Switzerland continued their record of not losing a World Cup opening game in their past five appearances on football’s biggest stage as they edged past a lively Cameroon side in their Group G game. Cameroon-born forward Breel Embolo scored the…
World Cup 2022: Cameroon face South Korea, Senegal versus Bolivia in warm-up friendlies
Cameroon players celebrate a goal against Algeria in March The Indomitable Lions will face Uzbekistan on 23 September and South Korea four days later in Seoul. Meanwhile, Senegal will meet Bolivia on 24 September in Austria, and the Teranga Lions…
WAFCON: Nigeria beat Cameroon, qualify for World Cup
The Super Falcons of Nigeria have defeated Cameroon 1-0 in their Women’s Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final clash on Thursday night in Casablanca. Nigeria’s attacker Rasheedat Ajibade scored in the 56th minute to increase her tally to three in the…
AFCON: Choupo-Moting eyes strong start for Cameroon
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting was 10-years-old when Cameroon won their third Africa Cup of Nations title in Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital. That February in 2000, the Indomitable Lions defeated the Super Eagles via penalties as Rigobert Song lifted Africa’s biggest…
Morocco want to ditch underachievers tag in Africa Cup of Nations
Morocco head to Cameroon without out-of-favour Chelsea midfielder Hakim Ziyech and hoping to end a 46-year wait for a second Africa Cup of Nations title. The North Africa kingdom boasts one of the strongest leagues in the continent and its…
Cameroon pulls out of hosting African Champions League semi-finals and final
Cameroon will not host the mini-tournament to decide the 2020 African Champions League winners, the country has announced. Last month, after assessing the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on African football, Caf said the semi-finals and final would be played…
Coronavirus: Cameroon ends its domestic league season
Cameroon has become the latest African country to cancel the rest of its domestic league season because of the coronavirus pandemic. PWD Bamenda, who were leading the top tier when football was suspended in mid-March, have been declared champions, according…
Covid-19: In Cameroon, chloroquine therapy hailed by French expert becomes state protocol
While debate rages in France over Professor Didier Raoult’s recommendation of a mixture of chloroquine (an antimalarial) and azithromycin (an antibiotic) to treat patients with Covid-19, some African countries have taken it very seriously. Such is the case in Cameroon,…
*Don’t resume, stay at home, Sanwo-Olu orders Lagos civil servants (Vanguard) *Doctors who treated Lagos COVID-19 victim working without isolation (Punch)
Don’t resume, stay at home, Sanwo-Olu orders Lagos civil servants (Vanguard) Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has ordered all civil servants in the state to stay away from work on Monday, May 4. Governor Sawo-Olu, in a statement on…
Manu Dibango: African saxophone legend dies of Covid-19
The African saxophone legend Manu Dibango has died in Paris after catching coronavirus. Dibango – best known for his 1972 hit Soul Makossa – is one of the first global stars to die from Covid-19. The 86-year-old fused jazz and…
