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United States'Megan Rapinoe celebrates at the end of the Women's World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Spain and US at the Stade Auguste-Delaune in Reims, France, Monday, June 24, 2019. US beat Spain 2-1. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

It’s on: The World Cup clash between the US and France

United States' Megan Rapinoe scores a scores the opening goal from a penalty spot during the Women's World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Spain and US at the Stade Auguste-Delaune in Reims, France, Monday, June 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) ** FILE **

Megan Rapinoe, U.S. on to World Cup quarterfinals after beating Spain

FILE - In this Nov.12, 2011file photo, President of the IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) Lamine Diak poses at 2011 World Athletics Gala Awards, in Monaco. French legal authorities have decided to hold a trial for Lamine Diack, once one of the most influential men in Olympic sport, who was disgraced by investigations that uncovered corruption, extortion and doping cover-ups during his 16-year reign as head of the world governing body of track and field. (AP Photo/Claude Paris, File)

France to try former IAAF boss Diack and his son

Defending champion US plays Spain to open knockout stage

France may let lesbian couples use in-vitro fertilization

England's Ellen White, front, and Japan's Rikako Kobayashi, right, challenge for the ball during the Women's World Cup Group D soccer match between Japan and England at the Stade de Nice in Nice, France, Wednesday, June 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

Neville hopes unpredictability befuddles England’s opponents

US defense will face greater challenges in knockout round

Brazil's Marta reacts during the Women's World Cup Group C soccer match between Italy and Brazil at the Stade du Hainaut in Valenciennes, France, Tuesday, June 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

World Cup’s top teams enter knockout stage on a roll

Earthquake shakes much of western France, no damage reported

U.S. beats Sweden in payback for 2016 Olympics exit

In this Feb.22, 2014 file photo, UEFA President Michel Platini arrives at a press conference, one day prior to the UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying draw in Nice, southeastern France. Former UEFA president Michel Platini has been arrested Tuesday June 18, 2019 over the awarding of the 2022 World Cup. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File) **FILE**

France detains soccer great Platini in 2022 World Cup probe

FILE - In this Feb.26, 2013 photo, a job seeker enters a job center (Pole Emploi), in Nice, southeastern France. French President Emmanuel Macron's government has unveiled its plan to tighten the country's unemployment benefits. All major workers unions denounce the reform as unfair and damaging to the country's social system. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)

France plans to change jobless benefits, unions to protest

Police officers guard the Anti-Corruption Office of the Judicial Police headquarters in Nanterre, outside Paris,Tuesday, June 18, 2019. Former UEFA president Michel Platini has been arrested in relation to a corruption probe into the awarding of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar, a judicial official said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

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Soccer great now mired in corruption scandals

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French gendarmes patrol the beach in Ambleteuse near Calais, northern France, Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. Land, sea and air patrols are combing the beaches, dunes and frigid, murky coastal waters of northern France in a bid to end an unusual high-risk tactic by migrants, mostly Iranians: trying to sneak across the English Channel in rubber rafts. (AP Photo Michel Spingler)

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France has said U.S. calls for building a coalition to counter Iran are "disturbing," as European powers are trying to save the deal.

The Latest: France's Macron warns against rising tensions →

France said in a statement emailed from his attorney's office that the arrest has given him the opportunity to reflect on his "poor judgment."

Former NASCAR CEO Brian France pleads guilty to DWI →

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