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Myanmar, a Vento Aureo without the main protagonist

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Vento Aureo is the Part 5 of Hirohiko Araki's famous masterpiece JoJo's Bizarre Adventure , a manga that centres around the main characters belonging to the Joestar family fighting against supernatural enemies in real life (with Part 7 and 8 representing alternative timeline), with a significant star mark on their bodies as a sign. Initially intended to end the series after Part 3, Araki has to reset his works after the manga reached a level of popularity unmatched to his initial low expectation. As for 2021, he has already announced he will begin Part 9, temporarily titled JOJOLANDS , but which scenario is for us to guess. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's popularity is also worth noting because it is the best-selling manga in the history by average sales, with over 0.76 million each volumes. As for Vento Aureo, or Golden Wind in Italian, the story takes place in Italy by the year of 2001, twenty years before the Myanmar uprising. The story is about the prodigal son of alre

Is it the time for the AFF to include Australia for future football competition?

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When Australia moved from the OFC to AFC in 2006, a number of question raised upon our head about Australia's football status. Well, it is a country mostly renowned in rugby and cricket rather than football - having just qualified for one World Cup in 1974; the 2006 marked Australia's second. However, Australia performed relatively well in that edition, only to fall to eventual champions Italy in the round of sixteen. But the AFC isn't uniform. It also includes sub-federations, which we have as of 2021, five sub-federation zones (West Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia). Australia joined the Southeast Asian zone (AFF - ASEAN Football Federation) because of geographical proximity in 2013, but it has been the best-performed team from the region ever since, with five World Cups for now. Moreover, it carries the only honourable title for Southeast Asian football, the AFC Asian Cup, winning it in 2015. Australia is surely not at the best now - but by ou

WADA banned Russia from taking part with its anthem and flag, with a hope to dissuade Russia from taking part in the World Cup - now, this is being threatened by Russia's qualification performance

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A year after the 2018 FIFA World Cup held in Russia, the main character there, World Anti-Doping Association (WADA) officially issued that Russia will not be eligible to play in the 2022 FIFA World Cup because of violation in doping regulation laws. This ban also extended to even the Russian Olympic Committee, meaning that Russia could not take part unless being designated as a neutral athlete organisation under Russian authorities and WADA. One goal for the WADA to do so is to completely dissuade Russia from joining the World Cup, at least if this is necessary to provide a clean space for sports. Hence, if Russia qualifies, they will just play as neutral team of the Russian Football Union sent to Qatar, at least. This should have a demoralising impact on Russia when they can't compete as an official nation. Overall, who else wants to watch their beloved national football team to play without a national flag and an anthem? However, after the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying phase, th