A man who attacked passengers on a crowded Swiss train with a knife and a burning liquid has died of his wounds, as has one of his victims, police said.

Horse Sport Ireland last night rubbished speculation that the show jumping horse MHS Going Global is ineligible to represent Ireland in the Olympics.

Greg Broderick acknowledged he was “hopeful more than confident” ahead of his surprise nomination yesterday as Ireland’s sole show jumper at the Olympics with MHS Going Global.

Having not competed at the top level since last year, Greg Broderick and MHS Going Global laid down a late marker for Olympic selection yesterday, producing a double clear to help Ireland win the Furusiyya Series nations cup in a rain-soaked St Gallen, Switzerland.

Cian O’Connor declared on Facebook this week that he think’s “Ireland will win” today’s Furusiyya nations cup in St Gallen, Switzerland.

Greg Broderick was basking in the sunshine yesterday at Millstreet International Horse Show... and the fame.

Greg Broderick feels the current form of MHS Automatic justifies him being favourite to lift The Underwriting Exchange Grand Prix at tonight’s final of the Jumping In The City Series at Shelbourne Park.

It’s been 15 years since an Irish team won the nations cup at Rotterdam and it’s guaranteed to be 16, as Ireland will not be represented today.

Ireland show jumping manager Robert Splaine celebrated his birthday on Wednesday and, no doubt, he will be hoping his team present him with a suitable gift in today’s Furusiyya Series nations cup in St Gallen, Switzerland.

Four people are dead after an avalanche hit a group of skiers in the south east of Switzerland, police said.

Wayne Rooney will tell younger members of the England squad they must not be intimidated by the hostile atmosphere at Celtic Park against Scotland tomorrow.

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Two events took place over the weekend designed to showcase Gaelic sports internationally.

Discussions are underway that could see Germany allowed to compete in the final of the Furusiyya Nations Cup final, despite the country’s decision to pull out of the Swiss leg last Friday.

Sarah Ennis was typically determined yesterday as she aimed to turn around a disappointing dressage score with BLM Diamond Delux in the feature CCI three-star at Tattersalls Horse Trials.

Robert Splaine is hoping the team that placed second in last year’s US nations cup will get his new term as manager off to a good start today when they line out in Florida.

The recently-formed Irish Event Riders’ Club has “disassociated” itself from its own survey of riders regarding their experiences with the Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) high-performance programme.

Shane Sweetnam was disappointed when Cian O’Connor was selected ahead of him for the Olympics... and the rest is history.

Next month’s Johnson & Perrott Land Rover International Horse Trials in Ballindenisk is gearing up to be one of the best as the Cork venue again attracts the cream of international and national riders.

Camilla Speirs holds second place after dressage in the CIC short-format three-star at the Tattersalls International Horse Trials in Co Meath.

Ireland finished last in yesterday’s Italian Nations Cup in Rome yesterday, having been severely hampered by the elimination of Niall Talbot and Nicos de la Cense in the opening round.

Champions League winners Fernando Torres and Juan Mata have been added to the Spain squad ahead of the upcoming friendlies against Serbia and South Korea, the Spanish football federation have announced.

The economic crisis presents Ireland with a great opportunity to implement reform to achieve recovery, and to ensure the calamity inflicted on the Irish people is never repeated, Enda Kenny said last night.

Darren Fletcher is set to make a shock appearance for Scotland in tomorrow’s Euro 2012 Group I qualifier against Liechtenstein in Vaduz.

IRELAND’S good start to the FEI Nations Cup League ended yesterday, when the team finished seventh in St Gallen, Switzerland.

JESSICA KÜRTEN has been named on the Irish squad for next Friday’s Swiss Nations Cup.

AN Irish climber has escaped death after a dramatic high-altitude rescue near the summit of one of the world’s most treacherous mountains.

SHOW jumper Billy Twomey danced to his first Global Champions Tour win at the weekend in Valencia, Spain, on the appropriately named Je t’Aime Flamenco.

IRELAND will contest this year’s Meydan Nations Cup Series, despite a 60% cut in funding by its affiliate, ShowjumpingIreland, coupled with a reduction in the Irish Sports Council contribution to high performance.

A small blast has broken windows at a hotel near where the World Economic Forum is taking place in Davos, Switzerland.

Tourists in Switzerland can soon sleep in the world’s first “zero-star hotel”, a former nuclear bunker several metres below the ground.

Swiss police have broken up an online child pornography ring operating in at least four countries.

Former President Mary Robinson has been honoured with an international award in Switzerland.

Former President Mary Robinson will be awarded one of Switzerland’s most prestigious prizes, it was revealed today.

The body of a young child was discovered today in the region where Swiss police have been looking for a five-year-old girl kidnapped in July.

Swiss police searching for a missing girl said today DNA tests showed a link between the alleged suspect, a 67-year-old man who was found dead last week, and some of the girl’s belongings.

SHOW jumper Peter Charles yesterday said he would “rule nothing in, or, nothing out” when asked of speculation he is about to change nationality.

Switzerland struggled to dig itself out today after record snowfall overnight set off avalanches, collapsed roofs, left the country’s two main motorways blocked and caused two deaths.

SHOW JUMPER Denis Lynch is experiencing mixed emotions.

JESSICA KÜRTEN’S World Cup ambitions have taken a setback following a fall prior to Christmas.

IRELAND go into today’s Samsung Super League nations cup at Rotterdam bidding to fan the embers of hope that appeared in St Gallen.