It was Muhammad Faris Rayyan Noor Wahid’s first football tournament and the nine-year-old was both excited and a little nervous. Seated at the edge of his seat, Rayyan was engrossed in the game that was in play.
His eyes were fixed on pint-sized Arissa Azizulrahman, eight, the undisputed star footballer of the tournament, who was relentless in her pursuit of goals. She scored two, earning her team the lead moving on to the next round of the tournament.
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