Paris jumps out to an early lead
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Paris - not New York - is the front-runner for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, the top US Olympic official said yesterday. &quot;We&#39;re not in first,&quot; said Peter Ueberroth, chairman of the board of directors of the US Olympic Committee.
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France take an early lead against Ireland in the Six Nations clash at Croke Park.
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Lleyton Hewitt has opened his Paris Masters campaign with a 6-3 7-6 (7-3) success over former world junior No.1 Gael Monfils. The French teenager provided plenty of headaches for Hewitt, but the Australian
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Britain&#39;s Darren Clarke shared the lead with Jay Haas and Jerry Kelly after Thursday&#39;s wet first round of the $6 million season-ending Tour Championship.
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Sales jump more than 21% in December as the French race to snap up big cars before new emissions law.
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Paris widened its lead over its four rivals in the race to host the Olympic Games in 2012, bookmakers said, as the International Olympic Committee prepared to receive the competing bids today.
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Justine Henin-Hardenne rallied from a set down Wednesday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Gaz de France tournament by beating Emilie Loit of France 3-6, 6-2, 6-2.
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Australian tennis player Lleyton Hewitt says Paris proved to be the perfect bolthole when his romance with Kim Clijsters hit the rocks last month.
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GRAND BLANC, Michigan  - Woody Austin returned an error free seven-under 65 to grab a share of the early first-round lead with Brett Quigley at the Buick Open on Thursday.
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One-time French league giants Paris Saint Germain crawled provisionally into the top half of the table Saturday after a goalless draw away to Lille which failed to suggest they are ready to make an assault on a European placing.
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SAN DIEGO, California  - Tiger Woods shrugged off a scrappy display with his driver to charge into early contention in the Buick Invitational first round on Thursday.
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Annika Sorenstam shot a 7-under 64 on Friday to take the first-round lead in the John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic, an LPGA event she's dominated in recent years.
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Russia's Dinara Safina upset hot local  favorite Amelie Mauresmo to win the Paris Open with a 6-4, 2-6,  6-3 victory on Sunday.
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Corey Pavin started strong and finished with a flourish for one of the best rounds of his career and a three-stroke lead at the inaugural Buick Championship yesterday in Cromwell, Conn.
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Riding in his first Tour de France, Germany's Linus Gerdemann earns his first stage victory and takes the overall lead on Saturday.
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The early action on the second day of the US Open at Flushing Meadows in New York saw an easy victory for the number one seed, Belgium&#39;s Justine Henin-Hardenne.
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The tension is building in Paris with less than two hours before kick-off in the World Cup final.