2018 fifa world cup
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Beckenbauer tells Deschamps ‘Welcome to our club’
Deschamps joined Beckenbauer and Zagallo as the only men to win the World Cup as a player and a coach.
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Iceland’s World Cup coach Hallgrimsson steps down
The Football Association of Iceland had hoped Hallgrimsson would extend his contract for two more years.
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‘Africa real’ World Cup winners, says Venezuela President Maduro
World Cup winners France feature a number of players of African heritage.
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France gives World Cup winners a heroes’ welcome home
The parade was under heavy police guard, with some of the 2,000 officers deployed in the capital to ensure the…
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Russia jails Pussy Riot members for World Cup pitch invasion
Pussy Riot is most famous for performing an anti-Putin protest song in a central Moscow church in February 2012.
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Croatians give heroes’ welcome to World Cup squad
A crowd estimated at more than 100,000 thronged the capital's main square to see the players parade through the streets…
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Crowds pack Champs Elysees as French World Cup winners return home
The players arrived to a raucous welcome at Charles De Gaulle airport northeast of Paris.
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‘Thank you, heroes’ – press hail Croatia squad
More than 100,000 red-and-white-painted Croatian fans were expected to welcome the squad home later Monday in the capital Zagreb.
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World Cup ‘just the beginning’ for Mbappe-led France
The 19-year-old is the poster boy for France's new crop of talent.
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FIFA president meets SC leadership in Russia
Over the past six weeks, 180 professionals appointed by the SC have been shadowing and observing the World Cup operation.
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