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The information was made public by Joseph Owona at a press briefing in Yaounde on August 25, 2015. According to the president of the normalisation committee of Fecafoot, Joseph Owona, the upcoming elections will be one of the most expensive ever witnessed in the federation. He disclosed that the elections will cost about FCA 700 million since they will have to send teams down to the field and there will be a central coordination at the seat of the federation. He assured the public that the elections will be transparent as the normalisation Committee is not going to support any of the candidates vying for the post of president. Litigations from the elections will be examined judiciously and with impartially.

Fielding questions from journalists, the veteran university don said the college was constituted from the tally sheets of the various championship matches as only owners of clubs will henceforth be members of the Fecafoot general assembly according to the new statute. Drawing the balance sheet of his tenure of office, the professor said it is satisfactory as he is leaving a good statute as a legacy to Fecafoot, statute which meets up with FIFA requirements and serves as a model which has been given to other federations to copy. To substantiate the fact he said Regional leagues are now autonomous which is not what used to exist in the past besides proscribing individual membership into the Fecafoot general assembly. 

The press briefing took place shortly after a meeting of the Normalisation Committee which was extended to members of the technical secretariat to assess the adoption process of the new statutes at the level of Regional and Divisional leagues, as well as pave the way forward for the second phase which is the election proper of delegates from the grassroots to the national level. Though refraining from giving a portrait of the new president should be, Joseph Owona reluctantly said he should be someone who loves football, be of integrity and be prepared away break away from the malpractices of the past.

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26.Aug.2015

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Samuel Eto'o has not waited for the professional leagues in Europe to reach a more decisive stage to distinguish himself. The most illustrious African footballer of all times, Samuel Eto'o is already topping the scoring chart in Turkey after the second day of the Super Lig. On Sunday, August 23, the promoted Antalyaspor had in its ranks, two Cameroonians, namely Mbilla Etamé and Eto'o Fils for its first home match against Genclerbirligi. 

The Cameroonians guided their team to victory beating their opponents 3 goals to 1 with a goal from Mbilla Etamé in the 88th minute and another from the King- Samuel Eto'o in the 93rd minute. The former captain of the Indomitable Lions has now scored three goals in two matches, after the doubled he had a week earlier against Istanbul on the first day of play. With six points out of six in the standings, Antalyaspor operates a flawless experience early in the elite division with an attack headed by the Golden Boy, Eto'o authoring an average of 1.5 goals per game.

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25.Aug.2015

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Sébastien Bassong, Joel Matip, Allan Nyom are all making their historic come back into the Indomitable Lions. Cameroon also included for the first time, goalkeeper André Ako of Ajax Amsterdam.  Apart from the list of 23, head coach Volker Finke also scheduled a waiting list of five players that can replace any player who fails to turn up for preparations. Franck Etoundi, the younger brother of skipper Stéphane Mbia whose last selection in the national team fueled a controversy has been relegated to the waiting list.The match against Gambia is scheduled for September 6, 2015 in Banjul, the Gambian capital. Here is the list of players summoned by Volker Finke: 

Goalkeepers:

ONDOUA Fabrice Joseph, FC Barcelona

NDY Assembe, FC Nancy

ONANA André, Ajax Amsterdam

Defenders:

Nyom Alan, Fc watford

Aurélien Chedjou, Galatasaray

Nicolas Nkoulou O. Marseilles

Sebastien Bassong Norwich City

MATIP Joel Shalke 04

Henri Bedimo, O.Lyon

Kombi Mandjang, Union Douala

Oyongo Bitolo, Impact Montrèal

Midfielders and Forwards:

Stéphane MBIA, Trapbzonsport

EYONG Enoh, Standard Liege

EBOA EBOA Félix,  Paris Saint-Germain FC

LOE Raoul Cedric, AL-Sailiya SC (QATAR)

NDI Dani, Sporting Gijón

Choupo-Moting ERIC MAXIME, schalke 04

Moukandjo Benjamin, FC Lorient

Leonard Kweuke, Caykur Rizespor

N'jie Clinton, Tottenham

Zoua Jacques, GFC Ajaccio

ABOUBAKAR Vincent, FC Porto

Toko Karl, FC Sochaux  

 Waiting list :

NGWENI Ndasi, Unisport

ZOCK ABEP Guy Christian, COSMOS

SALLI Edgard, ST Gallen

ETOUNDI Franck, FC Zürich

OHANDZA Frank, Hajduk Split

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25.Aug.2015

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A 26-year-old striker for Cameroonian second division team Dynamo de Douala collapsed during a match and later died, according to Cameroon's professional Football league. Leopold Angong Oben was fouled in the penalty area, earning his team a spot-kick during the first half of the match against Colombe du Dja-et-Lobo at the Reunification Stadium in the commercial capital Douala on Saturday. 

He received treatment on the field and resumed play but collapsed minutes later. "He collapsed in the stadium in the 33rd minute of the match. "His team mates tried to revive him without success," said sports journalist Aime Moukoko, who was in the stadium reporting on the match. The referee called for the assistance of Red Cross personnel present at the stadium, the Cameroon Professional Football League said in a statement. "(Oben) was evacuated to a Douala hospital where he passed away minutes after," the statement said.

His cause of death has not been disclosed. Oben was the second player from Dynamo de Douala to die in the span of three weeks after 27-year-old goalkeeper Ferdinand Mbog passed away following an unspecified illness.

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24.Aug.2015

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