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...Group of Death any team could play solidly and still lose three games. Sven-G?ran Eriksson has England playing exceedingly well, including its historic 5-1 shellacking of Germany in qualifying. But England has a problem. Beyond Beckham and speed merchant Michael Owen, the team lacks world-class talent. Sweden, meanwhile, could be out of luck. It's a low-wattage squad that coach Tommy Soderberg says will rely on teamwork and spirit. "In Sweden we want a team that can work without a hierarchy, a team that is based on the dialogue between the players." This is easier when...
Sitting on the bar at the top of the K90 hill, Simon Ammann felt "horrible, I was so nervous." The 20-year-old Swiss who had never won an international competition was up against the two big names of ski jumping, Germany's Sven Hannawald and Adam Malysz of Poland. But by the time Ammann leapt out into the pristine air over the Utah Olympic Park, he knew his final jump would be a good one. With a distance of 98.5 m and a perfect landing, it gave him the gold. He thus became the first Swiss ever...
...officers closed roads for miles around Dannenberg and ripped down protest banners. They detained 780 protesters briefly and arrested 45 others. "They didn't allow us even a small, low-profile demonstration," complained Sven Teske of the environmental group Greenpeace. "It was a democracy-free zone...
...firms like Acti-Via are one of the strengths of France?s tech sector. Another French strength: optics and microelectromechanical systems (mems), machines too small to see with the human eye, used for industrial purposes like wireless network equipment. These kinds of French tech companies have global potential, says Sven Lingjaerde, head of the European Tech Tour Association, but only if they can build experienced management teams and get international expansion right. Whether they can do all this exclusively from France is still an open question...
...Sven Lingjaerde EUROPEAN TECH TOUR ASSOCIATION President 41, Swiss www.techtour.com...