Nepal kicked out of youth tournament for over-age player

The AFC said an unnamed player had been deemed ineligible after an MRI test. Local media said the player was Manish Karki, the captain of the team.

The Nepal Football Association, reeling from a match-fixing case involving their national men's captain earlier this month, were also fined $14,500 (9,454 pounds) by the AFC and warned they faced further penalties in future after a previous offence.

Kyrgyzstan will take the place of Nepal at the biennial 16-team tournament which will be played in September next year.

(Reporting by Patrick Johnston in Singapore; editing by Sudipto Ganguly)