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Spanish and European football giants, FC Barcelona, have announced the signing of Cameroon-born French international, Samuel Umtiti.
The 22-year-old center-back was signed for a fee of £21 million pounds on a five-year deal from French side, Lyon.
After signing on Thursday, the club shared pictures of Umtiti posing for the traditional photo outside the club offices with the famous crest behind him. After posing in front of the badge, the young French player spoke for the first time as a Barcelona player.
Samuel Umtiti said more than once that this was “a dream come true” whilst also revealing his ambition: “I hope to be a great success at Barcelona. I will work very hard to win the confidence of the coaching staff. It’s a happy day for me,” he said.
“I am at the most important club in the world. I am very happy to be here and share a dressing room with world class players. I am a hard-working, unfussy player who has very clear objectives,” he added.
Umtiti, who was part of the French team that was beaten by Portugal in the Euro 2016 final, was born in the Cameroonian capital Yaounde on November 14, 1993. He has represented the French national team at all youth levels between 2009 and 2014.
He began his professional career with Lyon in 2012, winning the Coupe de France and Trophy of Champions that year. He totalled 170 games with five goals before his current move.
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JOSE MOURINHO has had to cancel his appearance at a star-studded charity match organised by Samuel Eto’o.
Mourinho was last week announced as one of the coaches set to take part in Eto’o’s big day. He’s raising funds to mark the anniversary of the Fundacion Privada Samuel Eto'o, his own charitable foundation.
But Mourinho will instead be at the DW Stadium in Wigan for his first game as Manchester United boss. United’s first pre-season friendly kicks off at 1.30pm while the charity game, which is being played in Turkey, starts at 6pm UK time.
The Express report that Mourinho has had to admit defeat in trying to get to both.
He would have less than three hours to fly to Antaylya in south-west Turkey, where the game is being played.
But flights there are over hour hours, ending Eto’o’s chances of getting the Special One at the game.
There may be no Mourinho but Chelsea star Eden Hazard and former Blues midfielder Michael Essien are due to play.
Eto'o, who played under Mourinho at Inter Milan and Chelsea, appeared to confirm his old boss' attendance on Instagram.
He posted: "etoocharitymatch#DiegoMaradona #FabioCapello #JoséMourinho and #ZangaDeri will be part of #EtooCharityMatch in #Antalya July16.
"#FPSE10thAnniversary #AntalyaArena #SamuelEtoo #FPSE #Celebration #Cameroon #Charity #Football #Match #Children."
The game will see a World Stars team taking on a Turkey Stars team.
It is also set to include the likes of Lionel Messi, Neymar, Andres Iniesta, Francesco Totti, Xavi, Jay-Jay Okocha and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
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The National Basketball Association (NBA) is organizing a Junior League in Cameroon, in partnership with the U.S Embassy Yaounde, Sports United, and with the collaboration of the Cameroonian Basketball Federation (FECABASKET).
The 6 weeks camp that will run from July 22 to September 7, 2016, will attract 450 kids from around Cameroon, residing in Yaounde during the period of the camp.
In addition to learning and playing basketball, Cameroonian children will learn life skills such as conflict management, goal setting, team work, peace building, and effective communication.
Do you know a Cameroonian aged between 10 and 14 years old who would love to learn basketball from professionals?
Encourage them to sign up for this camp.
Check on article image for more information on how to apply
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Cameroonian Philemon Yang will in the coming days visit the progress of work at the construction site of sports facilities in Yaounde, including Military stadium, the stadium Omnisports and its annexes. After Yaounde,The PM will proceed to the Southwest where he will visit the Omnisports stadium in Limbe and also playing grounds in Buea currently under rehabilitation.
This second announced visit of the Prime Minister and Head of Government on the construction sites of sports infrastructure is in preparation for the inspection visit of CAF representatives in Cameroon on 25 July 2016.
The representatives shall be inspecting all the above mentioned playing grounds to access the standard of work and if they have met the official recommendations set aside by CAF to be qualified to host tournaments.
All these measures are in preparations for the upcoming 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations which is scheduled from 19 November to 3 December 2016 to be hosted by Cameroon.
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Samuel Eto'o plays for Turkish Super Lig club Antalyaspor nowadays, and it is in that Mediterranean city that he will host a charity match in a couple weeks, which will feature a whole host of massive stars, including Chelsea's Eden Hazard.
Apparently there had been some fears that the match would be canceled in light of the recent terror attack at the airport in Istanbul, but Eto'o's charity organization has released a statement confirming that there's been no change of plans.
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