France upsets World Cup favorite Brazil
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France stole Brazil&#039;s rhythm, its style, even its samba. Along the way, the French also knocked the defending champions out of the World Cup.
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The streak is over, and so is the United States' bid for a third Women's World Cup championship. Brazil and its star player Marta put on a dazzling performance against the Americans and cruised to a 4-0 victory in the semifinals Thursday, ending the U.S. unbeaten streak at 51 games and sending the Brazilians into their first title match, against Germany on Sunday.
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France finally got a goal, didn&#039;t get a win and now is in danger of another early exit from the World Cup.
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France gained some payback Wednesday for its loss in the World Cup final with a 3-1 victory over Italy in European Championship qualifying, while Germany routed San Marino by a championship record 13-0.
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France finally won its game of brinkmanship. Teetering on the edge of another embarrassing first-round elimination from the World Cup, the 1998 champion beat Togo 2-0 on Friday to advance to the final 16 for a game against Spain.
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NEW YORK - Defending World Cup champion Brazil suffered the most shocking result of the day, but China was the biggest loser. The Brazilians lost to Ecuador for the just the second time in their history.
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Defending champion France and host Russia continued their winning streak and swept their semifinals. They will play for the Fed Cup championship.
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HOT favourites Russia, seeking their first Fed Cup title, will take on champions France in the final after beating Austria today. French Open champion Anastasia Myskina recovered from a horrendous first set
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RIO DE JANEIRO, OCTOBER 10: Argentina and Brazil scored crushing victories in Saturdayâs World Cup qualifiers, the former beating Uruguay 4-2 in Buenos Aires and latter romping home 5-2 in Venezuela.
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France has taken a 1-0 lead over Spain in the Davis Cup tennis semifinals in Alicante, Spain, thanks to Paul-Henri Matthieu&#39;s surprise win over former French Open champion Carlos Moya.
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Second-round play concludes today at the World Cup with Brazil facing Ghana and Spain taking on France. The winners will join Germany, Argentina, England, Portugal, Italy and Ukraine in the quarterfinals on Friday and Saturday.
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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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Still unable to put on the show everyone has expected in the World Cup, Brazil got another shaky win and a spot in the second round.
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Three of the seven World Cup teams playing warmup matches Wednesday came away with wins &amp;#151; France, Iran and Paraguay.
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Brazil labored to another unconvincing victory in the World Cup, qualifying for the second round by beating Australia 2-0 Sunday.
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Mexico upset Brazil for the second straight time at a major tournament, beating the five-time world champions 2-0 Wednesday night in the first round of the Copa America.
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Even without some top stars, Brazil still won its second straight Copa America title. Julio Baptista scored in the fourth minute, an own goal doubled the lead in the 40th, and Dani Alves got the final goal in the 69th as the Brazilians derailed Argentina, 3-0, yesterday in Maracaibo, Venezuela, to win South America's championship for the eighth time.