Mbappe's goal in final generated most tweets during World Cup
San Francisco, July 18 : When football's rising star Kylian Mbappe scored France's fourth goal in its World Cup final against Croatia to become the youngest player since Pele to score in a final, fans sent more tweets than at any other point during the tournament, data from Twitter shows.
However, Brazil's Neymar Jr, who attracted as much attention for his rolling and lying on the ground as for his brilliant goals and accurate passes, was the most-mentioned player of the tournament, Twitter said on Tuesday.
Brazil was the most-mentioned team of the World Cup, followed by France and Argentina.
After 64 thrilling matches, including the dramatic World Cup final between France and Croatia, Twitter compiled the numbers and their visualisations.
There were 115 billion impressions (views on Twitter) of tweets during the World Cup, the data showed.
Twitter saw the bulk of the conversations happening during the live matches, including during the final match between France and Croatia, which was the top tweeted match of the tournament.
Brazil's quarter-final battle with Belgium on July 6 was the second most tweeted match of the tournament followed by Brazil's match against Mexico on July 2.
Highlighting football fans' preference for beer, Budweiser emerged as the most globally mentioned brand of the tournament.
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40 Palestinians killed in Gaza as Netanyahu, Trump meet over ceasefire
Deir al-Balah (Gaza Strip), Jul 9 (AP): At least 40 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, hospital officials said Wednesday, as international mediators raced to complete a ceasefire deal.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a second meeting in two days with US President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday evening. Trump has been pushing for a ceasefire that might lead to an end to the 21-month war in Gaza. Israel and Hamas are considering a new US-backed ceasefire proposal that would pause the war, free Israeli hostages and send much-needed aid into Gaza.
Nasser Hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis said the dead included included 17 women and 10 children. It said one strike killed 10 people from the same family, including three children.
The Israeli military did not comment on specific strikes, but said it had struck more than 100 targets across Gaza over the past day, including Hamas members, booby-trapped structures, weapons storage facilities, missile launchers and tunnels. Israel accuses Hamas of hiding weapons and fighters among civilians.
