France turns table, beats Italy 3-1
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Two months after losing the World Cup final to Italy, France beat the Italians 3-1 in a European Championship qualifier on Sidney Govou's two goals and one by Thierry Henry.
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France still has Brazil&#039;s number. And on Saturday, the French had all the flair, too. The experienced and savvy French ousted the five-time World Cup champions 1-0 in a stunningly one-sided quarterfinal game. Tacked onto France&#039;s 3-0 victory in the 1998 title match &amp;#151; the last time Brazil lost in the World Cup &amp;#151; it&#039;s clear the Brazilians have a nemesis at soccer&#039;s highest level.
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Richard Gasquet gave France a 1-0 Davis Cup lead over Romania here on Friday defeating Victor Hanescu 7-6 (7/5), 6-4, 7-5.
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La Francia ha battuto l'Italia 3-1 (2-1) in un incontro valido per le qualificazioni agli Europei de...
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Russia edged defending champion France 3-2 to claim its first Fed Cup title Sunday, with Anastasia Myskina and Vera Zvonareva beating Marion Bartoli and Emilie Loit 7-6 (5), 7-5 in the decisive doubles match.
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Moscow, Nov 26 - Nathalie Dechy picked up where Tatiana Golovin left off on Wednesday, defeating Maria Sanchez Lorenzo 6-2, 6-4 to give France a confidence-boosting 2-0 lead in their Fed Cup semi-final against Spain.
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THIERRY HENRY finally added to his recent meagre goal tally for France in this World Cup qualifier today. Henry scored in the closing stages after Sylvain Wiltord&#39;s opener, for only his third international
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Anastasia Myskina beats Tatiana Golovin to draw Russia level with France after day one of the Fed Cup final.
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CHISINAU : Italy&#39;s 2006 World Cup campaign gathered momentum despite a scrappy 1-0 win away to Group Five rivals Moldova. The Italians, who failed to reach the knockout stages of Euro 2004, should have had
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A late try by Damien Traille handed France an undeserved 16-9 victory over Scotland in their Six Nations clash here.
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* Porto got the better of three French teams on their way to last season&#39;s Champions League title, beating Olympique Marseille twice in the group phase before eliminating Olympique Lyon in the quarter-finals and AS Monaco in the final.
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Argentina power to a convincing victory over France to claim third place in the Rugby World Cup.
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France have a mighty tall order when they defend their Fed Cup title against hot favourites Russia at the weekend. The Russians, out to capture their first Fed
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Russia beat France 3-2 in a dramatic final to win the Fed Cup for the first time.
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Anastasia Myskina kept Russia&#39;s Fed Cup hopes alive by beating Moscow-born Tatiana Golovin 6-4, 7-6, in the second singles of the competition final against holders France on Saturday, leveling the score at 1-1.
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Italy: 1-Gianluigi Buffon; 2-Massimo Oddo (13-Fabio Cannavaro 69), 6-Alessandro Nesta, 5-Marco Materazzi, 3-Giuseppe Pancaro; 7-Aimo Diana (15-Simone Perrotta 65), 4-Gennaro Gattuso, 8-Daniele De Rossi (14-Manuele Blasi 74), 11-Gianluca Zambrotta; 10
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Anastasia Myskina capped a magnificent  year for Russian tennis by leading her country to their first  Fed Cup title with a dramatic win over holders France.