Summary FIFA had threatened to suspend the country from international competitions.
JAKARTA (AP) - Indonesia s two troubled football associations have agreed to merge, ending a feud that had FIFA threatening to suspend the country from international competitions.
Youth and Sport Minister Roy Suryo says the reconciliation agreement has freed Indonesia from potential sanctions.
A meeting Sunday, held ahead of a FIFA deadline, resulted in the dissolution of the breakaway Indonesian Football Rescue Association and an agreement to reconcile the country s two topflight championships next year.
The breakaway association s leader, La Nyalla Mataliti, is the new deputy chairman of the FIFA-sanctioned All-Indonesia Football Association, or PSSI, which is now led by Djohar Arifin Husin.
The two-year feud over control of the sport by two politically connected business factions had left Indonesia with two leagues, two national teams and scandals involving players not being paid.
