"Ben Hur" to ride again in French football stadium
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"Ben Hur," the sword-and-sandal epic in  which Charlton Heston swept to victory after cinema's most  famous chariot race, is preparing to ride again in a live  version in France's main football stadium.
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Roy Keaneâs Manchester United booked their place in the knock-out stages of the Uefa Champions League with a victory at home to French champions Olympique Lyonnais on Tuesday, but Liverpool were defeated by their own French nemeses, last seasonâs
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A trip to the Super Bowl may be at  stake but Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre will treat  Sunday's clash with the New York Giants as simply another game.
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BOURG-EN-BRESSE, France  - The favorites will have to show their true colors when the Tour de France enters the Alps on Saturday.
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One of the biggest motor shows in the world is set to take place in Paris this week -- but not before the city makes another display of its crusade against the car that it hopes will transform the capital into a haven for pedestrians and cyclists.
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Rafael Benitez will be without Â£14million striker Djibril Cisse, who broke his left leg in two places at the weekend, for Liverpoolâs Champions League game with Deportivo La Coruna.
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French corporate raider Vincent Bollore has asked for seats on the board of French advertising company Havas (EURC.PA: Quote, Profile, Research) , Havas&#39;s chief executive said on Thursday, saying the company was considering the
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Floyd Landis is used to being on the winning team. This time, however, the glory would be all his. Landis needed one decent ride Saturday to likely win the Tour de France &#151; two years after helping Lance Armstrong to his sixth title on Paris' Champs-Elysees.
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Went to Parc Jarry once. Don't remember who won or lost (that's before I decided to keep score at every game I attend, no matter when and where), but I do recall that Le Grand Orange hit a home run and it was a festive night, so I will assume Les Expos sent the folks home happy.
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The Tour de France set off from Belgium on Wednesday with world champion Tom Boonen wearing the yellow jersey on his home turf.
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Two French reporters who were released after being held hostage for four months in Iraq are expected to return home on Wednesday to a hero&#39;s welcome.
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The legend will celebrate his birthday once again on November 20, in New Jersey.
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The Tour de France will have revamped rules and a slightly less mountainous but hopefully more exciting course in 2008, organizers announced on Thursday, looking to inject fresh enthusiasm into cyclingâs doping-battered showcase race.
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BEAVER CREEK, Colo. -- As the World Cup rolls on to Europe after its brief moment of glory in North America, one can't help but remember when New England hosted such events, last put on by Tommy Corcoran at Waterville Valley.
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Barcelona's French striker Thierry Henry resumed team training four weeks after he was out injured with back problems, the club announced Wednesday.
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SILVER SPRING, Md.  - Lance Armstrong will decide  in April whether to ride in this year's Tour de France but said  on Monday he has a deal with his team's new sponsor to ride in  the world's leading cycling race at least once more.
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