Mbappe was back in action 10 days after scoring a hat-trick in the World Cup final but the South Americans won via penalty.
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Former France and Juventus midfielder Blaise Matuidi has announced his retirement from professional football at the age of 35. Matuidi…
The 35-year-old was exiled from the team between 2015 and 2021 before being recalled by Didier Deschamps.
Mbappe became just the second man to score three times in a World Cup final after England’s Geoff Hurst in 1966.
The captain of the national team scored twice in the final in Doha, taking his tally of goals at the tournament to seven.
With little more than 24 hours to go before the world champions face Lionel Messi and Argentina at Doha’s Lusail Stadium on Sunday, France have been left reeling by a viral outbreak that is believed to have affected five players so far.
The victory helped them to stay on course to retain the title and end the fairytale run of the north Africans in Qatar.
The Atlas Lions became the first African country to do so after stunning Portugal in a 1-0 win in the quarterfinals
Messi lead Argentina to a 3-0 win over Croatia in their semi-final on Tuesday and will earn his 172nd cap at the weekend when he tries to bring the country its first World Cup title since 1986.
Video shows riot police running toward the crowd by the Champs Elysees, where projectiles were reportedly thrown at officers.
Aurelien Tchouameni put France ahead with a long-range strike after 17 minutes but England skipper Harry Kane equalised with a 54th minute penalty following a foul by the French midfielder on Bukayo Saka.
The shock victory for the Africans however was not enough for them to join the defending champions in the last 16 of the tournament.
The 29-year-old has been on the sidelines for his club since picking up a hamstring problem during the 1-1 draw with Chelsea in the Premier League on October 22.
Pogba, 29, has not played for the Serie A side this season since re-joining from Manchester United in the summer.
The Eagle Online recalls that the former Vice President left Nigeria on Monday night after the PDP rally in Kaduna.
His return to Nigeria might not be unconnected with the earlier meeting a few APC governors had with Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State
Tinubu had recently traveled to France in what his handlers said was a continuation of high-level engagements with stakeholders.
According to the survey, 141 cases of abuse were reported, which took in more than half of the 970 students, including 17 allegations of rape.
A court in Versailles last year found the France and Real Madrid forward guilty of complicity in the blackmail of a former colleague over a sex tape.
Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz, according to Germany’s Chancellor, spoke to Putin on the phone for 80 minutes.