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French celebrate win against Iraq despite two-hour delay caused by storm

French celebrate win against Iraq despite two-hour delay caused by storm
France 24 Tuesday 23 June 2026, 10:38 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read
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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. French celebrate win against Iraq despite two-hour delay caused by storm Sport Issued on: Modified: Share The weather in the US tried to put a stop to the France-Iraq game at the World Cup on June 22... and it did: the game had to be halted for two hours as a huge thunderstorm hit in Philadelphia, where it was being held. France ended up winning 3-0, with two of them coming from French superstar Kylian Mbappé. But nothing could deter French fans from celebrating.
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