More Cameroon U-17 players fail age testing enforced by Eto'o

Samuel Eto'o, president of the country's governing body, Feca, ordered the Under 17s to take age tests after more players failed them.

The squad was ravaged at their training camp in Mbankomo because of the former Barcelona and Inter Milan forward's insistence on using Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

The initial group consisted of 30 people.

11 new players failed tests on Tuesday and coach Jean Pierre Fiala is having a hard time finding replacements.

The Central African Football Federations' Union (UNIFFAC) will have four teams in the Under 17 Nations Cup in Algeria in April.

In order to put an end to the tampering with civil status records, Eto'o gave strict instructions, according to a Fecafoot statement.

"Fecafoot encourages all actors to make sure that the ages are respected."

The fight against age cheats

There are allegations of the use of over-age players in junior tournaments.

• Fighting age cheats in men's and women's football in Africa

At the Under 17 World Cup in Nigeria in 2009, the world governing body of football introduced scans.

The bone structure is studied with the help of the magnetic resonance machine.

Fourteen players failed the tests and were blocked from taking part in the Under 17 Africa Cup of Nations.

When Eto'o was elected president of Fecafoot, he promised to take action to combat the problem, and Simon Lyonga, a journalist with CRTV, says the decision has been applauded by the public.

According to Lyonga, people are happy that Fecafoot seems to be trying to stop the cheating.

The country needs to give opportunities to players of the right age.

In 2003 and 2019.