Lausanne News

Cities in France, Germany and South Korea placed bids to be chosen as the site for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games...The IOC will appoint a committee to review each city's potential to carry out the Winter Games. Locations that meet...

Switzerland, under formal investigation on Monday for suspected “conspiracy with a terrorist enterprise.” Although his name has not been officially released by the French police, an official with direct knowledge of the investigation identified him as Adlène Hicheur, a French...

Belgian tennis players Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse Wednesday filed formal appeals of one-year suspensions for doping rules violations. Neither player is said to have failed a doping test but both were sanctioned for being in violation of regulations regarding...

A Swiss court has temporarily suspended Adrian Mutu's fine for testing positive for cocaine and being sacked by Chelsea five years ago, his agent said yesterday. In July, the Switzerland-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) upheld a Fifa ruling...

Swiss scientists say people who are stressed and reach for dark chocolate -- the "chocolate cure" -- do seem to experience less emotional stress. Sunil Kochhar of the Nestle Research Center in Lausanne, Switzerland, conducted a clinical trial involving 30...

Beijing Olympic star Michael Phelps insisted he would use his poor form at Berlin's world record-laden shortcourse World Cup meet as future motivation with an eye on the London 2012 Games. Phelps won a historic eight gold medals in Beijing...

Gasquet received a 12-month ban in May, but in July was cleared to return to the circuit by an independent tribunal. The 23-year-old Frenchman then beat Michael Rubin on his return in August. However, the International Tennis Federation wants the...