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 Spain 1 – 2 France, in Euro Semifinals  Map of Bruges Belgium Mendieta Goal 38' (pen.) (Report) Zidane Goal 32'. Djorkaeff Goal 44'. Jan Breydel Stadion
Attendance: 30,000. Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
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Portugal 1 – 2 France, in Euro Semifinals| Nuno Gomes Goal 19' (Report) Henry Goal 51'. Zidane Golden goal scored in the 117th minute 117' (pen.). King Baudouin Stadium, attendance: 50,000 | |
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France win Euro 2000, 2-1 over Italy Map of Rotterdam Netherlands Trezeguet's goal saw the French become the first team to add the European Championship to the World Cup
| Delvecchio gave Italy the lead in the 55th minute and they held on until the final minute of injury time,
when Wiltord crashed a low drive past keeper Toldo to take the game into extra time.
France won the game just before half-time in extra-time when Pirès cut the ball back for Trezeguet to fire the golden goal
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 Lance Armstrong wins Tour de France| 28-year-old US Postal rider stepped up to the final podium with an overall lead of 6 minutes | |
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 Concorde crash kills 113  | Fuel tanks were ruptured by bursting tyres on 6 separate occasions before the fatal accident | |
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  Chirac attacks U.S. over pollution At U.N. conference on climate change
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 Yahoo! anger at French Nazi auction ban Court ruling prevents the sites of Yahoo! from selling Nazi memorabilia to French users
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French torturers would go on trial Victims of Algeria's war for independence said that French generals should be brought to justice
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Carlos the Jackal goes to court International terrorist has gone back to court as a witness in the trial of accused of taking part in an attack on an OPEC
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Protesters against EU summit Trade unionists and anti-globalisation activists from France, Spain and Italy have taken to the streets of Nice
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EU summit, protesters| Riot police clashed with hundreds of protesters | |
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EU deadlocked over enlargement Leaders are deadlocked over reforms to prepare the EU for enlargement to about 30 countries
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Airbus grounds jets Manufacturer warned of a fault with their Pratt & Whitney engines
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EU is ready for enlargement Summit leaders agreed to prepare for the EU expansion to 28 or more countries
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Zidane won FIFA player of the year World Player of the Year for the 2nd time led the way as France won Euro 2000
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 Concorde to fly again Transportation Minister said that flight tests on grounded Concorde jets could begin in January 2001
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Court acquits cycling star Virenque was acquitted of helping to supply drugs to his former Festina team before the Tour de France
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Dinner fire kill 8 Fire started as 2 families were sitting down for Christmas Eve dinner. Victims include 5 children
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