Trump Calls FIFA World Cup in Russia One of Best Organized Ever

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - US President Donald Trump has congratulated France on their victory in the 2018 FIFA World Cup and called the championship one of the best organized ever.
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Earlier the same day, France beat Croatia 4-2 in the final game in Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium to lift their second World Cup trophy.

France, which claimed the country's only other World Cup title on home turf in 1998, played in their third final in 20 years.

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The World Cup started on June 14 and ends July 15, with matches played in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don, Sochi, Yekaterinburg, Saransk, Kaliningrad, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, Volgograd and Samara.

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