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Much more than a Messi vs Mbappe clash, the World Cup final will be a date with history for Argentina and France.

Karim Benzema received an invite from France president Emmanuel Macron to travel to Qatar on Sunday on a private jet having missed the World Cup finals through injury

Doha (AFP) - France coach Didier Deschamps was sweating on the fitness of several key players on Saturday as his team battled a mystery virus on the eve of the World Cup final against Argentina.

World champions France look to make it back-to-back World Cup victories when they meet Argentina in the 2022 final on Sunday, but Les Bleus boss Didier Deschamps knows that many neutrals want Lionel Messi to claim football's biggest prize

Man United's defender missed training on Friday and remains a doubt for the final on Sunday

Didier Deschamps’ pragmatists will be set on stifling Lionel Messi’s magic as they aim to complete a hat-trick of World Cups for France

With more than 450 international caps between them, Hugo Lloris, Olivier Giroud, Antoine Griezmann and Raphaël Varane have provided the backbone of coach Didier Deschamps’ French squads for the past decade. The four veterans take on Leo Messi’s Argentina on Sunday, hoping to lead Les Bleus to consecutive World Cup…

France hope they have contained a virus that had swept through their camp after all 24 fit players reported for training on the eve of the World Cup final

The Messi-Mbappé focus is deserved, but Sunday’s title bout is about—and will be decided by—so much more.

France coach Didier Deschamps knows that many football fans want Argentina to win Sunday's World Cup final – just to give Lionel Messi the perfect send-off from the sport's biggest tournament. In fact, Deschamps says he thinks some in France may be hoping for an Argentina victory, too.

Doha (AFP) - The whole France squad attended a training session on the eve of Sunday's World Cup final against Argentina after a virus sidelined a number of players this week.