Germany's players celebrate their win at the FIFA U-17 World Cup Indonesia 2023 final football match against France at the Manahan Stadium in Surakarta, Central Java on Dec. 2, 2023.

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Jubilation: French players celebrate a goal from Ismael Bouneb (second left) during the 2023 Under-17 World Cup semifinal soccer match against Mali at Manahan Stadium in Surakarta, Central Java, on Nov. 28, 2023. France won the match 2-1.

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France down Mali to reach Under-17 World Cup final

France will try to claim a second championship after their only win in 2001 when they face Germany in the tournament decider on Saturday at Manahan Stadium in Surakarta, Central Java.

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Chris Kirk of the United States hits a tee shot on the 18th hole during the first round of The RSM Classic on the Plantation Course at Sea Island Resort on Nov. 16, 2023, in St Simons Island, Georgia, the US.

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Celebrity Raffi Ahmad (front left) will play badminton legend Taufik Hidayat in the upcoming “THe juaRA” celebrity tennis competition on Nov. 29, 2023, in Jakarta.

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Raffi Ahmad to face Taufik Hidayat in celebrity tennis match

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Indonesian right winger Jehan Pahlevi (center) fights for a ball possession against Equador’s Elkin Ruiz during their FIFA U-17 World Cup match in Gelora Bung Tomo Stadium in Surabaya, East Java on Nov. 10, 2023. The match ended in a 1-1 draw.

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Eyes on the prize: Indonesia sets out to prove itself at U-17 World Cup

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Several construction workers work on a sidewalk next to the Jakarta International Stadium (JIS) in North Jakarta on Sept. 22, 2023. The Jakarta Bina Marga road agency aims to finish the sidewalk renovation project around the stadium in October 2023 ahead of the FIFA Under-17 World Cup.

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Jakarta Police deploy over 2,000 officers for U-17 World Cup

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Several construction workers work to fix a sidewalk next to the Jakarta International Stadium in Jakarta on Sept. 22, 2023. The Jakarta Bina Marga road agency aims to finish the sidewalk renovation project around the stadium in October 2023 ahead of the FIFA Under-17 soccer World Cup.

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First title: Indonesian men' single shuttler Jonatan Christie poses with his trophy after winning the Super 750 series French Open badminton tournament in Rennes, France, on Sunday. Jonatan defeated Li Shi Feng of China in a rubber-game 16-21, 21-15, 21-14.

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Indonesia's Saptoyogo Purnomo lies on the track after winning the men's 400m-T37 final at the Huanglong Sport Centre Stadium during the 2022 Asian Para Games in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province on Oct. 23, 2023. Saptoyogo won the first gold medal for Indonesia in Hangzhou.

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Motorcycling-'Super' Martin wins fourth straight sprint at Mandalika GP

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This picture taken on Sept. 21, 2023 shows people walking past the Kanjuruhan football stadium, where 135 people died in a stampede on October 1, 2022, in Malang, East Java. The Indonesian stadium where 135 people died in October 2022 in one of football's worst tragedies lies empty but intact, despite government pledges to demolish it and rebuild a safer site.

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Indonesian shooting athlete Muhammad Sejahtera Dwi Putra celebrates on the podium after winning gold in the men's 10m running target at the 2022 Asian Games in the Fuyang Yinhu Sports Center, Hangzhou, China September 25, 2023.

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