Football: China bans 6 youth players for 6 months after Covid-19 rules broken,


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SHANGHAI (AFP) - Six Chinese Under-19 internationals have been banned from playing for six months and forced to write self-criticism essays after flouting coronavirus prevention rules to go drinking late at night. The Chinese Football Association (CFA) suspended the six until the end of November and the players were hit with additional penalties by their clubs after they were discovered leaving the team's Shanghai training base on May 30 without permission. "It was a severe violation of the team's epidemic control regulations and negatively affected the whole team," Xinhua news agency Quote: d the CFA as saying. The players are...