Ecuador player banned for falsifying identity

The Ecuadorean Football Federation (FEF) said on its website it had handed down the punishment after the revelation this week of the 29-year-old Cheme's move to knock four years off his age.

It said it had decided "to sanction with a suspension of two years the player of the Club LDU Quito named Gonzalo Javier Chila, whose real name is Angel Lizardo Cheme, from his activity as a footballer."

The FEF added it would anul Gonzalo Chila's registration with the federation and submit details of the case to the civil courts.