Ecuador Leave Byron Castillo Out Of World Cup Squad After ‘Unfair Sanctions’ | Football News
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The Ecuadoran football federation said Tuesday that defender Byron Castillo had been left out of the nation's World Cup squad to avoid further "unfair sanctions" in a dispute over the player's nationality. Last week the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that Castillo was eligible to play in Qatar but sanctioned the federation over the "falsification" of his passport. That cleared the way for the South American nation to take part in the World Cup after Chile and Peru had contested Ecuador's qualification over the eligibility of Castillo.The Chilean football federation (FFCH) said there was evidence that the player was born in Colombia in 1995 and not in Playas, Ecuador, in 1998.The FFCH alleged "use of a falsified birth certificate, false declaration of age and false nationalit...
