Saudi Arabia and the Swiss Federal Council recently signed an agreement to avoid double taxation on income and capital and to prevent tax evasion.
That agreement constitutes a robust legal framework defining fiscal relations between the Kingdom of (...)
Romanian weightlifter Gabriel Sincraian and Russian boxer Misha Aloian have been stripped of their 2016 Olympic medals after failing doping tests at the Games, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said on Thursday, according to Reuters.
Sincraian, who (...)
Four-time European champions Ajax missed out on the Champions League group stage after losing 4-1 to Rostov as Manchester City and Borussia Moenchengladbach eased through the playoffs Wednesday.
Austrian champion Salzburg failed to make it through (...)
Newcomer Sassuolo trounced former European champion Red Star Belgrade 3-0 in the Europa League playoffs Thursday while Fenerbahce sank Grasshoppers Zurich 3-0 to give new coach Dick Advocaat a flying start.
West Ham United, eliminated by Astra last (...)
A FIFA investigator has proposed at least a six-year ban and 10,000 Swiss francs ($10,393) fine for ex-South Africa football chief Kirsten Nematandani over alleged ethics violations connected to fixing international friendlies in 2010.
The (...)
Sergio Aguero missed two penalties in the first 20 minutes and then scored a hat trick as Manchester City romped to a 5-0 win at Steaua Bucharest in the first leg of its Champions League playoff Tuesday.
David Silva and Nolito were also on target (...)
known book "Games People Play" analyzed by way of transactional analysis, various games which people play with each other as they put the other person down, defend themselves from attack, exploit the other or protect themselves from exploitation. (...)
A Swiss league match was interrupted for 15 minutes on Sunday when supporters of home team FC Sion hurled missiles onto the pitch in protest at a controversial penalty against their side, according to Reuters.
Trouble broke out in the 65th minute (...)
FIFA ethics investigators called Saturday for sanctions against president Sepp Blatter and European soccer boss Michel Platini, dealing a fresh blow to Platini's bid to succeed Blatter as head of world soccer's governing body.
Both men were (...)
Uruguay forward Luis Suarez's four-month playing ban for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini has been upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) but he can now train with his new club Barcelona, Reuters quoted CAS as saying on (...)
The Assistant Secretary General for Economic Affairs of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Arab States Abdullah bin Juma' Al-Shibli signed today a Memorandum of Understanding between the GCC General Secretariat and International Organization for (...)
UEFA has ruled out changing its Champions League suspension rules regarding yellow cards for at least three years and has no intention of bringing them in line with the rules used in the European Championship, officials have told players' (...)
Athletic Bilbao and Atletico Madrid overcame German opposition to reach the Europa League semifinals Thursday while fellow Spaniards Valencia joined them by demolishing AZ Alkmaar.
Sporting completed an all-Iberian lineup by knocking out Metalist (...)
A touch of romance has returned to the Champions League quarterfinals with seven countries, including Cyprus, represented in this week's first legs with AC Milan-Barcelona topping the bill.
Although Wednesday's heavyweight clash at San Siro (...)
Voters in Switzerland appeared set to reject a
proposal to extend the country's mandatory annual leave from four to
six weeks, in a referendum Sunday, according to dpa.
According to an exit poll by Swiss Television, some 67 percent of
voters (...)
rival City were outplayed and comprehensively beaten by teams with far more limited resources in the Europa League Thursday.
United lost 3-2 at home to a fearless and skilful Athletic Bilbao, its second successive European defeat at Old Trafford, (...)
0 win over Indonesia in a World Cup qualifier Wednesday is to be examined by FIFA's security department, soccer's governing body said Thursday.
“Given the unusual outcome in relation to the results-expectation and head-to-head history, and in the (...)
FIFA has refuted allegations by former vice president Jack Warner that implied a decision to sell him World Cup television rights was a reward for supporting Sepp Blatter's presidential campaigns.
FIFA said Warner's statement last week included (...)
Swiss FA (SFV) president Peter Gilleron was stunned by FIFA's threat to suspend his country from international football, adding that his arguments had been ignored by soccer's governing body.
Gilleron said that FIFA was asking the SFV to break its (...)
AlHijjah 15, 1432, Nov 11, 2011, SPA - Saudi Ambassador to Swiss Confederation and Lichtenstein Hazem Mohammed Karkatli has expressed in his own name and on behalf of all members of the Saudi Embassy his congratulations to Prince Salman Bin (...)
AC Milan and Barcelona can wrap up their Champions League group with two matches to spare and reduce their much-anticipated meeting next month to a mere friendly if both win their respective games Tuesday.
Benfica, Real Madrid and Arsenal can also (...)
AlQa'dah 21, 1432, Oct 19, 2011, SPA - The Speaker of Majlis Al-Shura Sheikh Dr. Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Ibrahim Al Al-Sheikh, has stressed the keenness of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia under the leadership of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques (...)
AlQa'dah 20, 1432, Oct 18, 2011, SPA - Saudi ambassador to the Swiss Confederation and Lichtenstein Hazem bin Mohammad Karktli hosted last night a dinner party in honor of Speaker of Majlis Al-Shura Dr Abdullah Bin Mohammad Bin Ibrahim Al Al-Sheikh (...)
AlQa'dah 19, 1432, Oct 17, 2011, SPA - The General Assembly of Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) started its meetings in Bern, Switzerland today.
The Speaker of Majlis Al-Shura, Sheikh Dr. Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Ibrahim Al Al-Sheikh, headed the (...)
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday that he has forwarded to the Security Council letters he received with regard to the hideous plot to assassinate the Saudi Ambassador to the United States Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir.
Ban, (...)
