Ski Championships in Colorado, Switzerland's ski federation announced on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150128/swiss-mens-ski-team-announced-for-worlds Wed, 28 Jan 2015 20:22:00 +0100 swiss-mens-ski-team-announced-for-worlds Inter Milan have signed Swiss midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri on a six-month loan deal from Bayern Munich, with the option to buy, the Serie A club announced on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150108/bayern-munich-loans-shaqiri-to-inter-milan Thu, 08 Jan 2015 17:10:00 +0100 bayern-munich-loans-shaqiri-to-inter-milan England manager Roy Hodgson admitted on Sunday that his team will face a "big test" when they open their 2016 European Championship football qualifying campaign against Switzerland in Basel on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140907/england-faces-big-test-against-switzerland Sun, 07 Sep 2014 23:43:00 +0200 england-faces-big-test-against-switzerland Experienced Swiss international midfielder Gelson Fernandes became Ligue 1 side Rennes' ninth signing of the close season on Monday as he joined them from Bundesliga outfit Freiburg. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140805/gelson-fernandes-joins-french-side-rennes Tue, 05 Aug 2014 10:54:39 +0200 gelson-fernandes-joins-french-side-rennes Swiss international striker Haris Seferovic, 22, has left Real Sociedad to sign a three-year deal with Eintracht Frankfurt, the German Bundesliga club announced on Friday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140801/swiss-striker-swaps-spain-for-germany Fri, 01 Aug 2014 19:21:27 +0200 swiss-striker-swaps-spain-for-germany