Football: Open for Business ; Uefa Euro 2008 Austria-Switzerland Hit or Swiss? Our Verdict On the First Action of Euro 2008 Calvin's Comment Never Mind the Game, Let Buying and Selling Begin at the Meat Market

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IN THE land that gives its sports stars commemorative cows, the meat market is open for business.

Switzerland's opening Group A game against Czech Republic in Basle hardly set pulses racing, a blessing given that the combined age of the managers was 132.

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Football: Open for Business ; Uefa Euro 2008 Austria-Switzerland Hit or Swiss? Our Verdict On the First Action of Euro 2008 Calvin's Comment Never Mind the Game, Let Buying and Selling Begin at the Meat Market

The rest of Europe stifled a yawn, stretched from the sofa for another beer, and waited for the fun to begin.

Cristiano Ronaldo, the most unlikely prisoner of conscience since...

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