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CYCLING: Belgian champion Vandenbroucke dies ... October 13, 2009 Belgian cycling champion Frank Vandenbroucke has died at the age of 34 while staying in Senegal. During his career he achieved such classic victories as Paris-Nice stage race in 1998 and 1999.

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RUGBY - HEINEKEN CUP : Toulouse sink Sale ... October 11, 2009 Toulouse started their European campaign with a convincing 36-17 win against the Sale Sharks. The French side’s Vincent Clerc set a new Cup record of 30 tries, beating Welshman's Dafydd ...

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TENNIS - BEIJING: Novak Djokovic captures ... October 11, 2009 Serbia’s Novak Djokovic outlasted giant killer Marin Cilic of Croatia to clinch the China Open title. On the women's side, the reigning French Open champion, Russia's Svetlana ...

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TENNIS - TOKYO: Ruthless Tsonga picks up fifth ... October 11, 2009 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga became the first Frenchman to win the Japan Open as he outgunned Russia’s Mikhail Youzhny to win the final in straight sets (6-3, 6-3). Tsonga, 24, brings his title haul to ...

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TENNIS - TOKYO OPEN: Tsonga edges Monfils in ... October 10, 2009 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has defeated fellow Frenchman Gaël Monfils in the semi-finals of the Tokyo Open. The second seed will face Russia’s Mikhail Youzhny, who battled past former world number one ...

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TENNIS - BEIJING: Cilic thumps hapless Nadal ... October 10, 2009 Eighth-seeded Marin Cilic has thrashed former world number one Rafael Nadal (6-1, 6-3) in the semi-finals of the China Open. The Croatian will face Serbia’s Novak Djokovic, who defeated Robin ...

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TENNIS - PÉKIN : Cilic balaie Nadal et rejoint ... October 10, 2009 Le Croate Marin Cilic (photo) a facilement écarté l’ancien numéro un mondial Rafael Nadal en demi-finale du tournoi de Pékin (6-1, 6-3). Il retrouvera en finale Novak Djokovic, qui a battu le ...

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2010 WORLD CUP: France hope for Serbian ... October 10, 2009 France are expected to roll over the Faroe Islands in their penultimate qualifier, but all eyes will be on the clash between group leaders Serbia and Romania. Les Bleus trail Serbia by four ...

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FOOTBALL : France-Îles Féroé : les Bleus ... October 10, 2009 À l’heure où la France accueille, samedi à Guingamp, les Îles Féroé, l'objectif du sélectionneur reste la tête du groupe 7. Pour y parvenir, les Bleus doivent marquer un maximum de ...

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TENNIS - JAPAN OPEN: Tsonga sets up all French ... October 09, 2009 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (photo) will play fellow Frenchman Gael Monfils after surviving a testing match to beat Latvia’s Ernests Gulbis 4-6 6-4 6-3. Australia's Leyton Hewitt face ...

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OLYMPIC GAMES: Golf and rugby back for Rio Games October 09, 2009 The International Olympic Committee (IOC), meeting in Copenhagen, has announced that golf and rugby union sevens will be included as sports at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

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FOOTBALL: Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro fails ... October 09, 2009 Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro is due to be interviewed by the Italian Olympic Committee’s anti-doping prosecutor on Friday. The Juventus player failed a doping test after taking a medicine ...

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FOOTBALL : L’Italien Fabio Cannavaro contrôlé ... October 09, 2009 L’emblématique capitaine de l'équipe d'Italie, Fabio Cannavaro, a été contrôlé positif à la cortisone. Le joueur aurait subi une injection pour traiter une piqûre ...

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FOOTBALL: Adebayor still fancies Togo’s ... October 07, 2009 Togo’s campaign for the 2010 World Cup finals got off to a flying start with victory over Cameroon, but the team have since failed to secure another win. Star striker Emmanuel Adebayor explains ...

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MONDIAL-2010 : À trois jours d’un match ... October 07, 2009 Alors que le Togo affronte, samedi, le Cameroun dans un match capital pour sa qualification au Mondial-2010, l’attaquant vedette des Éperviers revient sur les mauvaises performances de son équipe ...

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TOUR DE FRANCE 2009 : L’UCI dément avoir ... October 06, 2009 L’Union cycliste internationale (UCI) a jugé de "totalement infondées" les accusations de complaisance portées à son encontre par l'Agence française de lutte contre le dopage (AFLD), à ...

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CYCLING: Drug testers accused of leniency ... October 06, 2009 A report by France’s anti-doping agency (AFLD) accuses the International Cycling Union (UCI) of adopting a lax attitude on doping tests when it came to the Astana team of Lance Armstrong and ...

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FOOTBALL: France’s Ribéry ruled out of crunch ... October 06, 2009 A tendinitis in the left knee has forced France playmaker Franck Ribéry to pull out of the team to face Austria and the Faroe Islands in crucial World Cup qualifying matches.

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TOUR DE FRANCE 2009 : L’UCI accusée ... October 05, 2009 Un rapport de l’Agence française de lutte anti-dopage (AFLD) accuse l'Union cycliste internationale (UCI) de laxisme vis-à-vis d'Astana, l'équipe d'Alberto ...

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TENNIS - THAILAND OPEN: Gilles Simon takes his ... October 04, 2009 Frenchman Gilles Simon beat Serbian Viktor Troicki 7-5 6-3 to win the Thailand Open final on Sunday. It’s the first title this season and the sixth tournament win of his career for world number 10 ...