Tuesday evening's French Cup football match between Rouen and Marseille has been postponed because of the stink.
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In Germany, Stuttgart set up a German Cup final with Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich after beating Freiburg 2-1 while Paris Sanit-Germain were knocked out of the French Cup by Evian .
The Argentina star had been on target in PSG's 3-1 French Cup win over the same opponents last week and the result never looked being any different despite Toulouse's home advantage.
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In this subterranean level -- literally, as the film market is confined to the basement of the Cannes Palais, a place without natural light but much neon humming -- alongside the buzz of bargaining and budget-crunching, the musketeers of marketing do battle to "acquire" (buy) or "distribute" (sell) "content" (films) in a marketplace distorted by a dollar weaker than a French cup of tea.
In France , Rennes sealed its place in the final of the French League Cup following a 2-0 win over league champion Montpellier.
Bordeaux, fresh from defeat in the French League Cup at the weekend, at least saw Tremoulinas partially atone for his earlier error when he cleared off the line from Makoun late on, meaning Laurent Blanc's side, with the comfort of an away goal, will approach the second leg with a glimmer of hope.
Toulouse will withdraw from the French championship, which is due to get under way next month, to prepare for the new National League season in February but will take part in the Lord Derby Cup, which is the French equivalent of the Challenge Cup.
He began his domestic career with Bristol in 1991 before moving to Bath six years later, helping them win the Heineken Cup against French side Brive in 1998.
The player is not registered for Saracens' pre-Christmas Heineken Cup games against French side Racing Metro.
Young also admits Sunday's European Challenge Cup tie with French side Albi will be a bruising encounter.
Further tests from Toulon revealed bruising at the bottom of his rib cage, with the French club insisting the World Cup winner takes no part in physical work for the time being.
Since reaching the final of the 2006 World Cup, the French have won just one of their 10 tournament matches and have exhibited an alarming tendency to unravel at the first sign of difficulty.
The French, whose last Davis Cup triumph was in 2001 will now play Argentina after they whitewashed Germany in Buenos Aires -- David Nalbandian and Horacio Zeballos winning their doubles match against Christopher Kas and Tobias Kamke 6-1 6-4 5-7 6-2.
It is the second Fed Cup title for the French, who last won the trophy in 1997 against the Netherlands.
With the Olympic qualifiers in Africa clashing with their league and cup games, several French clubs asked Fifa for a ruling earlier this week.
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The RFU is reluctant to hand over equal voting rights and shares in European Cup Rugby (ERC), which runs the Heineken Cup, whereas the French and Italian authorities have agreed to do so.
But racing is also an international sport, with British, Irish and French contenders in the Dubai World Cup meeting in March, in the Breeders Cup series in America in the autumn and in the Hong Kong Festival meeting in December.
He is expected to make his first-team return in Saturday's European Challenge Cup game at home to French side Bayonne.
Quins, fresh from back-to-back victories over French giants Stade Francais in the Heineken Cup, appeared in control at half-time.
The Melbourne Cup winner in 2011 was French-trained and Qatari-owned.
Evra also revealed the French squad, would give up any World Cup bonuses.
"I like it, " said Patrick Vieira, the former French international whose side lost the 2006 World Cup final to Italy on penalty kicks.
It was a major setback for Escude as he is chasing a place in the French squad for next month's Davis Cup final against Russia.
The Blues - born out of the venerable Cardiff club when Welsh rugby moved to the regional model - went into the game chasing silverware on two fronts following last weekend's Heineken Cup quarter-final win over French aristocrats Toulouse.
And Scott Johnson's side showed their frustrations late on to come back and defeat the big-spending French side, who had already qualified for the Heineken Cup quarter-finals, with a dominant second-half display.
The French and Italian federations have agreed to cede shares in European Cup Ltd, the organisation that organises the Heineken Cup, to their clubs.
The defeat compounds a disappointing European campaign for French champions Perpignan, who are still winless in the Heineken Cup against English teams away from home.
The snub occurred after the World Cup hosts earned a 2-1 win over the French, with both teams being knocked out.
Last season their star-studded squad - that now contains 16 internationals from nine nations - made the semi-finals of the French league and lost to Cardiff Blues in a thrilling Amlin Challenge Cup final.
Burkina Faso have appointed two French coaches to take the national team the Stallions to the African Nations Cup in Tunisia.
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