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FIFA seeks crackdown on lying about ages
World soccer's governing body wants to crack down on youth-level players who lie about their age.
FIFA has made progress on a medical test to screen the age of teenage players, FIFA medical chief Michel D'Hooghe said Tuesday.
"We have been seeing that at our tournaments, especially the under-17 tournament, that there are countries that bring players who are clearly older but who have passports saying they are 16," D'Hooghe said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press.
Experts are developing a system based on MRI technology to pinpoint players' ages before allowing them to compete in under-17 tournaments. FIFA already has experimented with the test on young players from different parts of the world.
D'Hooghe said results so far are "very encouraging" but not legally foolproof.
Further trials will take place during the Sep. 16-Oct. 2 FIFA U-17 world championships in Peru. It could take another year before FIFA introduces the tests officially, D'Hooghe said.
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