Football stadium to be demolished

Making amends: Infantino (right) presenting a jersey to Jokowi during a joint press statement at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta. — AFP

The football stadium where a stampede killed 133 people will be torn down and rebuilt, President Joko Widodo or Jokowi said, as the head of FIFA pledged to help “reform and transform” the sport in the country.

Gianni Infantino met Jokowi in the capital Jakarta, just over two weeks after the tragedy, and a year before the Under-20 World Cup is due to be held in the South-East Asian nation.