Following Saudi Arabia's historic win against Argentina in the ongoing FIFA World Cup 2022, claims are circulating on news media regarding the distribution of Rolls Royce to each member of the Saudi Arabian squad. The claims allege that the royal family would present the Saudi Arabian World Cup squad with a Rolls Royce to each member, with the promise allegedly being made by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud.
News websites such as Times Now, Hindustan Times, Business Today, NDTV, Free Press Journal, Tv9 Bharatvarsh, ABP Live, India.com, Mirror, and Daily Mail posted the claim in the form of articles on their websites.
Social media pages such as Zee MP Chattisgarh, Bleachers Report and Times Now Navbharat circulated it.
The Logical Indian fact check team verified the viral claim and found it to be false. The Saudi Arabian football team coach has denied the viral claim.
We conducted a keyword search and came across a report by the New York Post, which contained a quote by Saudi Arabia coach Herve Renard. In the report published on November 26, 2022, Renard denied that the royal family was gifting the Saudi Arabian team Rolls Royce after their win over Argentina.
The report quotes Renard refuting the claims by saying, "We have a very serious federation and ministry of sport, and it is not the time to get something at this moment. We only have played one game, have two very important [group stage] games, and we are hoping for some more."
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