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Euronews spoke to FIFA President Gianni Infantino on the legacy of the World Cup on women's football.
A drone show lights up the sky in Doha as Qatar marks one year to go until the 2022 World Cup. The countdown ceremony was held amid ongoing criticisms over Qatar's human rights record.
Most French people remember where they were on the night of July 12, 1998. That’s when France was crowned the winner of the football World Cup, after beating Brazil 3-0. After the final, 1.5 million people flocked to the Champs-Élysées avenue in Paris to celebrate the victory. “Les Bleus”, a team made up of black, white and North African players, symbolised multicultural France. Twenty years on, ahead of the 2018 World Cup kick-off, our reporters met up with key figures from that time.
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