UPDATE 6.30pm: Myanmar club Yangon United FC apparently held an emergency meeting this morning, FA of Malaysia to lodge official complaint to AFC. ------ UPDATE 9.08am: AFC replies: Nice to hear from you. According to the documents registered with us, these players are eligible (age-wise) for the tournament. AFC has a strict policy under which it ensures that due diligence is observed in the player registration process for all its tournaments.Hope this helps. ---- UPDATE 7am: Fielding over-aged players has been a problem in the past. Fifa, had in 2009, ordered bone tests to be performed on players at the Under-17 World Cup in Nigeria as seen here . Pakistani squash officials, meanwhile, check their players' armpits to verify age as reported here . ------- Apparently Myanmar are fielding over-aged players in the on-going AFC Under-22 qualification competition in Yangon. Based on the start list (left), at least two players seem to be above 22 years old. Details wer...
Haresh sports fiasco continues with the 21st Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast held recently.First we had steroids doping followed by allegedly guest being brought in under whose cost? Recent KL Sea Games also too many bungles from flag mix- up,stealing,etc.Have we not learned from the past cases?
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