SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) -- France puts its formidable record in finals on the line when the European Championship hosts try to deny Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal a first major football title on Sunday. French law enforcement authorities pledged ''extremely high'' security in Paris for Sunday's final, with thousands of police patrolling as hundreds of thousands of fans mass in the French capital. Security forces have three key venues to protect: The Stade de France stadium hosting the final - outside of which three suicide bombers blew themselves up last year, the 92,000-capacity fan zone in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, and the Champs-Elysees boulevard, which will likely be swamped with fans after the match. More...