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Howard Fendrich and John Leicester AP Sports Writers

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French Open: Perfect in Paris, Nadal overwhelms Djokovic to tie Federer
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French Open: Perfect in Paris, Nadal overwhelms Djokovic to tie Federer

PARIS (AP) All the years of work, all the many wins, led to this moment, with Rafael Nadal preparing to serve against Novak Djokovic, one point from a 13th French Open championship, one point from a

Years after anorexia, hiatus, Italian reaches French Open QF
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Years after anorexia, hiatus, Italian reaches French Open QF

PARIS Martina Trevisan has been doing video chats from her hotel room with her mental coach every day along the way to the quarterfinals at Roland Garros, a run the 159th-ranked qualifier acknowledg

Vive le Tour! With young winner, thrilling race defies virus
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Vive le Tour! With young winner, thrilling race defies virus

· September 20, 2020

PARIS In a first, the Tour de France winner wore a face mask on the podium Sunday, bright yellow to match the color of the iconic jersey so snug on his young shoulders.

First Native American racer blazes trail at Tour de France
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First Native American racer blazes trail at Tour de France

· September 19, 2020

LE PECQ, France A late draft to the Tour de France, Neilson Powless didn t have time to scramble together a turtle necklace, the spirit animal of his Native American tribe, or paint one of their wam