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Catch me if you can: A pitch invasion by a sharp-toothed marten has created havoc at a football match in Switzerland.
The weasel-like creature dashed onto the field a few minutes into the topflight match between Thun and FC Zurich on Sunday and evaded efforts by players and match officials to catch it.
Zurich defender Loris Benito dived and grabbed the marten — receiving a bitten finger for his troubles. Click through for video. (Photo: Marcel Bieri/Keystone/The Associated Press)
Ronny Keller, a defender for Olten, in Switzerland, chased a puck into the corner boards. The player in pursuit is reportedly Stefan Schnyder. Contact is made, in a manner not entirely different to what Kaleta did to Richards.
The results were catastrophic.
According to The Associated Press, Swiss doctors have said Keller now has “permanent spinal paralysis” because of damage caused to his spine on the play. The incident occurred in overtime, in a playoff game.
There are reports in Switzerland that police questioned Schnyder over the incident, the AP reported.
(Source: sports.nationalpost.com)
Tears of joy and sadness: There were going to be tears at the end of this Wimbledon men’s final, because both Roger Federer and Andy Murray have some precedent there.
In the end, they came from the winner and the runner-up.
Federer’s tears began almost before he fell to the court in triumph, tears of joy and relief as he won his seventh career title at Wimbledon, the 17th major of his career, the first in 2 1/2 years.
The seventh title ties him with his idol Pete Sampras. And this time, Federer’s twin daughters Myla and Charlene were on hand for the triumph.
Photos: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters, Paul Gilham/Pool/Reuters
It looks like this herd of cows has taken the lead at the Tour of Romandie, to these riders’ udder astonishment. (We couldn’t help ourselves.)
Norway’s curling team was the talk of the Vancouver Olympics with their crazy pants. And they aren’t disappointing at the World Men’s Curling Championship 2012 in Basel, Switzerland this week. Photo: REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
An aerial view shows cross-country skiers climbing a hill during the Engadin Ski Marathon near the Swiss mountain resort of St. Moritz. More than 11,000 skiers participated in the 42.2 km (26.2 miles) race between Maloja and S-chanf near the Swiss mountain resort of St. Moritz. (Photo: REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann)
Rushing Dasher ridden by Natalie Friberg leads the field in to the second turn during the Grand Prix Prestige race at the White Turf horse racing meeting held on the frozen Lake St. Moritz on February 19, 2012 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Photo: Alex Livesey/Getty Images
