Top Malaysian football officials quit over foreign-born players scandal

2026-01-28 - 06:02

The entire executive committee of Malaysia’s football association resigned on Wednesday, the latest blow in a damaging eligibility row over forged documents used to field foreign-born players in Asian Cup qualifiers. Fifa suspended seven foreign-born players for a year in September and fined the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) US$400,000 for submitting false documents claiming they had Malaysian ancestry. Football’s global governing body had launched an investigation after receiving a...