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Parties vie to control Indonesian soccer, seeing it as key to election victory
<!– google_ad_section_start –> More than 60,000 people packed into Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta on a recent Saturday night to see the national soccer team play. Another 100 million tuned in to television to watch the match, underlining the appeal of soccer in Indonesia where attendance rivals the top English and German soccer leagues. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Parties vie to control Indonesian soccer, seeing it as key to election victory
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