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kkkkDylan Hartley says England want to prove they are Europes dominant force when they take on France on Saturday.Victory in Paris will earn England their first Grand Slam since 2003, in what is coach Eddie Jones first Six Nations championship.Hartleys men sealed the title on Sunday, Scotlands victory over the French at Murrayfield confirming England as champions after they had defeated Wales the previous day. But the skipper maintains his players are determined to celebrate victory on the pitch, rather than the team hotel, come Sunday night.The championship came our way, we had a beer and drew a line under it, said the Northampton hooker. It was a pretty average way to win it if Im honest. Thats why the lads say we go again, we go and win in France and enjoy it. Hartley missed out on the Grand Slam in 2011 and 2013 The biggest challenge for the guys is mentally turning up. We can say all the right things, but unless we are training hard and preparing correctly, its just words. The way training has gone this week, the intensity has gone up a level. That comes from the top. Eddie has been cracking the whip.Sports psychologist Jeremy Snape - a former Leicestershire cricketer - has been working with the squad this week but Hartley said there is no lack of determination or motivation.Jeremy has been in the background - hes a sounding board for players, he said. But the squad is that motivated, we dont need him to tell us how to win this weekend.Loosehead prop Mako Vunipola will scrum down with Hartley, with Joe Marler dropped to the bench, and Hartley says the Saracens forward can be a big player for the team at the Stade de France. Eddie Jones (L) and Hartley plot ahead of Saturdays big game Its obvious for everyone to see, the way he carries the ball, the way he tackles, competes at the breakdown, he said. Over the last few seasons hes really added to his set-piece game. I know scrummaging with him how strong he is. It will be a big test for him out in France but one he can step up in.Hartley missed out on Grand Slams in 2011 and 2013 at the hands of Ireland and Wales, but insists memories of those games are irrelevant this week.We havent really talked about it. There are individuals in our team who have experienced loss, failure. But these setbacks are what motivate people to not let that happen again, he said.One more game to be the most dominant side in Europe.Also See:England change twoEnglands star menPunditsRugby union videoDamian Lillard Blazers Jersey .S. -- Nikolaj Ehlers registered a hat trick for the third straight game and Jonathan Drouin had a goal and five assists as the Halifax Mooseheads hammered the host Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 10-1 on Tuesday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. 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All of the video replays we were shown on TV were inconclusive about whether the puck had entirely crossed the line or not.RIO DE JANEIRO -- Winning a gold medal in soccer, and not worrying about anything else, is no longer good enough in Brazil with the country holding the Olympics.The country wants to win as many events as it can and finish in the top 10 in the number of overall medals won.A tall order for a country with little Olympic history like Brazil -- but something the host nation thinks is attainable.Of course, soccer is a passion in Brazil, Adriana Bahar, the sports planning general manager for the BOC, told The Associated Press. But now we want to focus on the 41 other disciplines in the Olympics.Countries always get a medal bounce as the Olympic host. China got one in Beijing, Britain in London, and now its Brazils turn to rise.Brazil has won three medals through six full days of competition. Thats one short of what Michael Phelps has claimed on his own, but still a source of pride for the country.Rafaela Silva won gold in judo, Felipe Wu took silver in shooting and Mayra Aguiar has bronze in judo.Despite the early success, the Rio de Janeiro Olympics have yet to catch on across the sprawling metropolitan area of 12 million.Stadiums for basketball and judo have been full. But many venues have been lightly attended, particularly in sports unfamiliar to Brazilians. The opening day of golf appeared to have more rules officials in the gallery than fans.This could change if Brazil starts winning medals to generate a groundswell of interest -- even in the citys impoverished favelas, which are distant from most of the venues, and economically even farther away.Its always good for a home nation to win medals, International Olympic Committee spokesman Mark Adams said. Its always goes down well.dddddddddddd We hope they do, but the competition doesnt always go how you might hope it would.Soccer defines Brazil, particularly when it comes to the World Cup. But soccer matters less in the Olympics, where Brazil has never won gold.Its more important to win a lot of medals than simply one gold medal in soccer, Brazilian fan Anderson Silveira said, cheering at tennis match on Thursday at the Olympic Park. Id give up a soccer gold medal for doing well and showing we are good in many things.Bahar declined to guess how many medals it will take to finish in the top 10. A good guess is 25, which is 50 percent more than Brazil won in London.As Brazils ambitions have swollen, so has its team with 465 members this time -- almost twice as many as London and Beijing. This is partly because as the host nation, Brazil qualifies automatically for most events. Its also hired 56 foreign coaches to handle the crunch.Brazil has usually done well in volleyball, beach volleyball, judo and sailing. Its picked up a few medals in swimming, track and field, and equestrian events. The idea is to contend in more -- handball, gymnastics, boxing, tennis, canoe sprint and archery.Were working to win medals in places we havent before, and then hold what we have, Bahar said. This is a serious moment for everyone. Its a unique moment, but we hope its not the end. We hope its just one milestone as we establish ourselves.---Stephen Wade on Twitter: http://twitter.com/StephenWadeAP .His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/stephen-wade ' ' '