Frenchman Romain Feillu seized the overall lead as compatriot Samuel Dumoulin won the third stage in a day of upsets on the Tour de France on Monday.
Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic claimed her maiden grand slam title when she beat Russian 13th seed Dinara Safina 6-4 6-3 in the French Open final on Saturday.
Dinara Safina spared herself yet another drama to book her first grand slam final place when she saw off fellow Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3 6-2 in the semifinal on Thursday.
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/ 9 February 2008
Holders Egypt are hoping their South American playing style will bring them success in the Africa Cup of Nations final against Cameroon on Sunday. Most of Egypt’s squad are home-based players but their free-flowing passing game has been lethal and they are confident of beating Cameroon.
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/ 6 February 2008
Ghana’s toughest test at the African Nations Cup will be Thursday’s semifinal against Cameroon, the host nation’s coach Claude Le Roy said on Tuesday. Le Roy will have to cope with the absence of captain John Mensah, who is suspended after picking up a red card in Ghana’s 2-1 win over Nigeria in the quarterfinal.
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/ 5 February 2008
African soccer’s governing body has denied telling Didier Drogba and Frederic Kanoute that they had to attend last week’s African Footballer of the Year award ceremony to have a chance of winning. Côte d’Ivoire striker Drogba opted not to travel to Togo and Mali’s Kanoute, who did go, was declared the winner.
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/ 5 February 2008
Stephane Mbia scored twice to help Cameroon see off Tunisia 3-2 after extra time on Monday and set up an Africa Cup of Nations semifinal against hosts Ghana. In the other semifinal at Kumasi’s Baba Yara Stadium, Côte d’Ivoire face 2006 champions Egypt, who beat Angola 2-1 in the earlier quarterfinal on Monday.
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/ 18 October 2007
France put themselves firmly on course for next year’s European Championship finals with a 2-0 victory over Lithuania on Wednesday, just five weeks after a shock home defeat had almost derailed their campaign. Thierry Henry netted his 42nd and 43rd goals late in the match to pass Michel Platini’s French scoring record.
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/ 13 September 2007
Formula One leaders McLaren have been stripped of all their 2007 constructors’ points and fined -million in a spying controversy involving Ferrari information. However, the governing FIA ruled that Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso could keep their points in the drivers’ contest.
Battered and bruised, the Tour de France begins the 17th stage on Thursday minus its leader. Dane Michael Rasmussen was dramatically dismissed by Rabobank on Wednesday after the Dutch team said he had lied about his training whereabouts in June.