Forget Football
...or 'soccer', for that matter. Handball and basketball, that's where it's at it.
Why, you ask? Well, believe it or not, teams from both countries of which I happen to be a citizen won European titles last night in their respective tournaments.
First of all, Maccabi Tel Aviv won the basketball Euroleague for the second time in a row, beating Spain's Tau Vitoria 90-78.
Virtually at the same time, Wacker Thun defeated Portugal's ABC Braga to become the first Swiss handball team ever to win the European Challenge Cup.
A truly magnificent day in sports history. But I know what some of you are wondering - what are those teams doing in European competitions?
I suppose you can accept Israeli teams (where else would they be able to play?), but a Swiss team in a European league? Doesn't that come awfully close to actually admitting that Switzerland might be part of Europe? Well, those are the Swiss for you - trying to have their cake and eat it, too. Or as we like to say, de Foifer und s'Weggli.
Lest I forget it, I'd have to include ice hockey into the above category. After all, my mother informed me last week that I will be the owner of yet another passport later this year. I won't tell you which country - but they made last night just a bit less perfect by losing 2-1 to arch-enemy Russia at the Ice Hockey World Championship.
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