Rival Indonesian football groups like it to end feud

The Associated Press, Jakarta | Sports | Sun, March 17 2013, 8: 54 PM

Indonesia's two troubled football associations have agreed to merge, ends a feud that had threatened to suspend the country's FIFA international competitions.

Youth and Sport Minister Roy Suryo the reconciliation agreement says Indonesia has freed from possible sanctions.

A meeting Sunday, for a term of the FIFA, has led to the dissolution of the breakaway Indonesian Football Rescue Association and an agreement to reconcile the country's two topflight Championships next year.

The separate Association leader, La Nyalla Mataliti, is the new vice-President of FIFA-sanctioned All-Indonesia Football Association of PSSI, which is now led by Djohar Arifin Husin.

The two-year feud for control of the sport by two factions politically connected company Indonesia had left with two leagues, two national teams and scandals involving players not being paid.