Sports journalist Zaugg new Weltwoche columnist

Weltwoche has a new columnist. The 51-year-old sports journalist Klaus Zaugg will now write a one-page weekly sports portrait for the polarizing Zurich weekly. Editor-in-chief Roger Köppel confirmed the appointment of the ice hockey expert to Persönlich.com. According to Köppel, the page, which will start appearing in March, will feature portraits of prominent athletes in the style of Mark van Huisseling's earlier column.Zaugg left the Ringier media company at the end of August last year due to differences of opinion with the editorial board (see
). In addition to Weltwoche, he will also be reporting on sporting events for the Mittellandzeitung and its Sunday edition in future.