Top Malaysian soccer officials quit over foreign-born players scandal

2026-01-29 - 05:00

A member of the Football Association of Malaysia's (FAM) executive committee, Kamarudin Hassan, gestures as he leaves after resigning at the FAM's headquarters in Kuala Lumpur on January 28, 2026. The Malaysian soccer association's entire executive committee resigned on January 28, due to an ongoing eligibility scandal linked to forged documents used in Asian Cup qualifying games.