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Kuwait City
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Kuwait City is the capital and largest city of Kuwait. Kuwait City is the political, cultural and economic center of Kuwait, Kuwait City is considered a global city. Kuwait Citys trade and transportation needs are served by Kuwait International Airport, Mina Al-Shuwaik, in 1613, the town of Kuwait was founded in modern-day Kuwait City. In 1716, the Bani Utubs settled in Kuwait, at the time of the arrival of the Utubs, Kuwait was inhabited by a few fishermen and primarily functioned as a fishing village. In the eighteenth century, Kuwait prospered and rapidly became the commercial center for the transit of goods between India, Muscat, Baghdad and Arabia. By the mid 1700s, Kuwait had already established itself as the trading route from the Persian Gulf to Aleppo. During the Persian siege of Basra in 1775–1779, Iraqi merchants took refuge in Kuwait and were instrumental in the expansion of Kuwaits boat-building and trading activities. As a result, Kuwaits maritime commerce boomed, between the years 1775 and 1779, the Indian trade routes with Baghdad, Aleppo, Smyrna and Constantinople were diverted to Kuwait. The East India Company was diverted to Kuwait in 1792, the East India Company secured the sea routes between Kuwait, India and the east coasts of Africa. After the Persians withdrew from Basra in 1779, Kuwait continued to trade away from Basra. Kuwait was the center of boat building in the Persian Gulf region, during the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, ship vessels made in Kuwait carried the bulk of trade between the ports of India, East Africa and the Red Sea. Kuwaiti ship vessels were renowned throughout the Indian Ocean, regional geopolitical turbulence helped foster economic prosperity in Kuwait in the second half of the 18th century. Kuwait became prosperous due to Basras instability in the late 18th century, in the late 18th century, Kuwait partly functioned as a haven for Basras merchants fleeing Ottoman government persecution. According to Palgrave, Kuwaitis developed a reputation as the best sailors in the Persian Gulf, during the reign of Mubarak Al-Sabah, Kuwait was dubbed the Marseilles of the Gulf because its economic vitality attracted a large variety of people. In the first decades of the century, Kuwait had a well-established elite, wealthy trading families who were linked by marriage. The elite were long-settled, urban, Sunni families, the majority of which claim descent from the original 30 Bani Utubi families, the wealthiest families were trade merchants who acquired their wealth from long-distance commerce, shipbuilding and pearling. They were an elite, they traveled extensively to India, Africa. The elite educated their sons more than other Gulf Arab elite
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Forward (association football)
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Forwards are the players on an association football team who play nearest to the opposing teams goal, and are therefore most responsible for scoring goals. Their advanced position and limited defensive responsibilities mean forwards normally score more goals on behalf of their team than other players, modern team formations generally include one to three forwards, for example, the common 4–2–3–1 formation includes one forward. Unconventional formations may include more than three forwards, or none, the centre-forward is often a tall player, typically known as a target man, whose main function is to score the majority of goals on behalf of the team. Most modern centre-forwards operate in front of the strikers or central attacking midfielders. The present role of centre-forward is sometimes interchangeable with that of an attacking midfielder, a centre-forward usually must be strong, to win key headers and outmuscle defenders. The term centre-forward is taken from the football playing formation in which there were five forward players. The number would become synonymous with the centre-forward position. Strikers are known for their ability to peel off defenders and to run into space via the side of the defender and to receive the ball in a good goalscoring position. They are typically fast players with ball control and dribbling abilities. More agile strikers like Michael Owen have an advantage over taller defenders due to their short burst speed, a good striker should be able to shoot confidently with either foot, possess great power and accuracy, and have the ability to pass the ball under pressure in breakaway situations. Deep-lying forwards have a history in the game, but the terminology to describe their playing activity has varied over the years. Originally such players were termed inside forwards, creative or deep-lying centre-forwards, in fact, a coined term, the nine-and-a-half, has been an attempt to become a standard in defining the position. In Italy, this role is known as a rifinitore or seconda punta, whereas in Brazil, it is known as segundo atacante. An outside forward plays as the forward on the right or left wing – as an outside right or outside left. As football tactics have largely developed, and wingers have dropped back to become midfielders, many commentators and football analysts still refer to the wing positions as outside right and outside left. However, in the British game they are counted as part of the midfield. It is a duty to beat opposing full-backs, deliver cut-backs or crosses from wide positions and, to a lesser extent, to beat defenders. They are usually some of the quickest players in the team, in their Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese usage, the defensive duties of the winger have been usually confined to pressing the opposition fullbacks when they have the ball
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Nottingham Forest F.C.
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Nottingham Forest Football Club is a professional association football club based in Nottinghamshire, England. The team play in the Championship, the tier of English football. The club, often referred to as Forest, have played matches at the City Ground since 1898. Founded in 1865, Forest were founder members of the Football Alliance in 1889, since then, they have mostly competed in the top two League tiers, bar five seasons in the third tier. Forest won the FA Cup in 1898 and 1959, Forest were founded in 1865 as Nottingham Forest Football and Bandy Club by a group of shinty players shortly after their neighbours Notts County, in 1862. They joined the Football Alliance in 1889, and won the competition in 1892, in their early years Forest were a multi-sports club, as well as their roots in bandy and shinty, the baseball club Forest deployed were British champions in 1899. Forests charitable approach to the sport helped teams like Liverpool, Arsenal, in 1886, Forest donated a set of football kits to help Arsenal establish themselves – the North London team still wear red. Forest also donated shirts to Everton and helped secure a site to play on for Brighton, Forest claimed their first major honour when they won the 1898 FA Cup, beating Derby County 3–1 at Crystal Palace. However, for much of the first half of the 20th century the club spent life in the Second Division and had to seek re-election in 1914 after finishing bottom. In 1949 the club were relegated to the Third Division, but were promoted back two years later as champions having scored a record 110 goals in the 1950–51 season. They therefore became the first team to defeat the Wembley hoodoo, by this time Forest had replaced Notts County as the biggest club in Nottingham and went on to become runners-up in the First Division and FA Cup semi-finalists in 1967. However, after a successful period for the club, Forest were relegated from the First Division in 1972. Clough became the most successful manager in the history of Nottingham Forest, cloughs first game in charge was the third round FA Cup replay against Tottenham Hotspur, a 1–0 victory thanks to a goal by Scottish centre-forward Neil Martin. Nottingham Forest became one of the few teams to win the First Division Championship a year after winning promotion from the Second Division and they also won the European Super Cup and two League Cups. The club reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup in 1983–84 but were knocked out by Anderlecht in controversial but uncertain circumstances. The case was dismissed and Anderlecht was acquitted from all charges Nottingham Forests next major trophies came in 1989 when they won the Football League Cup. Cloughs side retained the League Cup in 1990 when they beat Oldham Athletic 1–0, in Forests team that day was young Irish midfielder Roy Keane, who had joined the club the previous summer. In the summer of 1991, Brian Clough broke Forests transfer record fee by signing the top scorer, Millwall striker Teddy Sheringham
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Cup
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A cup is a small open container used for drinking and carrying drinks. It may be made of wood, plastic, glass, clay, metal, stone, china or other materials, and may have a stem, handles or other adornments. Cups are used for quenching thirst across a range of cultures and social classes. Cups have been used for thousands of years for the purpose of carrying food and drink and they may also be used in certain cultural rituals and to hold objects not intended for drinking such as coin. Names for different types of cups vary regionally and may overlap, while in theory, most cups are well suited to hold drinkable liquids, hot drinks like tea are generally served in either insulated cups or porcelain teacups. Coffee cup Mazagran Mug Teacup Thermos Disposable cups are intended to be used only once and they are often used by fast-food restaurants and coffee shops to serve beverages. Institutions that provide drinking water, such as offices and hospitals, paper cup Plastic cup Glass cup Some styles of cups are used primarily for alcoholic beverages such as beer, wine, cocktail, and liquor. There are over a dozen styles of cups for drinking beer. The idea that a certain beer should be served in a cup of a certain shape may have been promulgated more for marketing purposes, Wine glasses also come in different shapes, depending on the color and style of wine that is intended to be served in them. Beer stein Old Fashioned glass Quaich Sake cup Shot glass Tankard Wine glass Since cups have been a part of dining since time immemorial. The shape or image of a cup appears in places in human cultures. Solo cups carry strong cultural connotations, especially in America, generally referring to the consumption of alcoholic beverages, in the Christian ritual of Communion, adherents drink from a cup of wine to commemorate the Last Supper of Jesus. A chalice is often used for this purpose, ancient Greek religious practices included libations. The rhyton was one cup used for libations, the measuring cup, an adaptation of a simple cup, is a standard tool in cooking that has been in use at least as far back as Roman times. Apart from serving as drinking vessels, cups can be used as an alternative to bowls as a receptacle, especially, recipes have been published for cooking various dishes in cups in the microwave. Chalices are sometimes used in heraldry, especially ecclesiastical heraldry, a Kronkåsa is a type of elaborate wooden cup which was used by the Swedish nobility during the Renaissance. Drinking from a cup is a significant step on a path to becoming a toddler. Sippy cups are used for this transition
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Kuantan
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Kuantan is the state capital of Pahang, Malaysia. It is near the mouth of the Kuantan River and faces the South China Sea, Kuantan is the ninth largest city in Malaysia. The National Physical Plan 2005 identified Kuantan as one of the future growth centres, Kuantan is considered the social, economic and commercial hub for the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia due to its strategic location. Rapid development has transformed and modernised Kuantan, recently, the introduction of Malaysias first Special Economic Zone at Kuantan is designed to boost the regional economy, tourism and growth. Kuantan in the first century was a part of Chih-Tu empire, in the 11th century, this piece of land was conquered by another small empire called Pheng-Kheng before being taken over by the Siamese during the 12th century. During the 15th century, Kuantan was ruled by the Malacca Empire, Kuantan is said to have been founded in the 1850s. The word Kuantan was mentioned by Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir circa 1851/2 as below. On Thursday night came a boat from Kuantan. Then they told the ships crew theres a pirate ship at Tanjung Tujuh, forty of them and at Pulau Kapas, in its early days, it was known as Kampung Teruntum. The village was situated at the mouth of Teruntum River which is in front of the current hospital and it was established by Haji Senik, early primary economic activities included fishing and small businesses. The main evidence of the establishment of the village is the cemetery that is situated near Taman Esplanade in front of the current Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan. Towards the late 19th century, arrival of Chinese miners and traders saw the establishment of a township in Kuantan and nearby tin mining areas such as Gambang, similar to what occurred in other states in Peninsular Malaysia, rubber plantations attracted Indian settlers as well. The sinking of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse took place off the coast of Kuantan on 10 December 1941, the Pahang state government shifted the administrative centre of Pahang from Kuala Lipis to Kuantan in 1955. Kuantan will see new developments including, Relocation of the state administration centre to its proposed site in Bandar Indera Mahkota. Kuantan Port City consist of Kuantan Port expansion, Malaysia-China Kuantan Industrial Park, Kuantan Waterfront Resort City at Tanjung Lumpur. Kuantan features a tropical rainforest climate under the Köppen climate classification, usually, the area experiences two seasons per year, i. e. the Dry and Hot season and the Rainy season. The Dry and Hot Season occurs when seasonal south-west winds blow from Sumatra toward the West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia but are blocked by the Titiwangsa Mountain Range, the temperature may reach 40 degrees Celsius. The Rainy season usually occurs between October to March, during this season, the north-east winds bring rain to Kuantan. It can get very cloudy with an amount of rainfall
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Malaysia national football team
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The Malaysia national football team is the national team of Malaysia and is controlled by the Football Association of Malaysia. The national team was founded in 1963 Merdeka Tournament one month before the establishment of the Malaysian Federation, Malaysia national football team is recognised by FIFA as the successor of the defunct Malaya national football team. The Malaysian team nicknamed Harimau Malaya in reference of the Malayan tiger, in the FIFA World Rankings, Malaysias highest standing was in the first release of the figures, in August 1993, at 75th. Malaysias main rival on the stage are their geographical neighbours, Indonesia and Singapore. The Harimau Malaya nickname have been used since the former Malaya national football team, the nickname refer to the national animal of Malaysia, the Malayan tiger. The Harimau Malaysia nickname was used to refer the former national player. Since 1970s, he was known as Harimau Malaysia by the fans due to his ability to score many goals. He once scored 15 goals for Malaysia in the Merdeka Cup tournament which stood as a record for years, however, after a recent changes during FAM congress in March 2017, a drastic measures has been taken to restructure all aspect of national football organisation and management. This include the restoration of the old nickname starting from 3 April 2017, the sudden changes has also affected all related websites and social media regarding the previous name which has since been indefinitely terminated. Malaya and Singapore usually competed in a competition such as the Merdeka Tournament while North Borneo. Malayas biggest achievement in football was becoming the bronze medalist of the 1962 Asian Games held in Jakarta, the beginning of Malaysia football team match took place in Merdeka Stadium on 8 August 1963 with the combined strength of Singapore and Malaya. With the combined forces of Malaya and Singapore, the start their match with Japan. The team continued to use combination of players from Singapore and Malay Peninsula until the formation of the Malaysian Federation and it was only in 1977, when the FAM sent a talent scout to the East. In 1971, James Wong of Sabah is the first player from East Malaysia to represent the country, the list continued by the late James Yaakub of Sarawak in 1977. Malaysia qualified for the 1972 Olympics in Munich, beating Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, although they managed to defeat the United States 3–0, they lost the other 2 matches with a score of 3–0 to West Germany and 6–0 to Morocco. Two years later, Malaysia won their bronze medal at the 1974 Asian Games after defeating North Korea 2–1. The team went on to twice in a row for the AFC Asian Cup. Malaysia qualified again for the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, but joined the boycott of the games, the team also won the Merdeka Tournament three times, became runner-up four times and achieved third place twice during the 1970s
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Qatar national football team
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The Qatar national football team is the national team of Qatar and is overseen by the Qatar Football Association. The team has appeared in nine Asian Cup tournaments and Qatar also hosted the 2011 Asian Cup and they play their home games at Khalifa International Stadium and Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium. The latter is the stadium for the team. By 1948, expatriate oil workers played the first official match in Qatar. The Qatar Football Association was formed in 1960, and the QFA joined FIFA in 1970, the plans came to fruition and in March 1970 the Gulf Cup of Nations was inaugurated. The Qatar national team played its first official match on March 27,1970 against hosts Bahrain, in the next edition of the Gulf Cup in 1972, Qatar was again relegated to last place after suffering 3 straight defeats. The next tournament in 1974 proved to be somewhat of a break-through for the Qataris as they achieved their first triumph in international football with a 4–0 victory over Oman. The Qataris lost out to Saudi Arabia in the semi-finals, the first time they entered the qualifying stages for the AFC Asian Cup was in 1975. They were not successful in qualifying for the 1976 AFC Asian Cup, with Iraq, despite this setback, Qatar finished in 3rd place in the 4th Gulf Cup as the host nation the next year. The national team played its first FIFA World Cup qualifying match in 1977, Qatar was set to play UAE on 11 March 1977, but the last minute withdrawal of the UAE from the competition merely postponed Qatars debut until two days later when Bahrain were defeated 2–0 in Doha. Their Asian Cup debut came in 1980 under legendary head coach Evaristo de Macedo and they had qualified for the tournament after topping a relatively easy group composing of Bangladesh and Afghanistan. Their showing in the tournament was unimpressive, making an early exit from the group stages with two defeats, one draw and one win. Qatar narrowly lost to Iraq in the finals of the 1984 Gulf Cup of Nations, nonetheless they were named runners-up and they failed to make it out of the preliminary stages of the 1982 and 1986 World Cup qualifying rounds. However, the qualified for both the 1984 and 1988 editions of the Asian Cup. They fell short of qualifying for the semi-finals of the 1984 tournament and they also missed out on a semi-final place in 1988, however, they notably defeated Japan by a score of 3–0. Qatar arguably reached its peak in the 1990s, attaining its highest-ever FIFA rating in August 1993, Qatar started off with an emphatic qualifying campaign for the 1990 World Cup, finishing at the top of their group. They were denied a spot in the World Cup after finishing below UAE, in 1990, the national team once again finished runners-up in the Gulf Cup as Kuwait won the final two matches of the tournament. Two years later, they won the competition on home soil for the first time under the leadership of Sebastião Lapola and they were also named runners-up in the 1996 Gulf Cup
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Association football
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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball. It is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries and dependencies making it the worlds most popular sport, the game is played on a rectangular field with a goal at each end. The object of the game is to score by getting the ball into the opposing goal, players are not allowed to touch the ball with their hands or arms while it is in play, unless they are goalkeepers. Other players mainly use their feet to strike or pass the ball, the team that scores the most goals by the end of the match wins. If the score is level at the end of the game, the Laws of the Game were originally codified in England by The Football Association in 1863. Association football is governed internationally by the International Federation of Association Football, the first written reference to the inflated ball used in the game was in the mid-14th century, Þe heued fro þe body went, Als it were a foteballe. The Online Etymology Dictionary states that the word soccer was split off in 1863, according to Partha Mazumdar, the term soccer originated in England, first appearing in the 1880s as an Oxford -er abbreviation of the word association. Within the English-speaking world, association football is now usually called football in the United Kingdom and mainly soccer in Canada and the United States. People in Australia, Ireland, South Africa and New Zealand use either or both terms, although national associations in Australia and New Zealand now primarily use football for the formal name. According to FIFA, the Chinese competitive game cuju is the earliest form of football for which there is scientific evidence, cuju players could use any part of the body apart from hands and the intent was kicking a ball through an opening into a net. It was remarkably similar to football, though similarities to rugby occurred. During the Han Dynasty, cuju games were standardised and rules were established, phaininda and episkyros were Greek ball games. An image of an episkyros player depicted in low relief on a vase at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens appears on the UEFA European Championship Cup, athenaeus, writing in 228 AD, referenced the Roman ball game harpastum. Phaininda, episkyros and harpastum were played involving hands and violence and they all appear to have resembled rugby football, wrestling and volleyball more than what is recognizable as modern football. As with pre-codified mob football, the antecedent of all football codes. Non-competitive games included kemari in Japan, chuk-guk in Korea and woggabaliri in Australia, Association football in itself does not have a classical history. Notwithstanding any similarities to other games played around the world FIFA have recognised that no historical connection exists with any game played in antiquity outside Europe. The modern rules of football are based on the mid-19th century efforts to standardise the widely varying forms of football played in the public schools of England
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Al-Nassr FC
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Al-Nassr FC is a Saudi Arabian football club based in Riyadh. Formed in 1955 the club plays its games at King Fahd Stadium. Its home colours are yellow and blue, Al-Nassr is one of the most popular clubs in Saudi Arabia, with a combined total of 42 national, regional and friendly championships to its name. This in turn, gave the club its famous nickname, The International, Al-Nassr was established in 1955 by the brothers Husein and Zeid Al-Jaba in their house on Al-Ataif Street in Riyadh. Training took place in an old playground at Gashlat Al-Shortah west of Al-Fotah Garden where there was a football field. In addition to Al-Jaba Brothers, Ali and Issa Al-Owais were among the first workers at the club, the club operated as an amateur club until 1960 when it was registered officially with the General Presidency of Youth Welfare. It was at time that Prince Abdulrahman Bin Saud became head of Al-Nassr. Al-Nassr started in the division of the league. They were promoted to the first division in 1963, during the 1970s and 1980s, the club won sixteen Saudi Premier League titles, six Kings Cups, three Crown Prince Cups and three Federation Cup. The teams success was built around the Saudi Golden Trio of Majed Abdullah, Fahd Al-Herafy, in the 1990s, Al-Nassr won two further Saudi Premier League titles, a Kings Cup and a Federation Cup. They also had success in international tournaments, winning two GCC Champions Leagues, one Asian Cup Winners Cup and one Asian Super Cup. The club represented the AFC region in the first FIFA Club World Cup in Brazil in 2000, in the competition Al-Nassr played against Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, Real Madrid and Raja Casablanca, and finished 3rd in the group. Al-Nassr won the competitions Fair Play award, after the Golden Trios retirement, Al-Nassr went into some major setbacks. After a major overhaul of playing staff, Al-Nassr went on to win the Federation Cup 2008 against city rivals, the club finished third in 2009–10 securing Asian Champions League football for the following season. In 2013–14, Al-Nassr finally achieved its goal of returning to crowning stages. The team subsequently qualified for the 2015 AFC Champions League following the astonishing accomplishment, in the 2014–15 season, Al-Nassr continued defending the title as holding champion, by winning the league, and reaching the Kings Cup final, as well as qualifying for the Crown Princes semi-final. The identity of a returning champion still persists within club halls, Al-Nassr is the Arabic word for victory. Clubs with the name are found in Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, UAE and Libya
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Arabic
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Arabic is a Central Semitic language that was first spoken in Iron Age northwestern Arabia and is now the lingua franca of the Arab world. Arabic is also the language of 1.7 billion Muslims. It is one of six languages of the United Nations. The modern written language is derived from the language of the Quran and it is widely taught in schools and universities, and is used to varying degrees in workplaces, government, and the media. The two formal varieties are grouped together as Literary Arabic, which is the language of 26 states. Modern Standard Arabic largely follows the standards of Quranic Arabic. Much of the new vocabulary is used to denote concepts that have arisen in the post-Quranic era, Arabic has influenced many languages around the globe throughout its history. During the Middle Ages, Literary Arabic was a vehicle of culture in Europe, especially in science, mathematics. As a result, many European languages have borrowed many words from it. Many words of Arabic origin are found in ancient languages like Latin. Balkan languages, including Greek, have acquired a significant number of Arabic words through contact with Ottoman Turkish. Arabic has also borrowed words from languages including Greek and Persian in medieval times. Arabic is a Central Semitic language, closely related to the Northwest Semitic languages, the Ancient South Arabian languages, the Semitic languages changed a great deal between Proto-Semitic and the establishment of the Central Semitic languages, particularly in grammar. Innovations of the Central Semitic languages—all maintained in Arabic—include, The conversion of the suffix-conjugated stative formation into a past tense, the conversion of the prefix-conjugated preterite-tense formation into a present tense. The elimination of other prefix-conjugated mood/aspect forms in favor of new moods formed by endings attached to the prefix-conjugation forms, the development of an internal passive. These features are evidence of descent from a hypothetical ancestor. In the southwest, various Central Semitic languages both belonging to and outside of the Ancient South Arabian family were spoken and it is also believed that the ancestors of the Modern South Arabian languages were also spoken in southern Arabia at this time. To the north, in the oases of northern Hijaz, Dadanitic and Taymanitic held some prestige as inscriptional languages, in Najd and parts of western Arabia, a language known to scholars as Thamudic C is attested
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Kuwait national football team
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The Kuwait national football team is the national team of Kuwait and is controlled by the Kuwait Football Association. Kuwait made one World Cup finals appearance, in 1982, managing a draw with Czechoslovakia but losing to England, during the match against France, a goal was scored by the French because some of the Kuwaiti players stopped playing, having heard a whistle. The goal was awarded by the referee, who had not blown. They had better success contending for the Asian Cup, reaching the final in 1976, Kuwaits 20–0 win over Bhutan in 2000 was at the time the biggest ever victory in international football. It was surpassed in 2001, when Australia beat American Samoa 31–0, Kuwait is now currently suspended from FIFA. Kuwaits first international match was played in the 1961 Pan Arab Games against Libya which ended in a 2–2 draw, Kuwaits biggest loss was against Republic the United Arab Republic when they were destroyed 8–0 by the Pharaohs in the same tournament. Kuwait national football team has joined the world cup in 1982 which was held in Spain Kuwait has joined the fourth group, Kuwait has won the AFC Cup in 1980 which was held in Kuwait. Kuwait won the Final 3–0 on South Korea, Kuwait historical FIFA ranking which was 24th. Bashar Abdullah is the most capped player in Kuwait and the top scorer in the history of the Kuwait National Football Team. Kuwait has won the cup of nation 10 times and is the most team to win the competition. Kuwaits most historical manager is Luiz Felipe Scolari, who won the cup with Brazil national team, was forced to leave the country after the 1990 invasion in Iraq. He led Kuwait to win the 1990 Gulf cup beating Qatar in The Final, Kuwaits most successful years were between 1970–1990 which had players like Jassem Yacoub, Faisal Dakhil, Saad Al-Hoty et al. On October 30,2007, Kuwait was suspended by FIFA from all participation in international football, the ban lasted less than 2 weeks. On October 24,2008, Kuwait was again suspended by FIFA from all participation in international football, FIFA provisionally lifted its suspension on the Kuwait Football Association on December 22,2008. Once again, on 16 October 2015, Kuwait were suspended for the 3rd time as FIFA did not recognize the new law in the country. The Kuwait National Team has two stadiums and they are Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium and Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium. Jaber Al-Ahmed International Stadium was built in 2009 and Kuwait celebrated winning the Gulf Cup 20 in that stadium, while Al—Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium is for Kuwaiti club Kazma and was the Kuwait national team home. Following the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification-AFC Second Round Playing against The Philippines on 23 July 2011 this was the last time Mohammed Al-Hamed Stadium was the Kuwait Home stadium
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Bahrain national football team
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The Bahrain national football team is the national team of the Kingdom of Bahrain and is controlled by the Bahrain Football Association, which was founded in 1951 and joined FIFA in 1966. They have never reached the finals of the World Cup, but have come within one match of doing so. Bahrain won the FIFAs most improved team award in 2004, and finished fourth in the 2004 Asian Cup, beating Uzbekistan in the quarter-finals, Bahrain then lost to Iran in the third-place match, thus finishing in fourth place overall. This allowed Bahrain to enter another two-legged playoff with the fourth-placed CONCACAF nation, but a 0–1 Bahrain loss in Manama after a 1–1 draw in Port of Spain saw the CONCACAF nation go through. 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification - AFC Fourth Round play-offs,2006 FIFA World Cup qualification play-offs, Bahrain fielded a side which was essentially the Olympic team against Australia, and they lost 2–0. Bahrain qualified for the Asian Cup 2007 after defeating Kuwait in their last match, Bahrain were knocked out in the group stages via two losses against Indonesia and Saudi Arabia, despite a win against Korea Republic. In the third round of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, Bahrain were drawn into group B along with Japan, Oman, and Thailand. They finished second overall to qualify to the round, in which Bahrain finished third overall in their group, below Australia and Japan. 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Fifth Round play-offs, AFC 5th place v OFC winner play-offs, In 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification, in the third round, they were drawn against Indonesia, Iran and Qatar. Although they managed to defeat Indonesia both home and away, they also got thrashed 6–0 by Iran away from home, although they had a higher goal difference than Qatar, they needed an extra point to advance to the next round. If they had drawn to Iran away from home, they would have advanced, but they failed to do so, and their campaign ended in the third round, their worst result since 2006 qualification. Win Draw Loss The following players were called up for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup. Caps, the following players have been called up for the Bahrain squad within the last twelve months. Note, Caps and goals may be incomplete for certain players, source Gold Medalists,2011 Gold Medalists,2011 Legea Puma Romai Sports Politics and sports Bahrain Football Association official website Bahrain at FIFA. com
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Palestine
Yemen
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