Morocco defeated heavyweights Belgium, Canada, and Spain to book a quarterfinal slot against Portugal at the 2022 Qatar World Cup. But how did it do it?
Along with India & China, Pakistan is one of the world's biggest manufacturers of soccer balls and has been working with Adidas for almost 20 years, who makes the official FIFA ball.
Spain and Morocco have a long history of rivalry and mutual cultural influences dating back to the Muslim conquest of Iberia in the 8th century and the Spanish Reconquista that followed.
The flying wingback is one of his team's key players whose last-16 match in the Qatar World Cup against Spain gives them a chance to reach the quarter-finals for the first time.
Giroud, at 36, brings experience and guile to France's attack, while Mbappe, 23, is blessed with pace so explosive he hit a top of speed of 35 kph in the match against Poland.
England has already matched their World Cup record of 12 goals en route to the semi-finals in 2018 and one more already than when they won the trophy for the only time in 1966.
In Qatar, on Messi's fifth and final quest, he has been the beating heart of the squad and Argentina appear to have as good a chance as any to lift the trophy on 18 December.
Even as India, Pakistan have seemed on the edge of war, their intelligence services have often sought to find space to de-escalate tensions and reduce risks for the two countries.
Speaking at 2nd Investor Connect, CM Vishnu Deo Sai says 'we have been able to attract a lot of investors.' The focus of the event was the steel sector.
Not only did S-400 record its longest hit during India-Pakistan 88-hour conflict, ability of the system to shoot and scoot in a short time, which allows it to evade enemy fire, was also proved.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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