JAKARTA : Indonesia's football association (PSSI) on Thursday picked Erick Thohir, a senior cabinet minister and a former chairman of Inter Milan, as its new chief, months after suffering one of the world's deadliest stadium stampedes.The October disaster at the Kanjuruhan stadium in Malang, East Java, ki
JAKARTA : Indonesia's football association on Thursday picked Erick Thohir, a senior cabinet minister and a former chairman of Inter Milan, as its new chief, months after suffering one of the world's deadliest stadium stampedes.
Indonesian soccer has been blighted by match-fixing scandals and crowd trouble and Erick, who has been state-owned enterprises minister since 2019, will be tasked with working with world governing body FIFA to improve safety and ensure smooth hosting of the Under-20 World Cup in May."We need to ensure our sport is clean and triumphant," said Erick, who was Inter's majority owner is currently joint majority shareholder in English third-tier side Oxford United.
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