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Croatia's Luka Modric wins best player of World Cup award

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Croatia captain Luka Modric won the Golden Ball for the World Cup's best player despite losing out 4-2 to France in a thrilling final in Moscow today.

Modric won man-of-the-match three times in Croatia's seven games in Russia, but even the Real Madrid midfielder was powerless to stop France's firepower and the rise of 19-year-old Kylian Mbappe, who won the young player of the tournament award for scoring his fourth goal of the competition in the final.

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First Published: Jul 16 2018 | 12:05 AM IST

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