1.   Ashe liked what he saw, gave the kid a racket, urged the French federation to give him a tennis education.

2.   By Tuesday, scrutiny was fixed on the French judge, and on Wednesday the president of the French federation conceded Le Gougne acted improperly.

3.   Despite reports that Cavagnoud was not wearing a helmet, a French federation representative and other witnesses indicated that she was.

4.   Didier Gailhaguet, the head of the French Olympic team, told the ISU council Thursday night that the guilty parties were from outside the French federation.

5.   Le Gougne said Stapleford tried to coerce her into signing a statement saying she was pressured to vote against her conscience by Didier Gailhaguet, the French federation president.

6.   One French federation has stripped two teams of points in the standings, and another is considering other discipline as more teams are implicated.

7.   The French skating federation expressed concern to its U.S. counterpart that security would be adequate in the Target Center.

8.   When she moved to France and chose a controversial, outspoken coach, Regis de Camaret, she lost the support of the French federation.

9.   A red card usually carries an automatic suspension for at least one match, and even though the French federation is appealing to FIFA, it has little hope.

10.   At the time, the French cycling federation said almost all the riders who failed the tests had medical reasons for using banned substances.