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The long road to Russia 2018 kicks off in the outposts of Asia on Thursday with the world's worst international team puma court star nere , -Bhutan, making their World Cup qualifying debut and eyeing a first win of any sorts since 2008.


The small Himalayan -nation, ranked last of the 209 teams in FIFA's rankings, face Sri Lanka in steamy Colombo on Thursday before the return match next week at home.


""It is a momentous occasion,"" Bhutan Football Federation President Ugyen Tsechup Dorji told BBC World Football.


""Sri Lanka is a team that is not way, way beyond the quality level of football that is -being played in Bhutan.""


Bhutan have only three wins to their name - against Afghanistan puma clyde nere , Montserrat and Guam - and were beaten 5-2 by Sri Lanka in their last international match at the 2013 South Asian Football Championships in Kathmandu, Nepal.


Bhutan's squad of semiprofessionals warmed up for the crunch clash with a training camp in Thailand to prepare themselves for the hot conditions they will face in Sri Lanka.


Dorji said his side, once tonked 20-0 by Kuwait in an Asian Cup qualifier in 2000, were unconcerned about the world's worst team tag and the lack of fixtures did not mean the sport was being neglected.


""We are not bothered by the FIFA rankings,"" he said.


""We have made a very conscious decision ... to try and -improve the youth and grass-roots programs rather than to send our teams outside the country to participate to play championships and matches so that our FIFA ranking is at a higher level.""


The inclusion of Bhutan means it is the first time all 209 FIFA members have attempted to qualify for a World Cup, the world governing body said.


A shock victory for Bhutan's side puma basket heart denim blu , filled with mainly office workers who earn on average around $60-70 a month for playing soccer, would take them through to the second round where the likes of Asian champions Australia, Japan and Iran enter the draw.


Also playing on Tuesday are Bhutan's neighbors India, who host Nepal with the lengthy qualifying process also determining the teams that will play at the 2019 Asian Cup.


Long dubbed the sleeping -giants of world soccer, India have recalled Englishman Stephen Constantine as coach and although Russia will be a step too far they do hold hope of making the 24-team Asian Cup.


""It's an absolute must for -India to win this game, and that's what we'll try and do puma suede heart reset rosa ,"" the former Nepal coach told -reporters last week.


India and Pakistan, who play away to Yemen on Thursday, are the best-ranked sides taking part in this first stage of qualifying at joint 171st in the FIFA table.


Elsewhere, East Timor host Mongolia, Chinese Taipei face Brunei and the gambling enclave of Macao travel to play Cambodia.

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ERBIL, Iraq puma fierce uomo , Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- Iraq's Kurdish regionalPresident Masoud Barzani on Sunday reconfirmed holding thereferendum on the independence of the Kurdish semi-autonomousregion as scheduled on Sept. 25.


"We have decided to hold referendum and we are going aheadwhatever the price would be. We are not going to wait for unknownfate, and will not be subject to pressure and threats," Barzanisaid during a press conference in Erbil.


"We have reached the conclusion that independence will allow usnot to repeat past tragedies," Barzani said in his speech.


He said "the partnership with Baghdad has failed and we will notreturn to it," said Barzani, who pushed his region toward thereferendum on independence despite pressure from Baghdadgovernment puma basket heart nere , neighbouring countries and Washington to call off thereferendum and to negotiate a new deal.


Barzani also said "Iraq was supposed to be a democratic civilstate (after 2003), not like what we see a theoretic, sectarianstate."


"I urge the people of Kurdistan to go to the ballot boxes toexpress their views without any problems and to maintain securityand order during this democratic experiment," Barzani said.


As for possible military actions against the Kurdish, Barzaniconfirmed "we don't expect any kind of military conflict withIraq," he said puma basket heart patent bianche , adding that such kind of thought "doesn't evencross our mind, but we are ready for everything. We have all thelove for the Iraqi army and we are brothers."


Barzani also hoped that Turkey, a strong opponent of thereferendum, would not close its border with Iraqi Kurdish region,warning that both sides would be "losers."


Barzani considered the reactions about the referendum, so far puma basket heart bianche ,are not final and most of the world states will accept the faitaccompli that would result from the referendum, saying "we willdeal with the final decisions of the world states."


He emphasized that the referendum would not establish facts onthe ground, but would be a platform for discussion with thegovernment in Baghdad.


"We tried our best to find a solution to these problems in Iraqwith Baghdad, with the international community, but Baghdad didn'taccept us and they obliged us to take this step that we've takenalready," he said.


Barzani said that the referendum is the first step for thepeople of Kurdistan to decide their future puma basket heart saldi , and "after that, westart a very long process of talks, a year or two years until wewill get a good neighbor."


Asked whether the situation would change if the Baghdadgovernment can meet the demands of the Kurds, Barzani asserted theKurds were "never going back to Baghdad to renegotiate the failedpartnership we had in the past."


During Barzani's press conference, Iraqi Prime Minister Haideral-Abadi made an angry response and reiterated his rejection to thereferendum on independence of the semi-autonomous region.


"Taking a decision unilaterally that would affect Iraq's unityand making separation from one side is contrary to the law andunconstitutional, and we will not deal with it or with itsresults ciabatte puma rihanna prezzo ," Abadi said in a statement broadcast on the officialIraqiya channel.


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