French President Emmanuel Macron to attend World Cup semis

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to Qatar to attend the World Cup semi-final between France and Morocco on Wednesday, French Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera said on Sunday. France, tournament winners in 2018, will play Morocco for a place in the final after they beat England 2-1 and the North Africans beat Portugal 1-0 in Saturday's earlier quarter-finals. "The details of the trip remain to be settled, of course, but he had made this commitment," she said on Franceinfo radio. (Agencies)

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