Malaysia football shocked by Fifa’s appeal rejection over player eligibility
Malaysia’s football association said it was “deeply shocked” after Fifa rejected its appeal against the sanctions imposed by the sport’s global body over forged documents that allowed seven foreign-born players to represent the country. The football-mad nation has been rocked by the scandal that unfolded in September when Fifa found the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) guilty of falsifying ancestry documents to help the so-called “heritage” players become eligible to play for the national...