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Mbappe, Dembele head up France squad for 2026 World Cup

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · · 230 words · By Video by Mark OWEN
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Claim 1: “Kylian Mbappe will spearhead France at the World Cup”
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Multiple sources confirm Kylian Mbappé is the captain of the France national team and is listed as part of the 2026 World Cup squad/provisional list.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2022 FIFA World Cup final was the final match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the 22nd edition of FIFA's competition for men's national football teams. The match was played at Lusail Stadium in Lusail…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_final
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kylian Mbappé Lottin (born 20 December 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for La Liga club Real Madrid and captains the France national team. He is known for his pace, dr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kylian_Mbappé
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kylian Mbappé is a French professional footballer who has represented the France national team as a forward since his debut in 2017. Since then, Mbappé has scored 56 goals in 95 appearances, making hi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_international_goals_sc…
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Claim 2: “national team coach Didier Deschamps on Thursday announced his 26-man squad”
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The evidence provides conflicting information regarding the squad size and the specific tournament. One source mentions a 25-player squad for Euro 2024 announced on a Thursday, another mentions a 25-man squad for Qatar 2022 (with a 26th man added later), and another mentions a squad announcement for a US tour on Thursday, March 19. There is no consistent evidence confirming a 26-man squad announcement for the 2026 World Cup specifically on a Thursday.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bayonne (French: [bajɔn] in Basque and Gascon: Baiona) is a city in southwestern France near the Spanish border. It is a commune and one of two subprefectures in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayonne
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Françoise Bertin (23 September 1925 – 26 October 2014) was a French actress. She appeared in over 125 films since 1961. Among these were five films directed by Alain Resnais: Last Year at Marienbad, M…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Françoise_Bertin
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ludovic Vincent Giuly (born 10 July 1976) is a French former professional footballer who played as a winger. Giuly represented France at international level, gaining 17 caps over a five-year period an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludovic_Giuly
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Claim 3: “this summer's tournament in the United States, Canada and Mexico”
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The 2026 FIFA World Cup hosting by the United States, Canada, and Mexico is confirmed by Wikipedia and corroborated by five independent news organizations (EuroNews, France24, Al Jazeera, BBC News).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — United 2026, also known as the North American 2026 bid, was a successful joint bid led by the United States Soccer Federation, together with the Canadian Soccer Association and the Mexican Football Fe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_2026_FIFA_World_Cup_bid
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be the 23rd FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international men's soccer championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament will…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification decided the 45 teams that joined hosts Canada, Mexico, and the United States at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Qualification began on 7 September 2023 with three matche…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup_qualificat…
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