Asante Kotoko attacker Frank Etouga Mbella has finally surpassed Eric Bekoe’s 17goals in a calendar year record for the porcupine warriors. The Cameroonian forward scored at the Red Bull arena on Saturday as Asante Kotoko returned to their winning ways with a 1-0 victory over WAFA after two consecutive defeats. Mbella now have 18 league goals after matchday 27 of ...
Age cheating is a common practice in African football to an extent that players in amateur leagues are known to have two ages. Age fabrication also allows an older player to enter in youth competitions. FIFA says that “over-age players have been wrongly entered into various youth competitions, often benefiting from an unfair advantage due to their greater physical maturity ...
Two months after the closing ceremony of the 33rd edition of the African Cup of Nations Football played in Cameroon, the buses purchased for the transport of the National teams and delegations that took part in AFCON 2021 remain untraceable according to the Cameroonian daily L’Anecdote. Of the 90 buses put into circulation for the occasion, only that of the ...
The five African countries that have qualified for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ will know their fate today, 01 April 2022 at the Final Draw in Doha, Qatar. All the 32 sides that will be involved in the tournament will be drawn into eight groups of four for the tournament that will be played in November and December 2022. ...
Algeria inflicted a rare home defeat on Cameroon as the 2019 African champions took a crucial 1-0 lead from the first leg of their 2022 World Cup play-off. Playing in Douala, where Cameroon have been unbeaten since losing a Nations Cup qualifier in 2000, veteran Islam Slimani’s winner handed Algeria coach Djamel Belmadi the perfect 46th birthday present. Five minutes ...
Ajax goalkeeper Andre Onana has reportedly been involved in a sickening car crash on his way to play for Cameroon in their World Cup play-off against Algeria. Horrifying pictures show two cars smashed into each other at the front, with both bonnets destroyed and the ground covered in debris. Onana had been travelling to Yaounde, the capital of Cameroon, when ...
Ten African countries will be battling for their reserved five places in the 2022 Fifa World Cup to be played in Qatar from November 21 to December 18. On Friday, March 25, the Democratic Republic of Congo will host Morocco as Cameroon entertain the former Africa Cup of Nations champions Algeria. Tunisia will be away to Mali as the newly ...
Nigerian international Jay Jay Okocha was part of the football legends that graced the inauguration of the Diamniadio Olympic Stadium in Dakar, Senegal. The Senegalese government splashed heavily on a multi-purpose stadium, which can host football, rugby and athletics and they have inaugurated it two weeks after their AFCON glory. Reports have it that the Teranga Lions will now make ...
A woman identified as Adileusa filed a lawsuit in 2018 alleging that Samuel Eto’o was the biological father of her daughter It was alleged that Eto’o met the woman in Madrid back in 1997 when he was on loan at Leganes from Real Madrid Eto’o, who allegedly broke off contact with the woman in 1998, has never engaged the court ...
Cameroon head coach Toni Conceicao believes that the Africa Cup of Nations scheduling risks compromising the competitiveness of the competition, and has described the weekend’s fixture programme as a ‘shame for African football’. Toni Conceicao has criticised the Nations Cup scheduling, which he believes compromises the players’ safety. The Portuguese manager must prepare his Indomitable Lions side for their third-placed ...