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Jean Le Cam, Alex Thomson and Pip Hare preparing for the start of the Vendee Globe. The 33 skippers will head off from the west coast of France on a single-handed non-stop round-the-world voyage. (COMPLETE VIDEO N°8UT7XL) IMAGES
The Queen Mary 2 and the four sailors racing the ocean liner from France to New York set off on the transatlantic "The Bridge" challege on Saturday. IMAGES of race start
Olympic chiefs announce that Russian and Belarusian athletes competing in this summer's Paris Games under a neutral flag will not be able to take part in the opening ceremony. SOUNDBITE
Horns are heard through the streets of Arras in northern France as a long line of tractors is making their way towards the local prefecture. Farmers responded to the call of farmers union Rural Coordination, keeping the pressure on the French government two days before the Paris International Agricultural Show. IMAGES