Swiss vote on pensions and retirement age
Swiss citizens voted to increase pension payments in a referendum on Sunday, according to preliminary projections by the country's public broadcaster SRF.
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Alberta's Bottcher remains unbeaten at Brier with win over Scoffin
Alberta's Brendan Bottcher improved to 2-0 at the Canadian men's curling championship with an 8-3 win over Yukon's Thomas Scoffin on Sunday morning in Regina.
Brignone wins fog-disrupted super-G, Gut-Behrami extends overall World Cup lead
Federica Brignone won a stop-start women's World Cup super-G disrupted by fog on Sunday but Lara Gut-Behrami extended her lead in the discipline and overall standings.
Odermatt uses 2nd-run comeback to claim 12th straight World Cup giant slalom win
Marco Odermatt recovered from a first run that left him trailing and a poor start in the second to pull out a victory in Aspen, Colo., and extend his World Cup giant slalom winning streak to 12 races, aided by a major mistake by the last skier down the hill Saturday.
Gut-Behrami wins a super-G to pad lead over Shiffrin in overall World Cup standings
Swiss ski star Lara Gut-Behrami is gliding toward the overall World Cup title in the extended absence of defending champion Mikaela Shiffrin since a crash in January.
Gushue opens quest for Brier 3-peat with win over Nova Scotia
Brad Gushue opened defence of his Canadian men's curling championship with a 7-4 win over Nova Scotia's Matthew Manuel on Friday night.
Brian Kerr returns to Ireland set-up as O'Shea names coaching team
Brian Kerr has returned to the Republic of Ireland national team set-up having been named as a technical advisor for the upcoming international fixtures with Switzerland and Belgium.
Brian Kerr and Glenn Whelan join interim Ireland boss John O’Shea’s staff
Interim Republic of Ireland manager John O’Shea has appointed former national team boss Brian Kerr and international team-mate Glenn Whelan to his coaching team.