(FILES) France's #32 Victor Wembanyama looks on in the men's preliminary round group B basketball match between France and Germany during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Pierre-Mauroy stadium in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, northern France, on August 2, 2024. Victor Wembanyama will return to the French national team for the first time since the 2024 Olympics during the 2027 World Cup qualifiers in late August, the French Basketball Federation announced on July 18, 2026. The San Antonio prodigy, who had withdrawn from EuroBasket 2025 after suffering a right shoulder injury, is included in the squad selected for the two qualifying matches, on August 27 against Slovenia in Paris and August 30 in Sweden. (Photo by Thomas COEX / AFP via Getty Images)