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Minister of Youth and Sports, Zainudin Amali, said that his sdie would be more selective in processing application for naturalization of athletes before they are recommended to the Ministry of Law and Human Rights to be followed up. He also stated that the application for naturalization must be submitted based on urgent importance or urgency. The names proposed must also be ensured that they can contribute to improving the achievements of the national sports team. This was affirmed Minister Zainudin Amali, in a joint working meeting with Commission III of the Indonesian House of Representatives –DPR on Monday (Oct 5).

In this regard, Minister Zainudin Amali will ask every sport that has naturalized athletes to monitor the development of each player whether it makes a significant change or not.

Meanwhile on Monday, the Plenary Session of the DPR approved the application for consideration of Indonesia citizenship for four athletes of foreign nationals. The four athletes are US basketball player, Brandon Van Dorn Jawato, British basketball player, Lester Prosper, Canadian basketball player, Kimberly Pierre Louis, and Dutch soccer player, Marc Anthony Klok.

University of Bina Nusantara (Binus) took home the 2020 Menpora Cup trophy after winning the grand final which took place online on 3-4 October. The Binus team, which was strengthened by Thomas Setyawan and friends, managed to beat seven other teams in the grand final, namely Udayana University, Semarang Institute of Technology High School, Bogor Agricultural University, High School 3 Palembang, Telkom University, High School 1 North Bintan, and Gunadarma University. Besides the trophy, Binus University is also entitled to a coaching fee of Rp50 million. Udayana University as the runner up received Rp30 million, while the Semarang Institute of Technology High School in third place won Rp15 million., Deputy for the Improvement of Sports Achievement at the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Chandra Bakti hopes that the success of the 2020 E-sports Cup can be the first step so that the coaching and achievements of e-sports will be better and more developed not only winning in the world championships, but also in various multi-events.

The Southeast Sulawesi Indonesian Motor Association (IMI) provincial board will build a national motor racing circuit in the Nanga-Nanga area in Baruga District, Kendari City. As quoted from Antara, Head Executive of the Southeast Sulawesi IMI, Anton Timbang through a message in Kendari on Wednesday (7/10), said that the national standard motorbike racing circuit will cost tens of billions of rupiah and has a track length of two kilometers and has received approval from the Central IMI Executive Board in Jakarta.

In addition to being a new tourism location, this circuit spends the 2020 Southeast Sulawesi regional budget worth Rp1, 9 for the first stage and aims to help the government handle illegal motorbike racing actions that often disturb residents. Meanwhile, Chairman of the Southeast Sulawesi Indonesian National Sports Committee, Agista Ariyani Bombay said that the construction of sports infrastructure and facility is a commitment to raise the spirit of achieving sports achievements. It is hoped that the motorbike racing circuit in Kendari City can spur the enthusiasm of athletes who have been showing achievements at the national level and this can be enjoyed by the public for the next 25 years.

The Indonesian National Olympic Committee (NOC) in a virtual discussion session conveyed the need for effective solutions so that athlete training programs can continue amid Covid-19 pandemic. Chairperson of the Indonesian NOC, Radja Sapta Oktohari, as quoted by Antara in Jakarta, Wednesday (6/10) said that in a pandemic situation that forces all activities to stop, guidelines and rules are needed that refer to regulations issued by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Sports Federations. According to one of the speakers, Prof. dr. Menaldi Rasmin, the big challenge for athletes is in team sports and locations that have the potential for spreading, namely in closed spaces. So what must be done is to break the chain of transmission with health care and insurance for all officials and athletes. Meanwhile, another present speaker was Dr. dr. Hananto Andriantoro who said that the Covid-19 pandemic indeed requires athletes to stop high-intensity training because it causes a temporary immunity decrease. Therefore, he recommended the need for a health policy developed by doctors from various disciplines as well as trainers.