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Benin – Don’t Lie in Football here

On the 30th October 2018, ten Beninese footballers were sentenced to six months in prison for lying about their age in the under – 17 Africa Cup of Nations.  The players were in police custody since September of that year and five months of the sentence was suspended.
The players took a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of their wrist, which is required by the Federation International de Football Association (FIFA).  FIFA believes that the MRI testing of the wrist will show that the growth of certain bones or not, will reveal if a player is under 17 years old.

Notes
https://plustvafrica.com/sports-news/10-benin-republicans-jailed-for-age-fraud/
http://businessghana.com/site/news/sports/175494/Benin-players-and-ex-FA-boss-given-prison-sentences-for-age-cheating

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