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Former Fifa executive calls for change in world football body
04/02/2012 - Sports Insight

Former Fifa executive calls for change in world football body

Former senior Fifa executive Jérôme Champagne has made a dramatic call to change the way the organisation deals with the challenges facing the world’s most popular sport.

14/02/2012 - Sport

Africa Cup of Nations 2012

Paul Myers is covering the 28th Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.

14/12/2011 - France - China

Chinese wines beat Bordeaux in Beijing blind-tasting

Wines from the remote Chinese region of Ningxia have beaten top Bordeaux châteaux at a blind-tasting in Beijing.

09/09/2011 - France

Total to open 600 low-cost service stations in France

French oil giant Total is to create 600 low-cost service stations throughout the country aimed at beating the competition from supermarkets.

World Athletics Championships to open in South Korea
20/08/2011 - Sports Insight

World Athletics Championships to open in South Korea

The globe's top athletes are all chewing at the bit for this meet, with prestige and financial rewards of up to 40,000 euros for each medallist.

06/08/2011 - Netherlands

Rotterdam's EuroGames seduce the Dutch

For five days in July the Dutch city of Rotterdam hosted the 13th edition of EuroGames, a sporting and cultural festival aimed at the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) population.

Gay and Lesbian Sports Championships in the Netherlands
06/08/2011 - Sports Insight

Gay and Lesbian Sports Championships in the Netherlands

In this edition of Sports Insight, RFI's Daniel Brown heads to Rotterdam for the European Gay and Lesbian Sports Championships.

08/05/2011 - Cannes Film Festival

Meaning of life and problems of power in Cannes festival selection

This year’s Cannes Film Festival official selection aims to please - from characters questioning the meaning of life to those in power wondering if they can cope with the strain.

Ryanair can offer low prices because operating costs are low at the small regional airports that make up its network.
12/03/2010 - France - Ireland

Air France files complaint against Ryanair

Air France has filed a complaint with the European Commission against Irish budget airline Ryanair, accusing Ryanair of attempting to win illegal subsidies in France.

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