Sports

6, March 2017

FECAFOOT plunged into crisis again!! Abdouraman off to Swiss ⁰

The battle for the control of the Cameroon Football Federation, FECAFOOT has taken a dramatic U turn immediately after the Lions won the Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon. Abdouraman Hamadou, Chairman of Etoile filante de Garoua has reportedly pulled the match against Tombi A Roko Sidiki, president of the Cameroon Football Federation to extra time.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAS), which is the supreme judicial authority in the world of sport, made public a verdict last week which has prompted the petitioner, Abdouraman to attack the Swiss Federal Court. Information has filtered that the Chairman of Etoile filante de Garoua will be leaving Cameroon today Monday, March 6, 2017 for Switzerland.

The TAS decision has created panic deep within the leadership of the Cameroonian Football Association as a reaction is expected soon from the International Federation of Football Association (FIFA). Tombi A Roko Sidiki and his “protector” Sports Minister Pierre Ismaël Bidoung Kpwatt were received at their request by Issa Hayatou, the president of African Football Confederation (CAF). Issa Hayatou and his CPDM gang have been reflecting on what action to take after the judgment from the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Tas decided on Monday, February 27, 2017 to declare inadmissible and dismiss the Abdouraman appeal and did not modify the verdict of the Chamber of Conciliation and Arbitration of the National Olympic and Sports Committee of Cameroon which invalidated on November 12, 2015, the last electoral process that led Tombi A Roko to the head of Fécafoot.

By Sonne Peter with files from CIN

26, February 2017

Omam Biyik appointed Head Coach of the Central African Republic ⁰

Cameroonian football legend Francois Omam Biyick, has been appointed Head Coach of the Central African Republic football team known as the Oubangui Foxes on a two year contract.

The 50-year-old former Indomitable Lions striker has replaced Blaise Kopogo at the head of the RCA national team, where he will be assisted by his compatriot Jean Baptiste Bissek.

The Cameroonian technician will lead the Oubangui boys who are currently 108th in the FIFA standings and has been given the onerous task of qualifying for the African Cup of Nations 2019 (AFCON), which shall be played in Cameroon.

By Sonne Peter

25, February 2017

Mount Cameroon Race of Hope: There are reasons why the regime has brought in Lady Sarah Liengu Etonge ²

The Biya Francophone Beti Ewondo government is attempting to use all available means to stifle the Southern Cameroons uprising and any actor who can achieve that is highly solicited. This time around the baton has been handed over to Lady Sarah Liengu Etonge-the forgotten hero.

The 2017 edition of the Mount Cameroon Race of Hope has coincided with the Anglophone crisis that has rocked the nation. Correspondingly, the regime in Yaoundé is now using retired Queen of the Mountain, Sarah Liengu Etonge as bait to capture the minds of Southern Cameroonians who regularly attend or watch the race over the years. The seven times champion has come out of her retirement and announced her participation but added that “It is for Peace and Unity.”

Lady Sarah Etonge is yet to condemn the rapes, extra judicial killings and massive arrest going on in Southern Cameroons but is only quick to speak of peace and unity. The woman whose statue was poorly erected by ruling CPDM gang in 2006 and was immediately brought down by youths of the Buea city council is now seen as a unifying figure. The million dollar question is: Can she go beyond lips and participation to bring back peace and Unity when underneath the race lies litany of problems plaguing the two English speaking regions with massive arrest, shootings, killings and imprisonment?

Observers hold that no matter the popularity of the Queen of the Mountain and the efforts made by the CPDM crime syndicate to call for peace and activities in schools to return to normalcy, things will continue to grow from bad to worse if a better approach to the crisis is not adopted and the highhandedness of the government on the population withdrawn. Furthermore, if those arrested are not freed, if massive arrests are not stopped, if intimidation, phone checks are not abolished above all, a resumption of dialogue chaired by Mr. Paul Biya, Southern Cameroons as part of the La Republique du Cameroun will be history.

Cameroun Info.Net

23, February 2017

CAF Presidential Election: Nigeria not backing Issa Hayatou ⁰

The Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) has spoken out against the candidacy of Issa Hayatou, the current president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The President of the Nigerian FA, Amaju Pinnick revealed that the Federal Republic of Nigeria was against Issa Hayatou standing for an eighth successive term.

Amaju Pinnick has also declared his support for Ahmad Ahmad, the president of the Madagascar Football Federation who is the only opponent of the outgoing President of the Confederation of African Football.

Pinnick said in an interview with the BBC that Ahmad is “courageous” for defying Hayatou. In his choice to support a candidacy other than that of the current chairman of the African football body, the chairman of the NFF opined that CAF needs a “new generation” of leadership.

By Chi Prudence Asong

22, February 2017

Anglophone Crisis: Massive ghost town welcomes Indomitable Lions in Bamenda ⁰

A massive ghost town operation has greeted the caravan traveling with the Africa Cup of Nations trophy in the Bamenda province of West Cameroon. The population responded to calls made by the Cameroon Anglophone Civil Society Consortium to boycott the elements of rape, extra judicial killings and arbitrary arrest coming with the coveted trophy won during the 31st edition of Africa Cup of Nations football tournament on February 5, 2017 in Libreville in Gabon.

After spending a successful day in Bafoussam, capital of the Western Region in French Cameroun, the Francophone delegation arrived Bamenda and met their waterloo as they were received by trees and stones including buildings. Cameroon Concord News understands the same treatment awaits the Lions in the Buea province.

Biya and his Francophone Beti Ewondo regime no longer have the luxury of using football to resolve political issues. “No one can be dissatisfied with the crowning of the indomitable Lions in Gabon. This team has given back to all Cameroonians, their lost pride. But Paul Biya and his regime are using this coronation of the national team to try to make them forget the crisis in Southern Cameroons,” noted an operations manager for the Consortium in Bamenda.

After Bamenda, the caravan is expected tomorrow Thursday in Douala and Friday, February 24, 2017 in Buea, the capital city of the Southern Cameroons paralyzed for about four months by anti La Republique strikes.

By Rita Akana

20, February 2017

CAF CUP and African Champions League: Yong Sport of Bamenda qualifies, UMS out!! ⁰

In the league of the champions, UMS of Cameroon was eliminated from the African Champions League competition despite beating the Leopard of Congo 2-1. The Cameroonians scored their first goal in the 39th minute through Rostand Kako.

The Congolese responded in the 53^rd minute and returned to the mark, before conceding the second goal of Cameroon to the 59th. UMA had been beaten by 1-0 in the first leg.

In the CAF Cup, despite going down 0-1 in the first leg, Yong Sport of Bamenda qualified by beating Defense Force of Ethiopia 2-0 yesterday in Douala.

By Sonne Peter

20, February 2017

Christian Bassogog en route to China in a deal worth 35 million euros ⁰

Christian Bassogog and Danish club Aalborg will no longer be an item as the player has successfully passed the medical examination to the Chinese Henan Jinya.

Chinese media reported that the deal worth 35 million euros over a 5 years period, or 23 billion CFA francs for the duration of the contract. His net annual salary is expected to be 7 million euros, or 4.5 billion FCFA.

Winner of the last edition of the Africa Cup of Nations with Cameroon, Christian Bassogog was voted best player of the competition.

By Sonne Peter

19, February 2017

Confederation of African Football: Flip-flops made by Jacob Zuma and South Africa ⁰

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has said incumbent president; Issa Hayatou has received the support of South African President, Jacob Zuma ahead of elections in the African football governing body. The President Jacob Zuma endorsement was made public on Saturday February 18, 2017, during an audience the South African leader granted the incumbent president of the Confederation of African Football at his residence in Pretoria.

The corrupt and inefficient South African ANC politician who keeps surviving numerous vote of no confidence assured Issa Hayatou of South Africa’s “flawless support” for his candidacy for a new term at the head of CAF. The audience included a cream of Zuma’s men noted for tarnishing the reputation of the ANC: Minister of Sport and Recreation, Fikile Mbalula, South African Football Association president, Danny Jordaan, the President of the Mamelodi Sundowns football club and Patrice Motsepe.

The support comes a week after the Council of Southern African Football Associations (Cosafa) said it had endorsed Madagascar’s FA president, Ahmad Ahmad as candidate for the continental soccer body. The elections have been slated for March in Addis Ababa. Cameroon’s Issa Hayatou known as the African football dictator is seeking an eight mandate at the helm of the African soccer body which he has managed since 1998.

Cameroun Info.Net

17, February 2017

Indomitable Lions: Hugo Broos applies for the Bafana Bafana job ¹

Rumor has been circulating that the man who guided the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon to victory in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations has applied for the South Africa job. A source at the South African Football Federation recently confirmed to a sister publication Cameroun-info.Net that Hugo Broos through his agent has made himself available to train the Bafana Bafana.

The position of coach has been vacant in South Africa following the dismissal of Shakes Mashaba. Thus, less than two weeks after winning the AFCON with the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon, the Belgian technician intends to seek fortune elsewhere. Ever since his recruitment in February 2016 to replace the German Volker Finke, Hugo Broos is not regularly paid by the Cameroonian Football Federation.

By Chi Prudence Asong

12, February 2017

Chelsea FC legend Didier Drogba meets Ghanaian Head of State ⁰

Ivorian and Chelsea FC legend, Didier Drogba recently paid a surprise visit to Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo. The Ghanaian Head of State himself announced the visit on his Face Book page with the precision that “… the legend of Chelsea football club Didier Drogba, paid me a surprise visit at the presidency in Accra.”

In the published photo, both men greeted with smiles on their faces. Nothing has so far filtered from the presidency about the visit of Drogba to Akufo-Addo.

By Chi Prudence Asong