Sports

21, May 2017

Tokyo: Cameroonian Hassan Ndam is new WBA middleweight world champion ⁰

Cameroonian Hassan Ndam is the new WBA middleweight world champion. The Cameroonian boxer defeated the Japanese Ryota Murata, in Tokyo (2 judges to 1), on Saturday May the 20^th in a hotly contested boxing encounter.

On the fourth round, Ndam held on to the WBA middleweight belt. The Cameroonian who became French, for sporting reasons, was several times shaken by the Japanese Murata.

Camcordnews Desk

19, May 2017

Indomitable Lions: Clinton Njie left out on political grounds ⁰

The Head Coach of the Indomitable Lions,Hugo Broos has made public the names of 30 players in preparation for the Confederation Cup and 2019 AFCON qualifiers. The Belgian technician once again left out the most popular Southern Cameroons footballer, Agile Clinton Njie who plays for Olympique Marseille in France on-loan from Tottenham.

Hugo Broos published his list late on Wednesday 17th May 2017 and indicated that the players were expected to begin training on the 27th May 2017 in Yaoundé. Agile Clinton Njie, who made a historic entry into the national team on 6th September 2014 during a match pitting Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo in Lubumbashi, is again conspicuously absent.

The reasons why Clinton Njie was left out is not known but many argue that Clinton’s rise to stardom and his attack on Minister Roger Milla has clouded his professionalism.

The 30-man squad is composed of four goal keepers, ten attackers, ten defenders and six mid fielders .

GOAL KEEPERS:

ONDOA FABRICE

ONANA ANDRE

BOKWE GEORGES

GODA JULES

DEFENDERS:

MABOUKA ERNEST

FAI COLLINS

NGADEU MICHAEL

TEIKEU ADOLPHE

DJETTEI MOHAMMED

OYONGO AMBROISE

NGWEM JONATHAN

GUIHOATA JEROME

CASTELLETTO JEAN LOUIS

OWONA LUCIEN

MID FIELDERS:

SIANI SEBASTIEN

DJOUM ARNAUD

MANDJECK GEORGES

ANGUISSA ZAMBO

BOYA FRANK

BOUMAL PETRUS

ATTACKERS:

BASSOGOG CHRISTIAN

TOKO KARL

BOUMAL OLIVIER

ZOUA JACQUES

ABOUBAKAR VINCENT

MOUKANDJO BENJAMIN

NDIP TAMBE ROBERT

NGAMALEU NICOLAS

NSAME JEAN PIERRE

SALLI EDGARD

Culled from CRTV

12, May 2017

Infantino’s Consolation: Issa Hayatou named Honorary Vice President of FIFA ⁰

Issa Hayatou has been named honorary vice president of the International Federation of Football Association (FIFA), at a general assembly meeting in Bahrain.

After suffering a humiliating defeat at the head of the African Confederation of Football (CAF) executive, by Madagascar’s Ahmad Ahmad, the Francophone Cameroonian has added another red feather in his cap.

Hayatou sat several times in the executive of FIFA. First,from 1990 to 2008. Then from October 2015 to February 2016, he held the interim chairmanship of the organization, following the suspension of Sepp Blatter. Aged 70, Hayatou seems determined not to retire.

By Chi Prudence Asong

9, May 2017

After Issa Hayatou: CAF humiliates another Francophone Cameroonian ⁰

The African Football Confederation yesterday held its Extraordinary General Assembly in Manama in Bahrain and again, another Francophone Cameroonian was humiliated in democratic process that was organized to elect a member to the Council of FIFA.

The Bahrain forum was the first high mass since that of 16 March 2017 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia which saw the election of Malagasy Ahmad to the presidency of the CAF replacing the Cameroonian Issa Hayatou.

The members of the African Football Confederation were again called to the polls during the Monday May 8, 2017 in Manama to elect a member to the Council of FIFA. Cameroon Concord News gathered that there were four candidates contesting for the job. But before voting, the Tanzanian Leodegar Tenga and the Mauritian Mohamed Samie Sobha pulled out of the race.

Cameroon’s Zelkifli Ngoufonja, formerly responsible for the FIFA Development Programs for Africa and Egyptian Hani Abo Rida, president of the Egyptian Football Association were auditioned by the elective general assembly. The Egyptian won 50 votes as against 4 for the Cameroonian candidate. The election of Hani Abo Rida has increased the number of Africans in the FIFA Council to seven.

As with the 16 March in Ethiopia, yesterday’s vote was held in the presence of Gianni Infantino and Fatma Samoura, respectively president and secretary general of FIFA, all suspected of having made every effort to obtain the departure of a ” Issa Hayatou at the head of the CAF after 29 years of reign.

By Sonne Peter

30, April 2017

A new Mike Tyson is born ⁰

Anthony Joshua emerged victorious from the biggest post-war boxing bout held on British soil by knocking out Wladimir Klitschko in front of a 90,000 crowd.

The two titans squared off at Wembley Stadium watched on by the cream of Hollywood’s A-list.

The British fighter was floored in the sixth round but fought back to drop the Ukrainian with dramatic late onslaught in the eleventh.

Klitschko returned to his feet for the third time in the bout but referee David Fields waved the fight off with the former champion unable to defend himself.

15, April 2017

Ronaldo paid $375,000 to silence his rape victim ⁰

A report claims that Real Madrid football star Cristiano Ronaldo paid $375,000 in hush money to a woman who accused him of raping her in Las Vegas some eight years ago. German weekly news magazine Der Spiegel said in a Friday report that it had obtained documents, through Football Leaks, that the world-known Portuguese football player, now 32, agreed to give the large sum of money to the unnamed woman after she alleged that Ronaldo raped her at a luxury hotel in Las Vegas in June 2009, when she was in her 20s.

The report, citing the secured documents, added that the woman and Ronaldo, through his lawyer Carlos Osório de Castro, had reached the out-of-court settlement on January 12, 2010 in front of a Nevada mediator. The magazine further said that de Castro declined to comment on the controversial case but added that it was contacted by a second German lawyer, Johannes Keiler, who dismissed the claims against his client and urged the weekly to drop the report.

“The accusations implied by your questions are to be rejected in the strongest possible terms,” he said, warning that his client would “act against every untrue claim and the injury of his personal rights.” Back in October 2005, Ronaldo, then a Manchester United winger, made news after a woman claimed he had sexually assaulted her in a penthouse suite in London’s Sanderson Hotel earlier that month. Ronaldo categorically rejected the charges then and a month later Scotland Yard officially announced that the charges had to be dropped due to inadequate evidence.

Culled from Presstv

11, April 2017

Germany: Explosion in front of Borussia Dortmund team bus leaves one injured ⁰

At least one person has sustained injuries after a bomb explosion targeted the bus carrying members of the German football team Borussia Dortmund. Dortmund tweeted a collection of posts, saying, “There was an incident on departure of our bus. One person was injured. More information will follow.

“Bomb explosion at the team bus. Players in safety. No danger in the stadium. More information will follow. “Borussia Dortmund and police confirm there was an explosion involving the team bus with one injury (Bartra).” The German-language tabloid Bild reported that the incident occurred on Wittbräuckerstraße just 10 kilometers from Westfalenstadion, which is the home of Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund.

The paper identified the injured victim as 26-year-old Spaniard Marc Bartra, who is on his way to hospital. The explosion took place as the German team was to play against Monaco-based football club Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club Monaco in a Champions League quarter-final at the stadium tonight. Dortmund officials have confirmed that a decision on whether the game will go ahead will be made within next hours.

Presstv

6, April 2017

Indomitable Lions: FECAFOOT could determine future of Head Coach in blackmail ⁰

The Head Coach of the Indomitable Lions of Cameroun, Hugo Broos has under pressure from authorities in the Cameroun Football Federation change the position he upheld in Brussels last week after the defeat against Guinea Conakry. After the friendly match between Guinea and Cameroon, Hugo Broos made some revelations about the management of Cameroonian football and said “The Lions did not eat at noon because the hotel was not paid.”

During the post match news conference, Broos exposed the shortcomings and bad governance that undermine the cohesion within the national team, since his arrival and the evolution of Cameroonian football. Summoned to Yaounde and sermonized on the policy of the ruling CPDM crime syndicate, the Belgian has now declined and apologized to the Cameroonian people.

“In Brussels, I wanted to set the record straight. I may have exaggerated and humiliated the Cameroonian people. I apologize, “said the Belgian coach who plans to negotiate an extension at the head of the indomitable Lions. We gathered he was threatened with a sack when news break out that Ghana had appointed a new manager. Another source at the Ministry of Sports, said on condition of anonymity, that Hugo Broos’s apology was obtained after blackmail. Hugo Broos has asked the Cameroonian authorities to extend his contract until the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.

By Sama Ernest

5, April 2017

Brusselsgate: Yaounde police audition FECAFOOT officials ⁰

After the Tuesday 04 April 2017 meeting that held in the premises of the Ministry of Sports and Physical Education, some of the coaches of the Indomitable Lions finished the evening at the Judicial Police in Yaoundé Where they were also auditioned on the scandal in Brussels.

The officials of the Cameroon Football Federation were questioned for several hours late yesterday Tuesday 04 April 2017 by senior police officers and of the gendarmerie. The Biya Francophone regime opened a criminal investigation without informing the Football Association.

“When the technical and administrative staff of the Lions left the Ministry of Sports, they went to the Pj where they were heard until late last night. People think we’re joking, but they’ll be surprised. The Head of State demanded that the guilty be punished severely,” says a source in the office of the Prime Minister and Head of Government. A senior government official contacted by Cameroon Concord News confirmed the interrogation at the judicial police and added that the purpose of the hearings is to find the cause of the Brussels scandal and to establish the responsibilities.

During a friendly encounter recently against Guinea Conakry in Belgium, the indomitable Lions were prevented from having lunch at the restaurant of their hotel on Tuesday 28 March by the staff for an unpaid invoice. It was a great humiliation that has considerably tarnished the image of Cameroon and a team that just won the Africa Cup of Nations.

By Eyong Johnson with files from Cameroun Info.Net

5, April 2017

Black Stars of Ghana: Kwesi Appiah’s greatest come back ⁰

James Kwesi Appiah has been nominated for the second time as Head Coach of the Black Stars of Ghana. The decision was made on Tuesday by the Ghana Football Federation (GFA). Kwesi Appiah will lead the Black Stars for a period of two years and will take up his duties as of May 1, 2017.

On the lot of the hundred coaches who submitted their applications for the succession of former coach Avram Grant and after studies and interviews of the last three candidates Willy Sagnol, Hugo Broos and Kwesi Appiah, the final choice was Appiah. The Ministry of Sports had earlier announced that due to certain economic difficulties and considerations, the position should be awarded to a local coach.

James Kwesi Appiah has already trained the Black Stars and history will remember that he was the first local coach to qualify the Black Stars for a World Cup final phase in 2014 in Brazil.

By Chi Prudence Asong