World Cup 2022: FIFA denies Zelensky’s request to address World Cup final

By Brady Knox

Published December 16, 2022 6:00pm ET

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World Cup 2022: FIFA denies Zelensky’s request to address World Cup final — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attend a news conference during "The inaugural International Summit of the initiative Grain from Ukraine" in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022. Zelensky was named as Time's Person of the Year for 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

FIFA denied Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s request to address the World Cup final.

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