Chagaev also made headlines when he paid a visit to the team dressing room at halftime in the Swiss Cup final.
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He was given his breakthrough by then-Basel coach Christian Gross, who bought Derdiyok shortly after he scored against Basel in a Swiss Cup game.
The 24-year-old Swiss defender has been limited to Carling Cup appearances this season and has made it clear he wants to leave the north London club.
Hitzfeld has retained nine of the players taken by predecessor Koebi Kuhn to the 2006 World Cup in Germany, where the Swiss reached the last 16 before losing to Ukraine in a penalty shoot-out.
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Federer is due to play in the Madrid Masters later this month, followed by the Swiss Indoors in Basel, the Paris Masters and Tennis Masters Cup.
Nonetheless, he is not expected to break up the Swiss strike partnership of Alexander Frei and Blaise Nkufo at the World Cup.
The Swiss boat swept the Kiwis 5-0 in 2003 to bring the Cup back to Europe for the first time since the inaugural competition 152 years earlier.
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The Swiss pharmaceuticals billionaire has a stated goal of transforming the America's Cup into a televised, heavily sponsored international sporting event on a par with Formula One auto racing and Major League Baseball.
Meanwhile, Marcel Hirscher extended his overall lead in the men's World Cup with victory in the slalom at Adelboden to repeat his 2012 victory at the Swiss resort.
As it was, Spain's victory over Chile pushed the Swiss into third place in Group H, while Honduras joined Algeria in exiting the 2010 World Cup without scoring a goal.
Football's world governing body has awarded Africa the 2010 World Cup finals and will select the African host on 15 May 2004 in Zurich, the Swiss city where Fifa headquarters are based.
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