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Snowboarding star Chloe Kim has cast doubt over her Olympic three-peat hopes after suffering a shoulder dislocation in what she described as the 'silliest' fall during training.

Investigators have said they believe sparkling candles atop champagne bottles started the fire at Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana when they came too close to the ceiling.

Switzerland has been left "devastated" by the deadly Crans-Montana bar fire that killed 40 people celebrating the New Year, President Guy Parmelin told a national service of remembrance on Friday. Meanwhile Frenchman Jacques Moretti, co-owner of the bar Le Constellation, where the tragedy took place, was taken into custody.

Switzerland will hold a memorial service to honor the 40 people who were killed in an Alpine bar fire earlier this month during a New Year’s celebration

Chloe Kim’s bid for a third straight Olympic halfpipe gold is uncertain after the American snowboarder dislocated her shoulder in training in Switzerland

Belgium will play Switzerland for an improbable place in the United Cup semi-finals after eliminating Czechia at Sydney's Ken Rosewall Arena.

Italian schools observed a minute's silence in memory of the victims, while the schools attended by the teenagers who lost their lives suspended classes to "remember the young victims and express closeness to their families."

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Caracas shipped 127 tonnes of central-bank gold to Swiss refineries over a period of five years, seeking cash and collateral as the Venezuelan debt crisis deepened.

In the early hours of Jan. 1, 2026, a fire ripped through Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, killing 40 people and injuring 116, many of them severely.

All but one of the United Cup quarter-finalists have been decided with Belgium upsetting second seeds Canada to set up a last-eight meeting with Czechia.