"What is impressive is SocGen's capacity to cut its cost base, " said Yohan Salleron, fund manager at Mandarine Gestion.

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His two most high-profile players are Yohan Benalouane at Parma in Italy and Denis Odoi at Belgian club Anderlecht.

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Jamaica's Usain Bolt sauntered into the final of the 200m, where he will meet compatriot Yohan Blake, who won the other semi final.

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The bottle bounced a few times and came to rest in the lane occupied by Jamaica's Yohan Blake, who finished second in the race.

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And they doubled their lead six minutes after that, Hatem Ben Arfa finding the net after a well worked build-up involving both Cisse and Yohan Cabaye.

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The American recovered from a slow start to power past Jamaican pair Nesta Carter and Yohan Blake, who were second and third, to win in 9.79 seconds.

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James' Park, with the wonderfully talented pair of Yohan Cabaye and Hatem Ben Arfa at the club, as well as the likes of Sylvain Marveaux, Gabriel Obertan and Romain Amalfitano.

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"I want to see the fight between Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake in the sprint, " said Rogge, reflecting on last weekend's races between the pair which saw Blake beat the 2008 triple Olympic champion twice in the Jamaican trials.

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