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JAKARTA, May 12 — Indonesia is preparing a bid to host the 2028 Fifa Futsal World Cup following the country’s successful staging of the 2026 AFC Futsal Asian Cup earlier this year.

Indonesia’s Youth and Sports Minister Erick Thohir said discussions on the proposal had been raised with Fifa during the organisation’s 76th Congress in Vancouver, Canada, on April 30.

“Yes, it was conveyed yesterday. Later, of course, Fifa will decide,” he told reporters at the 2026 Indonesian Futsal Federation (FFI) Ordinary Congress, here, on Tuesday according to Antara News Agency.

Meanwhile FFI chairman Michael Sianipar described hosting the Fifa Futsal World Cup as “our shared dream”, saying the ambition grew after Indonesia’s successful hosting of the 2026 AFC Futsal Asian Cup. — Bernama

For centuries, the kraken was a creature of human imagination, the giant octopus that would coil around ships and drag them to the bottom of the sea to devour their sailors, according to legend. A study published this Thursday in the journal Science demonstrates that the legend had an astonishing paleontological basis: in the oceans of the Late Cretaceous, between 100 and 72 million years ago, there existed giant octopuses that could reach 19 meters in length, were carnivorous, and occupied the top of the food chain, competing with the large marine reptiles that until now were considered the sole rulers of those seas.

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