French races ditched due to lack of snow
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Next month's men's races scheduled in the French Alps resort of Val d'Isere have been canceled due to a lack of snow, the International Skiing Federation (FIS) announced on Wednesday.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy's spokesman on Monday pulled out of the mayoral race in a chic Paris suburb after Sarkozy's son disavowed him Â a surprise turnaround that left France's conservatives reeling.
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Cross country skiing's World Cup season openers next weekend were moved to Gallivare, Sweden, north of the Arctic Circle, because of a snow shortage in Ostersund.
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ST. LOUIS --ÃÂ The men's NCAA soccer semifinals scheduled for Friday night was postponed because of heavy snow and ice blanketing the city.
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It was so cold Sunday in the Upper Midwest, and visibility was so poor in blowing snow, that church services were called off in parts of Michigan. At noon, thermometers in one North Dakota town still registered only 20 below zero.
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The second round of free practice ahead of this weekend&#39;s Belgian Grand Prix has become the first casualty of the fickle Ardennes weather, as a blanket of fog forced organisers to delay the start of Saturday&#39;s action.
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PARIS Horse racing can be a tough sport to follow. There&#39;s no World Series, no Final Four, no definitive crowning of a single champion.
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A dusting of snow at the weekend brought some relief to anxious European ski resorts, where snow- making machines were out in force when it was cold enough.
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A snow and ice storm Sunday slowed the campaigns of Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama in Wisconsin.
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Three-time French Open champion Gustavo Kuerten and Sebastien Grosjean pulled out of the Paris Masters with injuries Tuesday.
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Franck Montagny, R24-08, 119 laps, 526 km
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Roger Federer's progress to the French Open second round is halted by rain as the weather decimates the schedule again.
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SUZUKA - A typhoon scheduled to hit the Suzuka track area today has led to regular qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix being cancelled.
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The teams have just finished their final preparations for the race and qualifying, in much lower temperatures than yesterday.
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The British Grand Prix has been dropped from the provisional calendar of Formula One races for next year, media reports said yesterday.
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The Tour de France route for 2005 has one less time-trial and just three mountain finishes.
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By Tara Tuckwiller  tara@wvgazette.com  On a freezing day, the little vacant lot by the railroad tracks looked dreary under its patchy snow.