7 Fifa-banned Malaysian footballers cleared to play after CAS grants stay
The Court of Arbitration for Sport said the foreign-born players linked to forgery scandal can keep competing until a final ruling is made
Last September, Fifa fined the Football Association of Malaysia 350,000 Swiss francs (US$450,000) for fake documents filed to naturalise the seven players, who were also fined and suspended for a year.
The Malaysian federation later took the case to sport’s highest court based in Switzerland after Fifa rejected its appeal.
The federation said in a statement on Tuesday that the Court of Arbitration for Sport had approved their request for a stay of execution, allowing the seven players to continue taking part in all football-related activities until a final ruling is made.
The players involved are Facundo Garces, Rodrigo Holgado, Imanol Machuca, Joao Figueiredo, Gabriel Palmero, Jon Irazabal and Hector Hevel, all of whom have featured for the Harimau Malaya national team.