In France, towards America - or against (6)

I believe the answer is:

versus

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'against' is the definition.
(as in one sports team versus another)

'in france towards america' is the wordplay.
'in france' becomes 'vers' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'towards' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'america' becomes 'US' (United States).
'vers'+'us'='VERSUS'

'or' is the link.

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(Other definitions for versus that I've seen before include "Set against" , "v. (sport)" , "Against (another team)" , "Opposed to" , "Against in games" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.

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