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Indonesia stripped of hosting rights by Fifa

World governing body says decision was ‘due to current circumstances’, adds new venue to be announced

A man walks past a poster for the Indonesia 2023 Ffia Under-20 World Cup football tournament in Jakarta on Thursday. (Photo: AFP)

BEIJING: The Federation Internationale de Football Association (Fifa) has stripped Indonesia of the right to stage this year’s Under-20 World Cup, over what an Indonesian official said was a failure to honour its commitments to the tournament.

The decision to stop Indonesia holding the event, which was scheduled to being on May 20, was taken after the country’s football federation (PSSI) said it had cancelled the draw because the governor of the largely Hindu island of…

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