Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Fiji suspends players for five years
Eight members of Fiji's Olympic team have been suspended from representing the national team for five years for drinking alcohol during a training camp, the Oceania Football Confederation said on its Web site.
The eight players were kicked out of the training camp and fined after they returned to their base following their boozy night.
"We spend all this money to train these players, put them in the academy and pay them allowances. If they are going to pay us back this way then Fiji FA will not tolerate it anymore. It's very sad," said Muhammad Shams-Ud Dean Sahu Kahn, the president of the Fijian Football Association.
The eight players were kicked out of the training camp and fined after they returned to their base following their boozy night.
"We spend all this money to train these players, put them in the academy and pay them allowances. If they are going to pay us back this way then Fiji FA will not tolerate it anymore. It's very sad," said Muhammad Shams-Ud Dean Sahu Kahn, the president of the Fijian Football Association.
