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  Including the hosts, 15 teams have qualified for the 32-team World Cup so far: Qatar Argentina Belgium Brazil Croatia Denmark England France Germany Iran The Netherlands Serbia South Korea Spain Switzerland The draw for the World Cup will take place in Qatar’s capital Doha on April 1. This is how the qualifying scenario looks across the world: Africa Five teams – winners of the two-legged qualifiers in March – will represent Africa at Qatar 2022. Fixtures Egypt v Senegal Cameroon v Algeria Nigeria v Ghana DR Congo v Morocco Mali v Tunisia Asia Five or six teams, depending on other qualifiers, will represent Asia. According to FIFA, the top two teams in each group will qualify with the third-placed teams in each section, meeting in a single game for the right to go into an intercontinental playoff for a place at the World Cup. Europe In addition to the 10 who have already qualified, there are three more slots up for grabs for European sides. Qualified for play-offs: Austria, Czech...

Born on June 15, 1947  Completed SSLC in 1962 Became founding president of SSF in 1973 Graduated from Pattikkad Jamia Nooriyya Arabic College in 1974.  Became IUML Malappuram district president in 1990 Following death of Muhammed Ali Shihab Thangal on 1 August 2009, Hyder Ali Thangal became IUML Kerala state president  Became managing director of Chandrika daily (IUML mouthpiece) the same year s the successor to Panakkad Sayed Mohammed Ali Shihab Thangal, his elder brother, Hyder Ali Thangal led the IUML in Kerala from August 1, 2009, till the final days of his life. He also served as the vice-president of the Samastha Kerala Jam-Iyyathul Ulema, one of the Sunni Muslim organisations in the state. He was also the chairman of the IUML national political advisory committee. Till his death, he kept the legacy of the Panakkad family intact. He managed to carry out the not-so-easy task of earning the respect of people from all sections and political parties, like...