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Saudi Crown Prince Celebrates Kingdom’s Historic Win over Argentina 

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman celebrate the national team's win against Argentina. (Prince Saud bin Salman bin Abdulaziz on Instagram)
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman celebrate the national team's win against Argentina. (Prince Saud bin Salman bin Abdulaziz on Instagram)
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Saudi Crown Prince Celebrates Kingdom’s Historic Win over Argentina 

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman celebrate the national team's win against Argentina. (Prince Saud bin Salman bin Abdulaziz on Instagram)
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman celebrate the national team's win against Argentina. (Prince Saud bin Salman bin Abdulaziz on Instagram)

Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, celebrated on Tuesday Saudi Arabia’s historic win against Argentina during the Group C match in the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, photos circulated on social media showed. 

The photos, posted by Prince Saud bin Salman bin Abdulaziz on Instagram, showed a jubilant crown prince celebrate the victory. 

Social media users shortly after posted a video in which Crown Prince Mohammed spoke to the Saudi players ahead of the kick off of the World Cup that started on Sunday. 

He urged them to remain calm and enjoy playing against other teams in their group, which also includes Poland and Mexico. 

The social media users said his words were a great motivation to the national team that succeeded on Tuesday in defeated Lionel Messi’s Argentina, one of the favorites to win the tournament. 

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Bagnaia Wins Japanese Grand Prix Sprint after Leader Acosta Crashes

Ducati Lenovo Team rider Francesco Bagnaia of Italy (R) leads his teammate Enea Bastianini of Italy (L) during Tissot Sprint of the MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix at the Mobility Resort Motegi in Motegi, Tochigi prefecture on October 5, 2024. (AFP)
Ducati Lenovo Team rider Francesco Bagnaia of Italy (R) leads his teammate Enea Bastianini of Italy (L) during Tissot Sprint of the MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix at the Mobility Resort Motegi in Motegi, Tochigi prefecture on October 5, 2024. (AFP)
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Bagnaia Wins Japanese Grand Prix Sprint after Leader Acosta Crashes

Ducati Lenovo Team rider Francesco Bagnaia of Italy (R) leads his teammate Enea Bastianini of Italy (L) during Tissot Sprint of the MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix at the Mobility Resort Motegi in Motegi, Tochigi prefecture on October 5, 2024. (AFP)
Ducati Lenovo Team rider Francesco Bagnaia of Italy (R) leads his teammate Enea Bastianini of Italy (L) during Tissot Sprint of the MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix at the Mobility Resort Motegi in Motegi, Tochigi prefecture on October 5, 2024. (AFP)

Reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia won MotoGP's Japanese Grand Prix sprint on Saturday after leader Pedro Acosta crashed out with four laps to go, reducing his gap with championship leader Jorge Martin, who finished fourth, to 15 points.

Rookie Acosta, who took pole earlier in the day, had overtaken Bagnaia on the third lap to take the lead, but lost control near turn seven, losing the opportunity to win his first MotoGP sprint.

Ducati's Bagnaia, who moved to 357 points ahead of Sunday's race, fought off second-placed Enea Bastianini by 0.181 seconds amid occasional rains in Motegi to win his 16th sprint of the season.

"We had to sacrifice a bit of performance during the race to understand the conditions better... I'm very happy because with this condition it's not very easy to win," Bagnaia said in his post-sprint interview.

Pramac Racing's Martin, who started from the 11th position on the grid after crashing during the qualifying session, started well to take the fifth position in the first lap, facing pressure from Marc Marquez, who eventually overtook him.

Marquez momentarily took second place from Bastianini but the Ducati rider recovered to leave him third.

LCR Honda's Takaaki Nakagami crashed out of his home grand prix sprint after a collision with teammate Johann Zarco, while Red Bull KTM's Brad Binder, sixth in the championship, quit due to an issue with his bike.

"We´re investigating what happened to cause Brad Binder's sprint to come to a premature end," the team wrote on X. "For now, all we can do is apologize to Brad."