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Sports Brief | Cameroon coach Rigobert Song has named his final 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar The former Cameroon captain, who was made coach after the Africa Cup of Nations led his country to beat Algeria and qualify for the tournament Cameroon have been drawn …

CBS | 30-year-old forced off with tendon issue vs. Werder Bremen on Tuesday and will be out for weeks Senegal’s FIFA World Cup hopes might have been dealt a hammer blow with L’Equipe reporting that star man Sadio Mane will miss the tournament in Qatar through injury. According to the …

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Henri Mouyebe slaps green, red and yellow paint on his bald head and big, bare belly before every Cameroon soccer game. He’s been transforming his hefty frame into a living, moving Cameroon flag for 40 years in support of his team. He will take …

AFP | Thousands rallied in Cameroon’s capital on Sunday to fete 40 years in power of President Paul Biya, who is accused of trampling on human rights and stifling democracy. The 89-year-old is the world’s second longest-serving leader, except monarchs, after Equatorial Guinea’s Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who has been …

VOA | YAOUNDÉ, CAMEROON — Cameroon’s government and its supporters are holding events this week ahead of celebrations Sunday marking President Paul Biya’s 40 years in power. Meanwhile, opposition parties are holding rallies calling for the 89-year-old Biya, the world’s oldest head of state, to change what they say are …