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BBC | Cameroon’s Under-17s face a race against time to field a team for regional African Cup of Nations qualifiers after more players failed age tests ordered by Samuel Eto’o, president of the country’s governing body, Fecafoot. The former Barcelona and Inter Milan striker’s insistence on using Magnetic Resonance Imaging …

VOA | YAOUNDE, CAMEROON — Cameroon’s military says it deployed scores of troops to Oku, Kumbo and Kakiri districts Monday in the central African state’s English-speaking Northwest region. The military says armed gangs over the weekend sealed markets, chased people and vehicles from the streets and abducted scores of civilians …

The US Sun | CAMEROONIAN football has been rocked by an age fraud scandal with 21 from a squad of 30 players potentially being too old to feature for the Under-17 side. The squad were set to play in the UNIFFAC tournament, a competition for young national teams from central …

GOAL | Former Cameroon coach Clarence Seedorf believes Andre Onana will rescind his decision of retiring from international football. Seedorf thinks the Inter goalkeeper will make international U-turn Onana retired from Cameroon days after being kicked out of World Cup camp The 26-year-old was accused of indiscipline by coach Rigobert …

VOA | ENDOM, CAMEROON — Fourteen-year-old Ernestine Elimbi smiled and waved her birth certificate Thursday at the Endom district ceremonial ground in Cameroon’s center region. It was the first birth certificate she has ever received, and unlike many of her peers, Elimbi said she will reach her dream of having …

SAO PAULO (AP) — Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died Thursday. He was 82. The standard-bearer of “the beautiful game” had undergone treatment for colon cancer since 2021. The …