FIFA removed Indonesia’s hosting rights over what a PSSI official said was a failure to honour its commitments to the tournament, following outrage among some politicians in the predominantly Muslim nation about Israel’s participation. PSSI officials said FIFA could bar Indonesia from competing at the highest level of the sport internationally
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