SportsMalaysia suspends top soccer official over FIFA 'cheating' ruling
World body expected to announce result of appeal by Oct 30
Noor Azman Rahman, secretary general of the Football Association of Malaysia, has been suspended pending a probe into a scandal about foreign players' naturalization documents. (Screenshot from The Football Association of Malaysia)
NORMAN GOH and AHMAD MUSTAKIM
October 17, 2025 19:15 JST
KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysia's soccer association announced Friday the suspension of its secretary-general pending an internal investigation into the ruling by FIFA, the sport's world governing body, to suspend seven of its naturalized players over allegedly forged birth certificates.