France: women's basketball team breaks 73-year curse by reaching World Cup semifinals

The French women's basketball team reaches the World Cup semifinals for the first time.

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This achievement ends a 73-year wait since their last medal in 1953.

The team solidifies its status as a major European and Olympic power in women's basketball.

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