Arsenal defender Philippe Senderos celebrated his Switzerland return on Saturday by heading two early goals which helped beat Luxembourg 3-0 and put his country on the brink of a World Cup place. The Swiss, who top European Group Two with 20 points from nine games, need a point at home to Israel on Wednesday to win the group and make sure of their place in South Africa. They could qualify later on Saturday if Greece and Latvia draw.
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Well, you know how much the crew over at BP_TOW appreciate Skateboard P and TM, so here is a little update on the collab piece between the two and Jacob the Jeweler called “The Simple Things” that was unveiled at Art Basel in Switzerland recently.   from NY Mag:

The collaboration between Takashi Murakami, Pharrell Williams, and Jacob & Co. was finally unveiled at Art Basel, and it sold within twenty minutes for a whopping $2 million.

catch the entire piece and a clip of Pharrell explaining his inspiration and other things after the jump

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Surrounded by smoke flares, this FC Zurich supporter stands on a traffic pole while players make their way to the “Volkshaus” balcony after winning the Swiss Super League.  (Image via Reuters).

check out the swiss air first class redesign where there is just a ridiculous attention to detail … this is what first class should be like if you are forking over the bread they ask for. The seat is equipped with a huge 23inch TV screen for music, films, TV and video games. You can also plug in your own  iPod and any other storage media via USB connectors. Satellite telephone and laptop mains supply are also featured on each armchair for people on the go.

more pics and stuff after the jump (more…)

FIFA has announced the 23 male and 10 female shortlist of the 2008 edition of the World Player Of The Year, a group that will be narrowed down to just 3 males and 3 females in December ahead of the January 12th announcement at the 18th FIFA World Player Gala at the Zurich Opera House.

Via FIFA.com

MEN - Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo), Sergio Agüero (Argentina), Andrei Arshavin (Russia), Michael Ballack (Germany), Gianluigi Buffon (Italy), Iker Casillas (Spain), Deco (Portugal), Didier Drogba (Côte d’Ivoire), Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon), Cesc Fabregas (Spain), Steven Gerrard (England), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden), Andrés Iniesta (Spain), Kaká (Brazil), Frank Lampard (England), Lionel Messi (Argentina), Franck Ribéry (France), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), John Terry (England), Fernando Torres (Spain), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Netherlands), David Villa (Spain) and Xavi (Spain)

FEMALE - Nadine Angerer (Germany), Shannon Boxx (USA), Cristiane (Brazil), Daniela (Brazil), Marta (Brazil), Birgit Prinz (Germany), Christine Sinclair (Canada), Kelly Smith (England), Hope Solo (USA) and Ingvild Stensland (Norway)

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The Large hadron Collider got fired up today in Switzerland, and as of now it looks like we are all still here. This thing is way too complex for me to try to explain, so click here for some more info on it.

UPDATE - It’s been confirmed that Alexander Frei has a partial tear in his internal left knee ligaments.

Very bad news for Borussia Dortmund.

Switzerland’s all time leading goalscorer (35 goals in 59 appearances) and inspirational leader Alexander Frei left in the 45th minute of todays 2008 Euro opening match against the Czech Republic and it’s feared that he’s ruptured his knee ligaments.

While the challenge from Grygera on Frei didn’t look like it would injure the striker, knee ligament injuries are some of the more wackier injuries that players deal with as you can never truly predict when, where or why they happen.

But as you can tell, it hurt bad enough to make Frei drop some tears. And due to the size and nature (home field advantage) of the tournament, it’s understandable.

Imagine what the Swiss would have been like WITHOUT Hakan Yakin!

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