Sion president Christian Constantin has been hit with a 14-month stadium ban for slapping former Switzerland coach Rolf Fringer, but plans to attend the club's home game on Sunday.

On Sept. 21, Constantin was filmed slapping Fringer seconds before a postmatch interview following Sion's 2-1 Swiss Super League win at Lugano.

Fringer had been working as a TV pundit for Teleclub and later called the attack "unbelievable," while Constantin argued he "straightened things out" after he had been "verbally...

Sion president Christian Constantin, who was filmed slapping former Switzerland coach Rolf Fringer, has said he is pressing charges against the TV pundit for defamation.

On Thursday, Constantin attacked Fringer following Sion's 2-1 Swiss Super League win at Lugano, just seconds before a postmatch interview.

Teleclub's footage showed Fringer, who managed the national team in the mid-1990s, lying on his back while Constantin slapped his face once, but the 60-year-old said that had not been the...

Brighton have pulled out of the transfer of FC Zurich striker Raphael Dwamena after the player failed a club medical.

The Seagulls had previously agreed terms with both Dwamena and the Swiss club over the potential deal for the 21-year-old, which would have been subject to a work permit.

Dwamena, who was reported to be set to cost around £8 million, was ready to join the Premier League club on Monday evening after just seven months at Stadion Letzigrund following his transfer from Red Bull...

Socceroo Tomi Juric's golden scoring run has continued with a winner on the opening weekend of the Swiss league.

Juric scored the only goal of the game in the 80th minute to give Luzern a winning start to their Swiss Super League campaign, beating Lugano.

Local match reports suggest Juric missed opportunities to open the scoring earlier in the match but made his presence felt with a decisive back post header.

The 26-year-old favourite of national team coach Ange Postecoglou also scored a brace on...

Borussia Monchengladbach have signed midfielder Denis Zakaria from Young Boys in a deal reportedly worth about €10 million.

Zakaria, 20, has penned a five-year contract to keep him at the Bundesliga club until 2022.

The Switzerland international was brought in by Monchengladbach following Mahmoud Dahoud's departure to Borussia Dortmund.

Zakaria told a news conference: "I felt their faith in me when I was speaking to them -- this is how it was when I moved from Servette Genf to Young Boys Bern...