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World champion France calls for Russia to be thrown out of 2022 World Cup
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A young Russia fan holds the national flag at the Red Square in Moscow on July 1, 2018, after Russia won the Russia 2018 World Cup round of 16 football match against Spain. (AFP PHOTO / Vasily MAXIMOV)
Russia should be expelled from the 2022 World Cup after invading Ukraine, French Football Federation president Noel Le Graet told Le Parisien newspaper on Sunday.
France was crowned world champion in 2018 after beating Croatia in the final in Moscow.
“The world of sport, and especially football, cannot remain neutral. I certainly would not oppose the expulsion of Russia,” said Le Graet.
Poland, Sweden and the Czech Republic have all refused to play Russia in the World Cup playoffs.
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