Malaysia loses appeal against FIFA in case of fake documents to recruit foreign players

The Malaysian Football Association has lost its appeal at sports’ highest court against a FIFA ruling it cheated by using false documents to naturalize foreign-born players for the men’s national team

March 5, 2026 at 7:30 a.m. EST1 minute ago

GENEVA — The Malaysian Football Association lost its appeal on Thursday against a FIFA ruling it cheated by using false documents to naturalize foreign-born players for the men’s national team.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport said its judges confirmed a 350,000 Swiss francs ($450,000) fine for the FA and one-year bans for the seven players “given their complicit responsibility in this fraud.”

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