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Wednesday 31 May 2023 Dublin: 14°C

# Cameroon

Last year
2022
# Swiss on a roll
Swiss get the job done over Cameroon in low score bore
Switzerland won their opening Group G game 1-0 this morning.
# Group by Group Guide
Group G Preview: Brazil set out as favourites, Serbia in the running as Dark Horses
Next in our World Cup series is Group G, featuring Brazil, Serbia, Switzerland, and Cameroon.
# Qualifiers
Salah sets up win for Egypt over Senegal, Slimani stuns Cameroon
The eagerly awaited clash was a repeat of the Africa Cup of Nations final last month.
# Videogate
Egypt boss Queiroz blasts Eto'o for describing AFCON semi-final as 'a war'
The former Real Madrid coach has called on the Confederation of African Football to take action.
# Last Four
Lyon striker scores twice in eight minutes to send Cameroon into AFCON semi-final
It was the hosts’ first game at the tournament since the deadly crush in Yaounde.
# Stampede
Eight dead and 50 injured in Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon stadium crush
A baby was also reportedly trampled by the crowd but survived.
# fly goalie
Comoros to use outfield player in goal for historic AFCON clash with Cameroon
Covid-19 cases and injuries leave them with no other choice.
All time
# Ireland's Eye
Shamrock Rovers defender makes competitive international debut in vital win over Cameroon
Roberto Lopes’ Cape Verde are closing in on qualification for the Africa Cup of Nations.
# AFCON
Klopp seething as rescheduling of Africa Cup of Nations looks set to hurt Liverpool
The Liverpool manager could lose several key players to the rescheduled Africa Cup of Nations next January.
# P45
Dutch legends Seedorf and Kluivert sacked after Cameroon crash out of Africa Cup of Nations
The defending champions bowed at the last-16 stage of the competition.
# Interview
'The bottom line was we looked at the percentages of those making a career in soccer and they were slim'
After choosing athletics over Cork City, Brandon Arrey represented Ireland at last year’s European Championships and is now gearing up for this month’s Nationals.
# AFCON
Holders crash out as Arsenal star Iwobi grabs winner to send Nigeria through
Nigeria beat holders Cameroon 3-2 in Saturday’s thrilling Africa Cup of Nations last-16 tie.
# Record Breaker
22-year-old Miedema becomes Netherlands' record-goalscorer with double against Cameroon
Arsenal forward Vivianne Miedema scored twice as the Netherlands sealed their place in the knockout stages.
# Passion
Living in a forest camp and jumping the fence into Europe - Titi's rugby dream
The Cameroon native is close to making his Test debut for the Spanish national team.
# bamenda
90 students kidnapped by gunmen in Cameroon have been freed
It was the first mass kidnapping to hit Cameroon and one of the gravest incidents in 13 months of pro-independence violence.
# bamenda
79 pupils kidnapped from Cameroon boarding school
The kidnappings took place in a region troubled by an Anglophone separatist movement.
# Big Money
Fulham break their transfer record for €30 million Marseille star
Cameroon international Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa has completed a move to the Premier League newcomers.
# dynamic duo
Dutch legends Seedorf and Kluivert take charge of Cameroon national team
The Africa Cup of Nations champions have announced the appointments of the former Netherlands duo as their new coaching team.
# Visas
Cameroon athletes go missing during Commonwealth games
The disappearances have triggered suspicion that the athletes want to overstay their visas in Australia.
# Pygmy tribes
Wildlife groups accused of abuses against tribes 'in the name of conservation'
Activist group Survival said “green colonialism” is not just destroying lives but also harming conservation.
# Boko Haram
'They beat me with an electric cable, while throwing water on me at the same time'
People accused of supporting Boko Haram are being brutally tortured in Cameroon.
# Farcical
More embarrassing VAR chaos as Germany and Chile book semi-final Confed Cup places
Jogi Loew’s side were 3-1 winners over Cameroon while the South Americans drew 1-1 with Australia.
# Video Games
VAR penalty decision helps Australia rescue Cameroon point
Both sides now need to win their final match to have any hope of reaching the semi-finals of the Confederations Cup.
# AFCON
Aboubakar screamer delivers Cup of Nations for Cameroon
The Indomitable Lions won it in style tonight.
# indomitable lions
Cameroon edge Avram Grant's Ghana to book a place in 2017 Africa Cup of Nations decider
Their 2-0 win sets up a clash with Egypt in a repeat of the 2008 final.
# IN COURT
Prosecutors call for Eto'o to get 10 years in jail for tax fraud allegations
The Cameroon star could also face a fine of €14.3m.
# Cameroon
55 people killed, hundreds injured in Cameroon train derailment
The train was crammed with people due to road traffic disruption between two cities.
# Cameroon
Irish-born UN Ambassador's motorcade hits and kills boy
A jeep in her motorcade hit the boy. She offered the boy’s family ‘profound condolences and our grief and heartbreak’.
# long range
South Africa midfielder with a truly sensational goal from inside his own half
Hlompho Kekana found the back of the net from 65 yards but Bafana Bafana remain without an AFCON qualification win after drawing 2-2 in Cameroon.
# relieved
Relief for Samuel Eto'o as his ex's kiss-and-tell book will stay off the shelves
The ban of ‘Revenge Porn – Football, sex, money: the testimony of Samuel Eto’o's ex’ has been upheld in a French court.
# AFCON 2015
Injury scare for Manchester City as Yaya limped off last night in Africa Cup Of Nations
The Ivory Coast midfielder left the pitch clutching his hamstring.
# Cameroon
Boko Haram kidnap 60 people, mostly women and children, in cross-border attack
The Islamist militants ‘burst into two villages and torched homes’.
# RIP
Ex-Portsmouth player Valery Mezague found dead in his Toulon apartment
Police aren’t treating the 30 year-old’s death as suspicious.
# fears
Panic as people flee to escape dangerous Boko Haram fighters
The Cameroon army has killed more than 100 Boko Haram fighters, their government said.
# Goodfellas
Greece players ask for their World Cup bonuses to be put towards training complex
Admirable gesture from the players who are preparing for a round of 16 tie against Costa Rica.
# jet engine
Croatian captain Darijo Srna is the World Cup's fastest player
The full-back racked up a blistering top speed of almost 33km/h during his side’s clash with Cameroon.
# cameroon'd
Croatia set up Mexican stand-off after taming 'Indomitable Lions'
Mario Mandzukic scored twice after Alex Song saw red.
# italia 90 week
The cult World Cup teams we loved: Cameroon 1990
We look back on how the African side thrilled the masses with an unlikely run to the last-eight of the tournament.
# Nigeria
Boko Haram kill one Chinese worker and kidnap 10 others in Cameroon
The militants stormed an encampment used by Chinese road workers last night.
# No Holding Back
Samuel Eto'o says Jose Mourinho is a 'fool'
The Chelsea boss questioned the veracity of the striker’s official age earlier in the season.