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A man crosses a road early morning after heavy snow fall in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

A snowstorm brings Munich airport to a standstill and causes travel chaos in Germany

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International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach, center, chairs an IOC Executive Board meeting to discuss the Paris 2024 olympic plans and the upcoming editions of the Olympic Games, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023 in Paris. IOC executive board members will also meet with the Paris 2024 Organising Committee and visit a venue. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

IOC lines up French Alps to host 2030 Winter Olympics, Salt Lake City for 2034 edition

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

Leverkusen's head coach Xabi Alonso, left, reacts beside Cologne's head coach Steffen Baumgart during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Bayer Leverkusen and FC Cologne at the BayArena in Leverkusen, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Granit Xhaka sets Switzerland record with 119th national team game in Euro 2024 qualifier

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Israel team captain Eli Dasa shows a shoe of a kidnapped Israeli boy during a press conference, before a training session for the Euro 2024 group I qualifying soccer match between Israel and Switzerland at the Pancho Arena in Felcsút, Hungary, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023. The captain of Israel's soccer team on Tuesday displayed the shoe of a young boy that he said was kidnapped by Hamas militants during their deadly Oct. 7 raid, an act of solidarity with those Israelis still being held captive in the Gaza Strip ahead of the team's Wednesday game in Hungary. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Israeli soccer team captain displays shoe of kidnapped child ahead of qualifying match in Hungary

By Justin Spike - Associated Press

United States' Ryan Cochran-Siegle speeds down the Gran Becca course, backdropped by the Matterhorn mountain, during an alpine ski World Cup men's downhill training, in Zermatt, Switzerland, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. Racing finally started Wednesday on the new downhill ski course that starts in Switzerland beside the iconic Matterhorn and finishes in Italy. A first men's training run was completed ahead of Saturday's inaugural World Cup downhill on the Gran Becca track, one year after the cancellation of two race weekends because so little snow fell and an investigation last month into organizers excavating snow from a nearby glacier to help prepare the races. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)

Ski racing finally starts on new World Cup downhill course next to iconic Matterhorn mountain

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Switzerland's Seraina Piubel, right, and Spain's Oihane Hernandez fight for the ball during the women's Nations League group D soccer match between Spain and Switzerland at the Nuevo Arcangel stadium in Cordoba, Spain, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Breton)

Spain’s women’s players want to focus on soccer again as Hermoso rejoins national team

By Tales Azzoni - Associated Press

A man casts his ballot during the Swiss federal elections in Delemont, Switzerland, Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023. Switzerland's anti-immigration populist Swiss People's Party rebounded from searing losses four years ago to cement and expand its hold as the largest parliamentary faction after the election, official results showed, as two environmentally-minded parties lost ground despite record glacier melt in the Alpine country. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)

A Swiss populist party rebounds and the Greens sink in the election. That’s a big change from 2019

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

Volunteers empty the ballot boxes at a polling station in Zurich, Switzerland, on Oct. 20 2019. On Sunday Oct. 22, 2023 Swiss voters elect the two houses of parliament, an exercise every four years that will ultimately shape the future composition of the Alpine country’s executive branch: The Federal Council. (Ennio Leanza/Keystone via AP, File)

Swiss elect their parliament on Sunday with worries about environment and migration high in minds

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

Maccabi fans cheer before a UEFA Europe League match between Panathinaikos and Maccabi Haifa in Haifa, Israel, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

UEFA-sanctioned soccer matches in Israel halted indefinitely

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Spain's Jennifer Hermoso reacts after missing a scoring chance during the Women's World Cup Group C soccer match between Japan and Spain in Wellington, New Zealand, on July 31, 2023. Hermoso, who said she did not consent to the kiss by former federation president Luis Rubiales during the World Cup awards ceremony last month, said in a statement early Tuesday Sept. 19, 2023 that the federation's decision to call up nearly half of the 39 players who said they would not play for the national team as a protest was “irrefutable proof” that “nothing has changed.” (AP Photo/John Cowpland, File)

Jenni Hermoso returns to Spain squad for first time since World Cup kiss

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Siblings Martim Agostinho, Mariana Agostinho and Claudia Agostinho, pose for a picture at their home in Leiria, Portugal, Dec. 17, 2017. They are three of the six young people from Portugal arguing on Wednesday, Sept. 27, that governments across Europe aren't doing enough to protect people from the harms of climate change at the European Court of Human Rights. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida)

6 young climate activists take European governments to court over climate change

By Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press

A poster supporting the initiative 'Yes to a ban on covering the face' is displayed at the village Buochs, Switzerland, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. At a time when seemingly everyone in Europe is wearing masks to battle COVID-19, the Swiss go to the polls Sunday March 7, 2021, to vote on a long-laid proposal to ban face-coverings like niqabs and burqas worn by some Muslim women or by protesters in ski masks or bandannas. (Urs Flueeler/Keystone via AP)

Swiss parliament approves ban on full-face coverings like burqas, sets fine for violators

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President of FIFA Gianni Infantino, left, and New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Hipkins watch the Women's World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between Spain and the Netherlands in Wellington, New Zealand, Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Swiss investigation of meetings between attorney general, FIFA’s Infantino set to be closed down

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

Spain's Alexia Putellas stands on the field during a FIFA Women's World Cup team practice at Waitakere Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Goalkeeper on debut, Putellas benched for Spain’s 5-1 win over Switzerland at Women’s World Cup

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Spain's Laia Codina, obscured, is congratulated bye teammates after scoring her team's fourth goal during the Women's World Cup second round soccer match between Switzerland and Spain at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand, Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Spain routs Switzerland 5-1 to advance to the quarterfinals of the Women’s World Cup

By Jenna Fryer - Associated Press

New Zealand's Claudia Bunge, right, and New Zealand's Jacqui Hand embrace after the Women's World Cup Group A soccer match between New Zealand and Switzerland in Dunedin, New Zealand, Sunday, July 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthew Gelhard)

New Zealand out of Women’s World Cup following 0-0 draw with Switzerland; Swiss into knockouts

By Ellen McIntyre - Associated Press

Norway's Guro Bergsvand gestures during the Women's World Cup Group A soccer match between Switzerland and Norway in Hamilton, New Zealand, Tuesday, July 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Switzerland and Norway draw 0-0 at Women’s World Cup, leaving Group A up for grabs

By Luke Vargas - Associated Press

FILE - South Africa's Caster Semenya is shown at the Diamond League athletics event in Doha, Qatar, May 3, 2019. The European Court of Human Rights is expected to deliver what could be the final word Tuesday in Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya's yearslong legal challenge against rules that force her and other female athletes to lower their natural hormone levels through medical intervention to be allowed to compete in women's track and field races. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

Ruling expected Tuesday in runner Caster Semenya’s human rights appeal against sex eligibility rules

By Gerald Imray - Associated Press

Trucks loaded with United Nations humanitarian aid for Syria following a devastating earthquake are parked at Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey, in Syria's Idlib province, on Feb. 10, 2023. The U.N. secretary general is hoping that the Security Council will vote later this month to keep a key border crossing from Turkey to Syria’s rebel-held northwest open for critical aid deliveries for a period of one year instead of six months. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed, File)

Aid to Syria’s rebel-held northwest from Turkey certain to continue — but for 6 or 12 months?

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

Switzerland's Seereina Piubel, left and Iman Beney celebrate during the soccer match between Switzerland and Zambia, at the Tissot Arena in Biel, Switzerland, Friday June 30, 2023. (Marcel Bieri/Keystone via AP)

Switzerland’s 16-year-old Iman Beney ruptures ACL in training, will miss Women’s World Cup

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