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and he says to co host the games later, this yes ah irish vanity. welcome to did up the news asia that you could join us indonesia. football players and fans have been left is made and disappointed by a decision by fee for the governing body of bald football to drop indonesia as host of the under $20.00 woke up next month. the move followed weeks of political turmoil and protests and their majority was them country about israel's participation in the tournament? even though it qualified last june, the host country steam heard the news late wednesday in an emotional gathering that left team members deflated, worried about their future prospects. here some of what was heard during and after the team meeting in jakarta. the opportunity that you should have

had is suddenly gone regardless of the issues we're talking about sports people might say, this is just a world cup that's for those who don't understand football. but i'm sure this is the dream of all of us. we've done our best preparation. we trained 3 times a day. people just don't know how hard we've worked. so please if you want to say something or give an opinion, be consider it because we the players are now affected but not just us, but all footballers. yeah, i just hope and pray that indonesia won't be sanctioned so we can still participate in other people. tournaments and our footballers said so that we can still have a career in football. thursday's appointment across the board in a country that was looking forward to hosting the games. d. w. 's asia pacific bureau chief care matters and rebecca and that to polo report. this is where the

opening game for the u. 20 world cup should have taken place. the glory bombgardener stadium. it was all there. the infrastructure, the slogan, even the mascot. but just 2 months before the kick off, a dream for indonesia as football fans is over. of course, i'm disappointed it was a dream, a once in a lifetime, opportunity for indonesia to join the world cup. but the decision has been made. let's pray for the burst of another michael soda when i hit, let's fix our football 1st. there are a lot of problems we face in our football association. let's do what needs to be done for our football lab, or would even leave our portal. walcott from the horse mission, indonesia, following protests against israel als participation. israel qualified last june for it's for it's ever under 20 world. but the protest here in jakarta erupted only 2

weeks ago, demanding that israel not be allowed to make it mean. it was all triggered by the governor of bali asking the government not to invite israel al, to their bali stadium, indonesia and israel. alt do not have form our diplomatic allegiance and support for the palestinian cause and the world's most populous muslim, enjoy. the nation runs high experts now fear that the clash of politics and sport has jeopardized the entire country reputation as host to big events. gallagher m is that is about the navy that i think there's also a risk for international organizations all. if there are international events or that you and then we bid to become the host with their media because the international community will be taking notes on this issue. but my fell out of the i don't know how indonesia can rescue its image. my sarah cut in the matter. these

young players now have to pay the price, the automatic qualifying spot as horse mission is gone. officials have already warned that losing the tournament will cost the country. hundreds of millions of euros. and fever is traveling for their sanctions. potentially even excluding indonesia from the 2026 world cup qualifiers that begin in october. and gentlemen are for more context on this is d. w correspondent, rebecca now bit of hulu, from our jakarta bureau to back up. what is the mood right now in, in indonesia? yes, it's been a pretty gloomy day for indonesia. this has been a dream, not only for the football team, but also for all indonesian to be able to participate in the world cup, but sat lee. that dream has to be gone and not only for the football

fans, but also for the players. they've been expressing their disappointment and anger through social media. seeing that, of course, this is not the result they hope for. they've been practicing. and they've been preparing for their very big moment and we have to understand how important and how dear football, if to indonesian for fire be i believe every kid, every boy in indonesia grew up playing football once in a lifetime it has become a part where the football fans and the players have a deep interaction towards each other's. and the last time indonesia joined world cup was back in 1938 where we joined to as the dutch east indies. so this is actually an opportunity that we've been waiting for such a long time. but sadly, it has to go another way. and what is there for the impact of this decision on

indonesia participation specifically in the under 20 football world cup. and in a larger sense, on football, in general. yes, the reason the indonesian football team are able to join those under 20 world cop is because we have that opportunity to be the host of the world cup and by us not becoming the host of this year's world cup. it means that the indonesian team will not be able to participate in this world cup as well. and for the national football, we are still waiting for the bus decision whether or not we will be given any sanction on this. but if so, probably harm to the national football team back from any far tournaments. and we

also have to mention that the indonesian government, they have poured out 10700000 euro in preparing 6 themes across indonesia for this big events. and not only in sports events as well, but this big moment has been a great opportunity for the economy and also for the tourism local tourism across indonesia. but that has to be just another dream for the people to host another international events that would bring a big impact to the local communities as well. rebecca, how much of the control receiving seeing is connected to presidential election slated for next year? yes, so next year 2024 nisha is going to how one of the big as general election. and one of them is the presidential election. 2 governors who decided

not to welcome the israel lead team to play in their area. are bali governor e y n costs and all saw central jobs. our governor gang jetta know war and they expressed their obstruction for the israeli team to play in their area because they feel like it is a respond to indonesia support for the palestinian and some analysts seen this to be adjuster for them to be able to say that they are standing with the people they are spending with the value that the, that most indonesian believed in class in an asian is one of the biggest muslim majority countries in the world and also gauge up or the central java governor. he is actually one of the most potential candidate for the president for the

presidential election next share. so this has been given him a lot of spotlights on this control overseas of, from his statement to result of this. you 20 world cup in indonesia will innovation football be able to recover from this control? the see that is the hope that i do believe indonesia. all information is shared even though we're still very sad about the result we are feel disappointed about the results. but i got to talk to some of the football fans on the streets earlier. and they said that they hope in the next 510 or 20 years, indonesia will be able to show that the football team will grow and the organization will become a better organization and managing all this football team and also events, especially about world cup cause this is one of the big dream for indonesia,

so hopefully the next generation will keep up that fire within them and will be able to recover together from what has been unfortunate events for the country. we'll leave it there for the time being. thanks so much for joining us today, rebecca. i'm happy to follow. ah, hong kong is set to make history when it becomes the 1st asian city to host the gay games in november. the chinese territory will be sharing hosting duties with guadalajara mexico. the covert pandemic forced to de leon this latest edition of the games, which had been held every 4 years since 1982 o hong kong invites the world to come out. why? because of this city will be the 1st ever asian host of the

game later. oh, it's been a long struggle. hong kong, 1st one, the bit in 2017. since then, there's been the 2019 pro democracy protests and subsequent crackdown. and the coven pandemic. when hong kong imposed one of the world's strictest prevention regimes, ah, after stalling for months, the gay games will take place in november, 2023 organizer say in hong kong. it's now okay, we're to come out. you know, that's what i'm hoping to do here today. is to help you know, my gay fellows and our allies to do the same, to have a little more courage, particularly in hong kong. i think these phenomenon will help updates hong kong to south to narratives around the algae bt plus community. because the society which

fights for freedom, as we had seen in the past few years, should also believe in the freedom to the freedom. that is why they respected by hong kong public and so far tolerated by the cities. beijing backed governments does it for today because of cost more from the region on our website. we'll see you back here at the same time tomorrow. good bye. check in with us again in the city that you can visit a get busy tourist with nicole. clearly, she's shown by real insight in how life was lived in prague.

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