Myanmar's Beautiful Game

MANDALAY, MANDALAY DIVISION, MYANMAR - 2010/08/31: Players from Yadanarbon Football Club youth academy practice during a training session. Yadanarbon FC, based in Mandalay, Myanmar's second largest city, has won the two first championships of the Myanmar National League. The club has created a youth academy offering free training and education to more than thirty players aged from twelve to fourteen and selected amongst thousands children all over the country. The Myanmar National League, the country's first professional soccer league, was created in 2008 by order of General Than Shwe, the junta's leader. . (Photo by Thierry Falise/LightRocket via Getty Images)