Uzbekistan qualified for its debut soccer World Cup on Thursday night, becoming the first ever Central Asian country to make it to the sport’s global showpiece.

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A tale of two trajectories — while Uzbekistan, Jordan book their first-ever World Cup berth, India crash out again, exposing systemic failures that show no signs of repair