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France's soccer team head coach Didier Deschamps attends a press conference, at the Allianz Riviera Stadium, in Nice, southeastern France, Saturday, May 31, 2014. France, which will face Paraguay on Sunday, is preparing for the upcoming soccer World Cup in Brazil starting on 12 June. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

Deschamps has restored confidence, unity to France

By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press

France's soccer players stretch, during a training session at the Clairefontaine training center, outside Paris, Thursday, May 29, 2014. France are preparing for the upcoming soccer World Cup in Brazil starting on 12 June. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

France slim favorite to win Group E ahead of Swiss

By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press

Switzerland's Xherdan Shaqiri, center, and Switzerland's Blerim Dzemaili, right, talk to the referee Neil Doyle of Ireland during the international friendly soccer match between Switzerland and Jamaica at the Swissporarena in Lucerne, Switzerland, Friday, May 30, 2014. Switzerland are preparing for the upcoming FIFA soccer World Cup in Brazil starting on 12 June. (AP Photo/Keystone, Peter Klaunzer)

Shaqiri, Switzerland can shine at World Cup

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

France's Patrice Evra, left, Karim Benzema, center, and Franck Ribery arrive for a training session at the Clairefontaine training center, outside Paris, Thursday, May 29, 2014. France are preparing for the upcoming soccer World Cup in Brazil starting on 12 June. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

France enters World Cup as dangerous outsider

By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press

5 Algeria players to watch at the World Cup

By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press

Suarez aims to match previous success at World Cup

Associated Press

Paul Pogba of France, left, and Olivier Giroud celebrate a goal during the friendly soccer match between France and Norway at the Stade de France stadium in Saint Denis, outside Paris, Tuesday, May 27, 2014. France are preparing for the upcoming soccer World Cup in Brazil starting on 12 June. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Giroud scores twice as France beats Norway 4-0

By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press

In this photo dated Thursday May 8, 2014, Bernard Dargols poses during an interview with the Associated Press at his home in La Garenne-Colombes, outside Paris, France. When he left Paris at age 18, the plan was to go to New York for a year and learn his father’s sewing machine trade. Six years later, Bernard Dargols found himself crossing the Channel in a U.S. Army uniform, sloshing ashore on Omaha Beach to a homeland that had persecuted his Jewish family. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Frenchman joined US D-Day forces to free homeland

By LORI HINNANT - Associated Press

Real's Karim Benzema lifts the Champion League trophy, at the end of the Champions League final soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid in Lisbon, Portugal, Saturday, May 24, 2014. Real Madrid won 4-1. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

France’s Benzema must finally shine on big stage

By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press

Real's Karim Benzema lifts the Champion League trophy, at the end of the Champions League final soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid in Lisbon, Portugal, Saturday, May 24, 2014. Real Madrid won 4-1. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

France’s Benzema must finally shine on big stage

By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press

PSG needs European success to be truly convincing

By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press

Ballfield to battlefield: Elmer Gedeon was 1 of 2 major league players to die in WWII

By Marc Lancaster - The Washington Times

Wis. man helps in return of WWII soldier’s remains

Associated Press

Image: "Napoleon Bonaparte Crossing the Alps," by French painter Jacques-Louis David.

France’s infamous first: Military heads say more cuts will make foreign operations impossible

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Willy Sagnol appointed Bordeaux coach

Associated Press

French PM: Defense spared from new budget cuts

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2006 file photo, a dark van followed by a limousine arrives at the Orsini Odescalchi castle in the lakeside town of Bracciano, some 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Rome where U.S. actor Tom Cruise will wed actress Katie Holmes. As Romeo said: &quot;My bounty is as boundless as the sea ... the more I give to thee, the more I have.&quot; His modern-day counterparts _ the kind with deep pockets _ are going all out to offer extravagant, star-studded weddings to their own Juliets. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca, File)

Lavish weddings the norm for celebrity Romeos

By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

Armstrong stripped of France’s Legion of Honor

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 24, 2005 file photo, overall leader Lance Armstrong signals seven for his seventh straight win in the Tour de France cycling race, as he rides during the 21st and final stage of the race between Corbeil-Essonnes, south of Paris, and the French capital. Armstrong has been stripped of his award in the Legion of Honor, the best-known recognition in France. Armstrong was given the rank of "Chevalier" _ or Knight _ in the "Legion d'Honneur" in 2005, the last year of his seven consecutive Tour de France victories. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Lance Armstrong stripped of Legion of Honor award by France

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press