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Samuel Eto'o, FECAFOOT president and Narcisse Mouelle Kombi, minister of sports. Cameroon's minister of sports, Narcisse Mouelle Kombi has appointed a Cameroonian as head coach of the national football team. In a press release signed by the minister of sports on Monday February 28, he appoints former indomitable Lion's team captain, Rigobert Song as coach of the national football team. According to the press release, Portuguese tactician and former Indomitable Lions coach, Antonio Conceiçao has been stripped off his duties. This comes about two weeks after, minister Narcisse Mouelle Kombi opted to renew Conceiçao's contract, but FECAFOOT president, Samuel Eto'o opposed the decision by reminding him of what the constitution says. Samuel Eto'o earlier quoted that the Cameroon Football Federation, FECAFOOT is the lone body to decide who to lead the national football team. Henceforth, 45 year old former Indomitable Lions captain, Rigobert Song who coached the U23 Li...

  The Cameroon Football Federation president, Samuel Eto'o may nominate former Indomitable Lions captain, Rigobert Song as head coach of the national team. Jeune Afrique made the announcement Friday January 18, 2022. The former central defender may replace Portuguese international, Antonio Conceiçao, who has been coaching the Lions since  2019. Conceiçao's contract was renewed last September, but his poor performance with the national team, especially at the third position was highly criticized by Cameroonians. If things work well, 45 year old Rigobert Song who coached the U23 Lions of Cameroon and led them to the 2018 Africa Championship will lead the national team in the days ahead. This comes after Cameroons minister of sports, Narcisse Moulle Kombi said Conceiçao will continue, but FECAFOOT contradicted with him with a 72 hours time to decide the Portuguese tacticians fate in Cameroon.

Indomitable Lions. The Indomitable Lions of Cameroon have been eliminated from the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. The host were eliminated in a post penalty shootout against the Pharaohs of Egypt, which ended 1-3 in favor of Egypt. The Lions dominated throughout the over 130 minutes of play, but failed to score even a single goal to guarantee a place in the final. According to team captain, Vincent Aboubakar, selfishness is what caused their defeat.  Many Cameroonians and diehard fans felt disappointed after their team lost to Egypt in the semi finals at the Olembe stadium. As wild and uncontrollable messages are infiltrating into social media platforms, the situation was not different in Bamenda. Some fans in Bamenda leaving a drinking spot in frustration, after the defeat. Some fans even Bamenda took to the streets, blaming some players for not scoring penalties. Though defeated at this stage, The Indomitable Lions have had a brilliant performance in the AFCON. They are ending with ...

  Promo Info. CAF president, Patrice Motsepe The president of the Confederation of African Football, CAF has moved all matches that were supposed to take place at the Olembe stadium over the weekend. Dr Patrice Motsepe was speaking Tuesday 25 January during a press conference in Yaounde, after a stampede occurred at the stadium. "There's zero tolerance on circumstances that could result to people being injured or losing their lives, we have to take emergency now," Patrice Motsepe said, adding that he has called the Local Organizing Committee meeting tomorrow According to the CAF boss, all matches that were programmed at the Stadium will instead hold at the Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium, over the weekend. He said this is because serious investigations have been launched to see what actually transpired at the stadium. "The Local Organizing Committee is responsible for the safety and security of the people, but we are partners," CAF president said He added that the invest...

  Vincent Aboubakar, Indomitable Lion's team captain after scoring a penalty. Host Cameroon came from behind with two penalties in the space of eight minutes at the end of the first half to beat Burkina Faso 2-1 in the opening game of the Africa Cup of Nations Captain Vincent Aboubakar scored both penalties, calmly slotting the first to the right side of the goal and the second to the left to complete a comeback that left home fans sighing with relief. Cameroon had endured a three-year delay to host the tournament after being stripped of the 2019 edition and then seeing their 2021 ambitions delayed a year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Gustavo Sangare caused his team, Burkina Faso to lead in the 24th minute with an opening goal at Olembe Stadium in Yaounde. Sangare scored after Burkina Faso had seen a header cleared off the line and then hit the crossbar in the same move. But the visitors lost the lead with two reckless pieces of defending at the end of the first half. Aston ...