In case you didn’t know, the International Federation of Association Football (Fifa) just gave the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) a “nice little slap” in the form of a RM1.8 million fine and a one-year ban for seven “heritage” players.
Apparently, some of their documents didn’t quite add up. According to FAM, someone provided the wrong files to Fifa, implying that it was just a mistake.
Anyone could have done it! Maybe someone misread and clicked on the wrong folder. Maybe the system hung. Who knows? But I guess that didn’t quite fly with Fifa.
Somehow, the excuse feels very Malaysian. We’re a nation of problem-solvers who believe everything can be settled. If you get...