Switzerland's Xherdan Shaqiri erased his side's lingering World Cup pain in Manaus on Wednesday, scoring a hat trick to see off Honduras 3-0 and secure a daunting last-16 tie against Lionel Messi's Argentina.
"Little" Switzerland still have "big dreams" at the World Cup despite their meltdown against France, according to midfielders Blerim Dzemaili and Granit Xhaka.
Ahead of Switzerland’s crucial clash against France in the FIFA World Cup tonight, Swiss police have warned they will fine car drivers who obscure indicators on rear-view mirrors with decorative World Cup flags.
A guinea pig who has taken on the mantle of deceased football oracle Paul the octopus has tipped her home team Switzerland to beat France in their looming World Cup clash.
Ottmar Hitzfeld, the German coach of the Swiss national football team, is the fifth highest paid manager among the 32 teams competing in the Fifa World Cup 2014 which starts in Brazil today.
Switzerland boosted its chances for a favourable draw in next year’s World Cup football championships in Brazil by defeating Slovenia 1-0 in Bern on Tuesday night.
On the strength of two goals from 21-year-old defender Fabian Schär, Switzerland’s national football team notched a 2-0 victory against Norway on Tuesday night to stay atop Group E in the qualifying round for next summer’s World Cup in Brazil.
Swiss skier Lara Gut battled to a third-place finish after losing a pole in the World Cup women’s giant slalom race at Lenzerheide in the canton of Graubünden on Sunday.
Swiss skier Lara Gut claimed a silver medal on Tuesday in the women’s super-G world championships at Schladming, Austria behind Slovenia’s Tina Maze in a race marred by the crash of American Lindsey Vonn.
Frenchman Alexis Pinturault won the World Cup combined race at the Swiss ski resort of Wengen on Friday after a blistering slalom run propelled the 21-year-old to his second victory of the season.
Switzerland's Lara Gut won the women's World Cup downhill in Val d'Isère, France on Friday as the 21-year-old finished ahead of American Leanne Smith and fellow Swiss Nadja Kamer for the third win on the circuit.
Swiss skier Daniel Albrecht has undergone surgery on the left knee he injured in training for a World Cup downhill in Canada last week, the Swiss Ski Federation reported on Wednesday.
Swiss downhill skier Daniel Albrecht crashed on Thursday during a training run at Lake Louise, Canada, and was taken to hospital for treatment of a knee injury.
Swiss ski star Beat Feuz will miss the rest of the 2012/2013 season as he is not fully recovered from a knee operation last spring, the Swiss Ski Federation says.
