📍🟡 A summary of the 63-page motivated decision released by the FIFA Appeal Committee on the upholding of the sanctions against the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) and 7 ‘heritage’ Harimau Malaya players. 📌 FIFA rejected the narrative that the players were passive victims of an orchestrated scheme, noting that they showed complete disregard for personal responsibility and acted with gross negligence. 📌 FIFA also categorically rejected FAM’s attempt to minimise the seriousness of its conduct by characterising the deliberate alteration of documents as mere “administrative adjustments”. The body further highlighted FAM’s failure to identify those responsible for the forgery even after several months have passed. 📌 The use of falsified documents also resulted in undue sporting gain for FAM and the players, FIFA said. It noted that the players actively participated in 5 international matches, including a Tier-1 friendly against Palestine on 8 September 2025. Malaysia had won t...