Football
Age fraud scandal rocks Cameroon as 32 U-17 footballers fail test
At least 32 players from the Cameroon U-17 team have failed MRI screening aimed to verify their age. The BBC reports that the test was mandated by Samuel Eto the president of the Cameroonian FA
MRI screening is a scan of the players bone density to accurately ascertain their true age. After MRI tests the majority of players selected for this year’s UNIFACC tournament were disqualified as they failed to clear them
The tests are used to determine a player’s age by scanning their wrists & measuring bone growth, the Daily Mail report stated. Out of the initial squad of 30 players who camped in Mbankomo, Yaounde, 21 players failed that test
Another 11 players have also failed the scan done as recently as Tuesday. Jean Pierre Fiala, the coach of the team, is faced with the dilemma of putting together a squad ahead of the upcoming Central African Football Federations’ Union (UNIFFAC) qualifiers for the 2023 CAF U-17 championship.
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