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France qualified for its fourth consecutive World Cup when officials missed an obvious hand ball by Thierry Henry that led to William Gallas' overtime goal in a 1-1 tie against Ireland on Wednesday night.
Barcelona substitute Pedro Rodriguez scored the only goal deep into extra time to lead the European Cup champions to a 1-0 victory over UEFA Cup winner Shakhtar Donetsk of Ukraine in the European Super Cup on Friday.
Ai Miyazato of Japan won the Evian Masters with a birdie on the first playoff hole Sunday, beating Sophie Gustafson of Sweden to clinch her first victory on the LPGA Tour.
The tension with Lance Armstrong is all but gone in the crisp mountain air and the line of authority is clear. Now, Alberto Contador wants to concentrate on those teams intent on seizing his Tour de France lead.
Formula One team McLaren has been handed a suspended three-race ban by the World Motor Sport Council for breach of rules at the Australian and Malaysian Grand Prix races.
Rafael Nadal became the first player to win five straight Monte Carlo Masters titles by beating Novak Djokovic 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 on Sunday.
About 20 years ago, English soccer was decimated by fan violence, in and outside of stadiums.
Teenager Patrick Chan won his second Grand Prix skating title and Joannie Rochette held off defending champion Mao Asada to give Canada a double victory Saturday at the Trophee Bompard.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat defending champion David Nalbandian 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 to win the Paris Masters on Sunday and qualify for the season-ending Masters Cup.
Ukraine and Poland will remain co-hosts of the 2012 European Championship, but European soccer's governing body warned they could lose the tournament if preparations fall behind schedule.
Riders could face a nervous wait over the next two weeks as the French Anti-Doping Agency retests blood samples from this year's Tour de France in a bid to catch more cyclists using the banned blood booster EPO.
Tour de France organizers are hardly thrilled at the prospect of Lance Armstrong returning for a shot at an eighth victory in cycling's showcase event.
The riders in the Tour de France begin their second week of the sport's showcase event Saturday, but Spanish veteran Manuel Beltran won't be among them as he remains in police custody after testing positive for the performance-enhancer EPO.
For a second year running, the Tour de France has no defending champion and no star. More than ever, the showcase event desperately needs a clean race following the recent doping scandals that have brought the 105-year institution to its knees.
Rafael Nadal won his first title of the season, defeating top-ranked Roger Federer yet again on clay to claim his fourth consecutive Monte Carlo Masters.
David Nalbandian beat Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-0 Sunday to win the Paris Masters and clinch his second straight Masters title after winning in Madrid last month.
Rafael Nadal will play David Nalbandian in the Paris Masters final, and Richard Gasquet clinched the last spot in the season-ending Masters Cup despite losing his semifinal.
David Nalbandian beat Roger Federer for the second time in less than two weeks on Thursday, earning a 6-4, 7-6 (3) victory in the third round of the Paris Masters.
Battered by scandal and doping embarrassments, the Tour de France might actually have stumbled upon a sliver of good news. A competitive finish.
The strong performance of the Discovery Channel team at the Tour de France has prompted Lance Armstrong to consider making an appearance at the race he won a record seven straight times.
Floyd Landis will skip the Tour de France — and all races in France this year — as part of an agreement with French doping authorities in a case that could strip him of cycling's most prestigious title.
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.
The Tour de France no longer calls him champion. His cycling team cut him loose. About the only chance Floyd Landis has of keeping his prized yellow jersey will now likely be decided by an appeals process that could drag on for months.
Floyd Landis was fired by his team and the Tour de France no longer considered him its champion after his second doping sample tested positive Saturday for higher-than-allowed levels of testosterone.
Dehydration is the latest possible reason offered for Tour de France winner Floyd Landis' elevated testosterone levels.
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