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Organisers 'monitoring closely' wildfire smoke in New York ahead of World Cup final

The New York City midtown skyline was masked by smoke coming from the ongoing Canadian wildfires
The New York City midtown skyline was masked by smoke coming from the ongoing Canadian wildfiresČTK / AP / Andrea Renault/STAR MAX/IPx

World Cup organisers said Friday they were "monitoring closely" the smoke gripping swaths of the United States ahead of the tournament's weekend final in New Jersey which has been affected by dangerously unhealthy air.

"There's been discussion about it, and we have somebody with the National Weather Service that sits in FIFA headquarters there, so we're monitoring closely," Andrew Giuliani, White House World Cup task force executive director, told a briefing.

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