Highpoints of MRS Scans
>> 1977- The first MRI scan was performed on a human being in the United States of America.
>> 1989- Two-year ban clamped on
Nigeria, following alterations to the ages of three players at the 1988
Olympics in South Korea. The players – Dahiru Sadi, Andrew Uwe and
Samson Siasia – had previously represented Nigeria at U-20 level.
>> 2002- The Asian Football
Confederation (AFC) bans 16 players from four countries – Oman, Iran,
Bangladesh and Thailand – for fielding over aged players at the 2000
AFC U-16 Championship. An additional eight players from Pakistan and
four from Yemen are also banned at the end of the 2002 tournament.
>> 2003- CAF bans Kenya after
fielding players who were over the age of 20 for an African Youth
Championship qualifier. The secretary of the Kenyan FA, Hussein Swaleh
was banned for three years after the players insisted FA officials were
aware of their real ages and had played a role in falsifying their age
documents.
>> 2008- North Korea, Tajikistan
and Iraq lose their spots in the 2008 AFC U-16 Championship despite
making it from the qualifiers after fielding over aged players.
>> 2008- Niger gets kicked out of
Nigeria 2009 after fielding a 22-year-old player at the qualifying
tournament in Algeria, with their place taken by Malawi who went on to
make their debut at a FIFA tournament.
>> 2009- Yemen’s qualification
for Nigeria 2009 is annulled by the AFC after an MRI scan on one of
their players, Wesam Saleh Ahmed Al Worafi, revealed he was over 16
years old.
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