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Indonesia has chance to be the Host of World Cup.

Chairman of Rumah Gerakan 98, Bernard AM Haloho said in Jakarta on last Wednesday that Indonesia could replace Qatar as the host of World Cup 2022. It is due to bribery case involved former President of FIFA, Sepp Blatter. Thus, FIFA will remove Qatar as the host. Bernard assessed that Indonesia has chance to be the host to replace Qatar because it is Asia countries’ turn to be host of World Cup 2022. Indonesia is considered to have advantage, especially for its non-extreme tropical climate which is different from other Asian countries. Another factor is that football is very popular in Indonesia, while other countries have more popular sports so that it could disturb all sport rhythm overall. Bernard added that in term of infrastructure, Indonesia has 12 big and international standard stadiums spread from Sumatera to Papua based on FIFA assessment. Bernard admitted that ASEAN Football Federation has proposed Indonesia and Thailand as the host of World Cup 2034 in the meeting in Bali more recently. He hoped that President Joko Widodo would convey Indonesia’s readiness to be the host of the World Cup 2022.

Persija Beats Tampines in AFC Championship 2018.

Coach of Persija Jakarta, Stefano Cugurra mentioned that Persija’s victory against Singaporean club, Tampine Rover, with the score 4-1 improved all Persija players’ motivation to play other matches in AFC Cup 2018. Persija Jakarta succeeded to defeat Tampine Rover with score 4-1 in the second match of Group H of AFC Cup 2018 held in Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta on last Wednesday. Persija’s striker, Marko Simic was the man of the match by scoring hattrick in minute 11, minute 74, and minute 84. Another goal was scored by Rezaldi Hehanusa in minute 41. Meanwhile, Tampine Rover’s striker, Khairul Amri scored one goal in minute 77. The result made Persija rank the third place of the standing of Group H of AFC Cup 2018 with 3 points from one winning. Persija club, so-called Macan Kemayoran, was defeated by Malaysian club, Johor Darul Takzim, in its first match. In another match of Group H, Vietnamese club, Song Lam Nghe An defeated Johor Darul Takzim, with score 2-0 which made the Vietnamese club leader of standings and Johor Darul Takzim is in the second position. Tampines Rover is in the last position because the club never gets victory in the last two matches.

Indonesia Grabs Gold Medal at Soft Tennis Thailand Open 2018.

Indonesian soft tennis athlete grabbed gold medal, silver, and bronze at Soft Tennis Thailand Open 2018. This result makes the chairman of All-Indonesian Soft Tennis Association, Martuama Saragi optimistic to grab gold medal in ASIAN Games 2018 next August. As quoted by Antara News Agency in Jakarta on last Tuesday, Martuama Saragi explained that in the tournament held in the field of Suranaree Technology University, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand on February 21-27, 2018, Indonesian team competed with Thailand as the host, Japan, China, Taiwan, Cambodia as well as Mongolia. Indonesia succeeded to grab one gold medal, one silver medal and two bronze medals. Excellently, Indonesia grabbed gold and silver medals from prestigious number of single men in all-Indonesian final between Prima Simpatiaji who succeeded to defeat his junior, Irfandi Hendrawan. Besides, Prima and Irfandi helped Hemat Bakti Anugrah, Gusti Jaya Kesuma and Elbert Sie, who also presented bronze medal from group number. Meanwhile, in women sector, Dede Tari Kusrini succeeded to grab one silver medal in single women. In the quarter final, the tennis player who was born July 18, 1987 could defeat Tzu-Yu Feng of Taiwan with score 3-2 before being defeated in the semifinal by Yuan Yi Yu of China with score 1-4. Indonesia’s soft tennis manager, Hendir Susilo Pramono welcomed greatly the achievement of Indonesian athletes, especially in Thailand Open. He stated that Indonesia eyes for 5 medals at ASIAN Games 2018 that will be held in Bukit Asam Tennis stadium in Jakabaring, Palembang next August. At the Asian Games held in Incheon, South Korea four years ago, Indonesian soft tennis presented one silver medal and one bronze medal. The Chairman of Indonesian Olympics Committee, Erick Thohir contacted Olympics Council of Asia to discuss about the cancellation of the removal of 62-kilogram weightlifting number in ASIAN GAMES 2018. Erick Thohir will keep communicating with the Minister of Youth and Sport, Imam Nahrawi to take important steps regarding to the removal of the number by the council. Previously, the Minister of Youth and Sport, Imam Nahrawi has sent a letter to the President of Olympics Council of Asia regarding to the objection of Indonesian Asian Games Organizing Committee to the decision of Asia Weightlifting Federation about the removal of 62-kilogram number. The objection refers to the meeting of ASIAN Games committee in Jakarta on January 14, 2018 on which the council side did not talk about the removal or addition of sport branches. The objection in ASIAN Games weightlifting number occurred because on February 11, 2018, President of Asia Weightlifting Federation, Mohammed Yusuf Almana sent a letter to Director General of International Weight Federation, Attilia Adamfi about the removal of 62-kg weightlifting number at ASIAN Games 2018 and it was followed up by Olympics Council of Asia.