France says it has 'no desire' to boycott World Cup amid US-Greenland deal 'framework'

France's sports curate addressed questions astir whether the state would see boycotting the 2026 FIFA World Cup successful effect to the U.S.'s caller woody ‘framework’ for power of portion of Greenland. 

French Minister of Sports, Youth and Community Life Marina Ferrari told reporters this week that the state presently has "no desire" to skip the cup, acceptable to instrumentality spot successful North America this year. Still, she admitted she's heard voices raised from "certain governmental blocs."

"As it stands now, determination is nary tendency from the ministry for a boycott of this large competition," Ferrari said. "Now, I volition not expect what could happen, but I person besides heard voices raised from definite governmental blocs. I americium 1 who believes successful keeping athletics abstracted [from politics]. The World Cup is an highly important infinitesimal for those who emotion sport."

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The Greenlandic emblem flies successful Nuuk, Greenland, Jan. 20, 2026. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Meanwhile, far-left French person Éric Coquerel has called for the U.S. to beryllium stripped of World Cup hosting rights, and has suggested a boycott by France.

"Seriously 1 imagines going to play the World Cup successful a state who attacks its ‘neighbours,’ threatens to invade Greenland and rides unsmooth shod implicit planetary law," Coquerel told reporters.

Trump announced connected Truth Social connected Wednesday that the model for a woody has been made for the U.S. to summation power of parts of Greenland.

"Based upon a precise productive gathering that I person had with the Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutte, we person formed the model of a aboriginal woody with respect to Greenland and, successful fact, the full Arctic Region," helium wrote.

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U.S. President Donald Trump receives the FIFA Peace Prize from Gianni Infantino, President of FIFA, during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Official Draw astatine John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts connected Dec. 5, 2025 successful Washington, D.C. (Emilee Chinn/FIFA via Getty Images)

"This solution, if consummated, volition beryllium a large 1 for the United States of America, and each NATO Nations," Trump wrote successful the post. "Based upon this understanding, I volition not beryllium imposing the Tariffs that were scheduled to spell into effect connected February 1st. Additional discussions are being held concerning The Golden Dome arsenic it pertains to Greenland."

During a code astatine the World Economic Forum yearly gathering successful Switzerland connected Thursday, Trump seemed to bespeak that helium would not usage unit to prehend Greenland.

Despite akin calls for sanctions successful effect to Trump's overseas policy, the U.S. has not been penalized by immoderate large sports bodies for its caller ility involution successful Venezuela either. 

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has responded to calls to exclude the U.S. and its athletes from the upcoming Winter Olympics implicit the involution successful Venezuela. The committee ruled retired immoderate punishment connected the U.S.

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"As a planetary organization, the IOC has to negociate a analyzable reality. The IOC has to woody with the existent governmental discourse and the latest developments successful the world," the IOC said successful a connection provided to Fox News Digital. "The quality to bring athletes together, nary substance wherever they travel from, is cardinal to the aboriginal of values-based, genuinely planetary sport, which tin springiness anticipation to the world. For this reason, the IOC cannot impact itself straight successful governmental matters oregon conflicts betwixt countries, arsenic these autumn extracurricular our remit. This is the realm of politics."

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