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. 



France Call up Olise again as Mbappe Rested for Nations League games

Soccer Football - Nations League - League A - Group 2 - France v Italy - Parc des Princes, Paris, France - September 6, 2024 France's Kylian Mbappe and Michael Olise during the warm up before the match REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Photo
Soccer Football - Nations League - League A - Group 2 - France v Italy - Parc des Princes, Paris, France - September 6, 2024 France's Kylian Mbappe and Michael Olise during the warm up before the match REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Photo
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France Call up Olise again as Mbappe Rested for Nations League games

Soccer Football - Nations League - League A - Group 2 - France v Italy - Parc des Princes, Paris, France - September 6, 2024 France's Kylian Mbappe and Michael Olise during the warm up before the match REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Photo
Soccer Football - Nations League - League A - Group 2 - France v Italy - Parc des Princes, Paris, France - September 6, 2024 France's Kylian Mbappe and Michael Olise during the warm up before the match REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Photo

France have again called up Michael Olise as they prepare for this month's Nations League games against Israel and Belgium without Kylian Mbappe who has been struggling with injury.

The 22-year-old English-born midfielder won his first two caps against Italy and Belgium last month and in the absence of midfielder Antoine Griezmann, who announced his retirement from international football earlier this week, the Bayern Munich player was once more picked by Didier Deschamps on Thursday, Reuters reported.

Captain Mbappe, who picked up a muscle injury last month playing for Real Madrid in LaLiga, featured for 35 minutes in the club's 1-0 Champions League loss at Lille on Wednesday, but the forward was not deemed fit enough for international duty.

"He has a problem that is not serious. I'm not here to take risks, which is why Kylian isn't on the list," Deschamps told a press conference.

Chelsea striker Christopher Nkunku was also called up 15 months after claiming his last cap in a 1-0 win against Greece.

France are second in Group A2 with three points from two games, three points behind Italy. They face Israel in Budapest on Oct. 10 and Belgium in Brussels four days later.