FIFA has started random MRI test on at least four players from each of the participating countries in the Brazil 2019 U-17 World Cup finals in a renewed move to stem cheating in age group tournaments.
Meanwhile, Senegalese officials have strongly denied inclusion of overage players in their 21-man squad for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup finals.
The West African nation is one of the four countries representing Africa at the tournament after Guinea were disqualified at the CAF U17 Nations Cup in Tanzania in April overage fraud.
Ahead of their Group D opening fixture against the USA, there has been media backlash back home with allegations that overage players have been included in the squad. But the Football Senegal Federation, FSF, has vehemently denied it with Secretary General of FSF, Victor She Cisse, issuing a statement denying any wrongdoing.
“The Senegalese Football Federation (FSF) wishes to inform the public that, to date, no player from the U-17 national team selected for the FIFA World Cup ‘Brazil 2019’ has been denied because of fraud on the ground of age as has been relayed by some local media,” the Senegalese football ruling body said in a statement signed by its Secretary, Victor She Cisse.
