France football hero Ousmane Dembele donates World Cup earnings to build mosque

Agencies

July 20, 2018

France's World Cup-winning attacking midfielder Ousmane Dembele has yielded huge respect form around with his wish to donate his FIFA World Cup 2018 earnings for the construction of a mosque in Diaguily, Mauritania region. The 21-year-old midfielder who has his origin based in Africa was born in Vernon and grew up in Evreux (France).

Dembele who is one of the 15 players who have African roots, of the French squad this year in the World Cup, has his mothers' roots in Mauritania and Senegal and Father from Mali. The 21-year-old who started his career playing for Rennes. Based on his skill the attacking midfielder was signed by German football club Borussia Dortmund in 2016. After a year, the Catalan team Barcelona roped in him.

Dembele featured for France in matches against Australia, Peru and Denmark in the FIFA World Cup 2018. Dembele played against Peru for 70 minutes which Les Blues bagged by 2-1. Then he played for 78 minutes in the match against Denmark where France couldn't find the back of the net, neither did Denmark.

Dembele one of the stars of France's World Cup win featured beside 19-year-old Kylian Mbappe, who also has grabbed the headlines for the gesture of donating his earnings to charity. The PSG striker netted the fourth and final goal for his team in the final. His stint made him the second teenager in World Cup history after Pele score in the final.

Mbappe who has already won a World Cup at his age is better known for his pace on the field and his presence of mind. In his team's Round of 16 match against Argentina, the forward left La Albiceleste's defence absolutely clueless and scored two goals in the match, while also earning a penalty. In the group stage match against Peru it was Mbappe's goal that led France to a 1-0 win. He was just the third teenager in World Cup history to play in the final of football's greatest stage.

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Israeli cyber-attack in Lebanon: Explosive-packed pagers manufactured by European company under Taiwanese brand name

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September 18,2024

The founder of Taiwan's Gold Apollo, Hsu Ching-Kuang denied that his company manufactured the pagers used in the explosions that occurred in Lebanon on Tuesday, resulting in at least nine fatalities and nearly 3,000 injuries.

The detonations were triggered simultaneously by pagers used by militant-group Hezbollah members across the country.

News agency Reuters reported that images of the destroyed pagers revealed a format and stickers on the back that were consistent with those produced by Gold Apollo.

A high-ranking Lebanese security official said that Hezbollah had placed an order for 5,000 pagers from the Taiwanese company.

Earlier, a New York Times (NYT) report said that pagers used by Hezbollah members that simultaneously exploded on Tuesday came from Taiwan, with Lebanon claiming that explosives packed in sometime before they arrived in Lebanon.

However, Hsu clarified that the pagers involved in the incident were manufactured by a European company called BAC, which had the right to use Gold Apollo's brand. "The product was not ours. It was only that it had our brand on it," he said, without disclosing the name of the European manufacturer. Hsu further said that Gold Apollo was also a victim in this situation.

"We are a responsible company. This is very embarrassing," Hsu said.

According to media reports, Hezbollah's fighters started using pagers believing they could avoid Israeli tracking of their locations.

Hezbollah blames Israel, vows 'punishment'

Hezbollah vowed revenge against Israel following accusations that the latter was responsible for detonating pagers throughout Lebanon.

Ziad Makary, the Lebanese information minister, denounced the detonation of the pagers, which are commonly used by Hezbollah and other groups in Lebanon for communication purposes. He labeled the incident as an "Israeli aggression". Meanwhile, Hezbollah declared that Israel would face "its fair punishment" for the explosions.

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