CAS rules against Garcés and Machuca, both banned from playing for 8 months | OneFootball

The Court of Arbitration for Sport, based in Lausanne, Switzerland, issued its ruling this morning on the Malaysia-Gate case involving former Colón player Facundo Garcés and Unión player Imanol Machuca.

The tribunal found Machuca, Garcés, and five other players jointly responsible for falsifying official documents in order to be eligible for selection to the Malaysian national team. As a result, they must serve the 12-month suspension imposed by FIFA and will not be able to play official matches until November 2026.

Of the one-year suspension, they have already served 4 months, from FIFA's initial decision on September 25, 2025, until January 26, 2026, inclusive, when CAS allowed the players to participate until the core issue was resolved, which is what was announced today.

The Panel decided that the sanction will only apply to matches and not to all football-related activities. This means they may resume training with their respective clubs during the ban.

Consequently, the players' appeals were partially upheld and the sanctions were partially modified with respect to the FIFA Disciplinary Committee's decision.

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