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Daring to dream

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Less than a year after Australia, South Korea and Japan reached the knockout stages of the 2022 World Cup to give Asia its best-ever showing, the continent is ready to start all over again. On October12, 20 of the lowest-ranked teams will meet for the first of two legs with the winners going through to the group stage.

Many eyes will be on the clash between Yemen and Sri Lanka. The former has had success at youth

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