Rescued Thai Soccer Team Unable to Attend World Cup Final
Message cards for the boys and their soccer coach displayed near the Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Thailand's northern province of Chiang Rai on July 10, 2018.
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Moscow (AP) -- The youth soccer team rescued from a cave in Thailand will be unable to accept FIFA's invitation to attend the World Cup final.
The last four of the boys and the team's 25-year-old coach were rescued Tuesday from a flooded cave in northern Thailand, ending an ordeal that lasted more than two weeks.