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    "excerpt": "Frankfurt forward Randal Kolo Muani has been called up by the French team for the Qatar World Cup on Wednesday, following the unexpected knee injury of Leipzig striker Christopher Nkunku a day before.",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>FIFA World Cup:<\/strong>&nbsp;Frankfurt forward Randal Kolo Muani has been called up by the French team for the Qatar World Cup on Wednesday, following the unexpected knee injury of Leipzig striker Christopher Nkunku a day before.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;The FIFA Medical Committee has endorsed the withdrawal of Christopher Nkunku due to injury,&quot; the French Football Federation (FFF) said in a statement. &quot;The national coach has decided to call on Randal Kolo Muani.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The 25-year-old Nkunku injured his left knee during training on Tuesday when he collided with Real Madrid midfielder Eduardo Camavinga.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Nkunku is the latest on a list of high-profile absentees for defending champions France, which includes midfielders Paul Pogba and N&#39;Golo Kante and defender Presnel Kimpembe, reports Xinhua.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The lethal striker has scored 12 goals in 15 appearances for Leipzig in Bundesliga this season, sitting at the top of the league scorer list.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The 23-year-old Kolo Muani is currently in Japan with his Frankfurt club, according to the FFF, and will head to Doha, Qatar to join the national team on Thursday morning.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>France will kick off the defence of the title they won in 2018, on November 22 in Group D with the match against Australia.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Also Read: <\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lDWyCpYznl0\">Afghanistan&#39;s Next Generation Of Cricketers On The Dusty Pitches Of Kabul<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><em>This story has not been edited by Cricketnmore staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n",
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