Date:02/05/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/05/02/stories/2007050209301800.htm

Sport - Football

Four players expelled

Principal Correspondent

KOZHIKODE: Four KSEB players — Jaseer Karanath, K. Anees, Noushad Parry and Antony Raj Simon — have been expelled from the team playing in the on-going State football leauge here, according to S. Joseph, the KSEB coach.

"They have been sent back to Thiruvananthapuram because they played in an unauthorised `sevens' tournament during the State league," Joseph said.

Joseph and K. Sasikkumar, the team's manager, have also filed a complaint to the Kerala Football Association secretary through the Kozhikode District Football Association.

Apart from the four players, the following players have also been mentioned in the complaint, for playing in another unauthorised tournament — V.M. Girish, K.S. Joby and M.V. Nelson.