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Beyonce bows to final fever

Who runs the world? Soccer players. And not even Beyonce and Jay-Z can compete. Apparently concerned that the World Cup final will steal the show in Paris on Sunday, where they are due to perform a concert, the first couple of pop have offered to show the game between France and Croatia ahead of their gig. "Twenty years after the French team won its first world title, Beyonce and Jay-Z invite people with tickets for their concert to come to Stade de France in the capital in order to take advantage of the stadium's screens, as well as those of the production team, to carry Les Bleus toward their final victory," the organizers of the Paris leg of the couple's On The Run II world tour announced.