MIR test has disqualified 21 players of under-17 lions national football team for over age. After Thursday, Dec. 29’s screening as reported by sportsvibes and sportglizt.
The 21 players names have not been made public, by the Cameroon Football Federation.
Provision for an MIR was made by the Cameroon Football Federation to do a the tests. In order ,to avoid any last minute hit from organizers of the competition, billed for January 5 to 12, 2023 in Limbe, Cameroon.
As of now only 9 players out of the 30 selected by head coach Fiala Fiala, are set to continue preparation.
Age-limited sport has long been limited by the veracity of birth certificates. But MR imaging appears to provide a safe, reliable way of levelling the playing field.
Cameroon are holders of the U17 AFCON when they won the tourney in 2019 hosted by Tanzania.
Since the 2021 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations was cancelled, this will be the first edition in Africa U-17 Cup of Nations to have expanded to 12 teams instead of eight. Each of the six zones received two spots in the final tournament, with just UNIFFAC left to to provide her Champions. The tournament finals will be hosted by Algeria from April 8.
By Brian Mboh