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

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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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While monitoring social media activity on Tuesday, Kankanady Town PSI Anitha Nikkam identified the Instagram handle ‘team_targetttt_900’ for posting a hate message alongside images of lethal weapons. Another account, ‘team_nagara_900’, allegedly shared a threatening post targeting activist Bharath Kumdelu, tagging additional pages such as KARAVALI-OFFICIAL.

Several other accounts — including ‘immu_bhai.fan’, ‘target_boy_900’, ‘kings_of_manglore’, ‘team_target_boys.900’, ‘arshad_mangalore’, ‘target_ka19_ullal’, ‘team_target__’, ‘troll_tigersz_900’, ‘tr_group_900’, and ‘team_target_900’ — are also under scrutiny for spreading similar inflammatory material, police said.

Authorities have urged citizens, especially young social media users, to report suspicious pages and avoid engaging with groups that glorify violence or threaten individuals. Online hate can quickly escalate into real-world harm, and police stress that sharing or promoting such content can attract legal consequences.

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