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.
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.
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".
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.
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.
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”.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ottmar Hitzfeld said an emotional goodbye to his Swiss team and football Tuesday as he quit the sport after a dramatic World Cup loss to Argentina and following the death of his brother.
Switzerland's German coach Ottmar Hitzfeld has said he will retire after the World Cup finals. Here is a factfile on the European coaching legend ahead of his team's match against Argentina on Tuesday:
Centre-back Fabian Schär says Switzerland welcome their underdogs tag and are relishing the chance to create a World Cup upset in their last 16 clash against Argentina on Tuesday.
The Swiss may be suspicious of expats from other countries but their football team, proudly being cheered by the nation for advancing in the World Cup, has more foreign connections than any other in the competition, a new study shows.
Switzerland’s 3-0 win over Honduras at the World Cup dominated the newspaper headlines on Thursday, with special praise reserved for midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri, whose hat-trick secured the victory.
