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Cameroon former skipper, Rigobert Song, has been appointed as the head coach of Cameroon local team, replacing Martin Ndtoungou Mpile.

Rigobert was unveiled as the new coach on Thursday during a press conference which also saw the new coach of the senior team, Hugo Broos, being announced. Ernest Agbor will be his assistant coach while Simon Nlend remains the goalkeepers coach. 

The Indomitable Lions made it to the CHAN 2016 quarter-final under their previous coach Martin Ndtoungou Mpile before they were hammered 0-3 by Cote d’Ivoire in extra time.

Song has a huge experience as a player, having represented clubs such as West Ham, Trabzonspor and Liverpool. He also featured at eight Africa Cup of Nations where he still holds the record of 35 consecutive first team games, winning two AFCON titles with the Indomitable Lions in 2000 and 2002

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18.Feb.2016

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History was made yesterday in Yaounde, the nation's capital as our Volleyball Indomitable Lionesses qualified for the world cup in Rio de Janeiro after thrashing a formidable Egyptian side. Christelle Tchoudjang Nana and her teammates did it for the nation to qualify for the biggest global volleyball sporting event. No Cameroonian women's volleyball team had managed such a feat before. 

Cameroon went into the finals staggering after Egypt had beaten the Kenyans who were favourites of the tournament. It was a thrilling encounter which saw the Egyptians pulled our girls into a tie break. Cameroon were not a great side, but they had Captain Nana Tchoudjang and Stephanie Fotso in attack. The end result, Cameroon 3=Egypt 2

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17.Feb.2016

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News of Matip’s switch to Anfield was confirmed on Monday afternoon, with the giant centre-back moving to Liverpool at the end of the season.

The 24-year-old is one of the most highly-rated defenders in the Bundesliga, with many hailing Jurgen Klopp‘s decision to bring him to Merseyside as a masterstroke. 

While Matip’s summer contract expiration allowed Liverpool to sign the Cameroon international on a free transfer, he is still far from a cheap purchase.

According to German publication Bild, via ESPN, Matip will be paid a 2.527.363.458,89 million FCFA signing-on fee upon arrival, and will earn approximately 4.209.841.086,06 million FCFA a year in wages – just over 84.232.818,13  CFA per week.

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16.Feb.2016

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The adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee chaired by Mr Hans Joachim Eckert has banned Mr Jérôme Valcke, former Secretary General of FIFA, for 12 years from all football-related activities (administrative, sports or any other) on a national and international level. The ban comes into force immediately. The investigation against Mr Valcke was conducted by Dr Cornel Borbély, chairman of the investigatory chamber of the Ethics Committee, following allegations of potential misconduct related to the sale of tickets for FIFA World Cups™. During the course of the investigations, several other acts of potential misconduct arose, in particular abuse of the FIFA travel expenses policies and regulations, cases involving related-parties issues and the sale of TV and other media rights, and the destruction of evidence. The investigation resulted in a final report that was submitted to the adjudicatory chamber on 5 January 2016. 

Adjudicatory proceedings were formally opened on 7 January 2016. Amongst other things, the adjudicatory chamber found that a sports marketing firm had gained an undue advantage from the selling of FIFA World Cup™ tickets. In this respect, not only did Mr Valcke do nothing to stop these activities, he even encouraged the persons responsible to do so. Furthermore, Mr Valcke repeatedly encouraged them to breach an agreement concluded between FIFA and the sports marketing firm. Moreover, by travelling at FIFA’s expense purely for sightseeing reasons as well as repeatedly choosing private flights for his trips over commercial flights without any business rationale for doing so, Mr Valcke, gained an advantage for himself and relatives. In doing so, Mr Valcke acted against FIFA’s best interests and caused considerable financial damage to FIFA, while his private and personal interests detracted him from his ability to properly perform his duties as the Secretary General of FIFA.

Concerning the issue of TV and media rights for the Caribbean, it was found that Mr Valcke attempted to grant the TV and media rights for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups™ to a third party for a fee far below their actual market value and had taken concrete preparatory action in this regard. Furthermore, it was found that Mr Valcke deliberately tried to obstruct the ongoing proceedings against him by attempting to delete or deleting several files and folders relevant to the investigation, despite being aware of his duty to preserve all data and to collaborate in order to establish the facts of the case. In summary, the conduct of Mr Valcke as Secretary General of FIFA constituted a violation of article 13 (General rules of conduct), article 15 (Loyalty), article 16 (Confidentiality), article 18 (Duty of disclosure, cooperation and reporting), article 19 (Conflicts of interest), article 20 (Offering and accepting gifts and other benefits) and article 41 (Obligation of the parties to collaborate) of the FIFA Code of Ethics (FCE). In consequence, Mr Valcke has been banned for 12 years from all football related activities and fined CHF 100,000.

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15.Feb.2016

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