/ 19 December 1999

SWAZILAND ADMITS IT CHEATED

SWAZILAND officials have admitted using over-age players in the recent Southern Africa youth championships in South Africa. “We cannot deny there were ineligible players and the buck stops with us because we approved the squad,” national football association president Adam Mthethwa told the Times of Swaziland. Defender Mxolisi Mthethwa admitted to the Times of Swaziland that he was overage and had been given a fresh passport with a false birthdate by the team manager. Swaziland still finished bottom of their group behind eventual winners Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Namibia in Johannesburg this month.