The emblematic captain of the Indomitable Lions, Rigobert Song has convened a press conference to hold on Sunday at the Hilton Hotel in Yaounde. During this press conference, he is expected to officially declare the end of his football career.
Merci Magnan!
Rigobert Song Bahanag began his career as a footballer at Red Star Bangu. He then played in the biggest clubs in Cameroon (Tonnerre Kalara Club) , in France (FC Metz RC Lens), Italy (Salernitana), England (Liverpool and West Ham United), Germany (Cologne) and in Turkey (Galatassaray and Trabzonspor). He is the only African to have played four finals of the FIFA World Cup, seven finals of the CAN (32 games) and two Confederations Cups. Rigobert Song has to his credit, 530 games, and holds the record of selections in the Indomitable Lions (137).
Former Manchester United and Aston Villa midfielder, Eric Djemba Djemba has been linked to Barclays Premiere League newcomers, West Bromwich Albion. His present club, Odense has allowed the 29 years old Cameroonian midfielder to travel to England to negotiate his transfer deal.
Odense coach Lars Olsen said: “Eric will not be involved (against Randers) because we have allowed him to travel abroad. It is for personal reasons which we cannot say more about.”
Djemba Djemba had a spell at Manchester United in 2005 . He played for Qatar SC before moving to Danish club, Odense 2 years ago.
European football’s governing body UEFA, announced last night they had denied Achille Webo ‘s Mallorca entry to the upcoming season’s competition after deeming that they had fallen foul of financial regulations.
Mallorca are set to appeal the decision but Villarreal tonight announced they had been informed they would be taking the cash-stricken club’s place.
UEFA’s statement, on the Villarreal website, read: “In relation to the decision taken by the Committee of control and discipline on July 22, we want to announce that RCD Mallorca have not been admitted into the UEFA Europa League 2010-2011.
“In consequence, as established by paragraph 2.12b of the competition rules, we want to inform via this note that Villarreal (having reached seventh place in the Spanish league), subject to the fulfilment of all the relevant conditions, will be admitted to the UEFA Europa League 2010-2011 in place of RCD Mallorca.”
The relevant ruling states that any club not admitted will be replaced by another of the same federation and that if the sanctioned club are not the cup winners, the team that replaces them must be the one that was best positioned in the league standings.
Mallorca in May applied to go into voluntary administration after amassing debts thought to be in the region of 70million euros.
A statement on UEFA’s website read: “On the basis of all expert reviews which have been undertaken, the control and disciplinary body ruled that the club does not fulfil the necessary admission criteria.”
Mallorca have reacted angrily and are preparing to challenge the ruling.
A club statement today read: “This decision is seriously harmful to the club’s administration process as there were a series of revenues expected that would have allowed payments to creditors.”
New coach Michael Laudrup is hopeful the ban will be overturned.
Hungarian police on Wednesday, last week recovered Eto’o‘s luxurious Bentley GT63 at the boundary between Hungary and Serbia. According to our sources, the vehicle was stolen in March this year.
It was during a passport control, police officers noted that the official matriculation plate of the vehicle was fake and the car had forged tax stickers . After reviewing the serial number of the car, the police discovered that the Italian police were in search of the vehicle , “said a police Hungarian.
The Bentley GT63, valued at more than 150,000 euros was stolen March 19 in the parking lot of Sheraton hotel in Milan’s Porta Venezia District.
The Ukrainian driver, who claimed he did know the car was stolen and was taking it to Greece for a Polish woman he was working for, was arrested, while his companion was allowed to go after questioning, the police spokesman said.
The Indomitable Lions shall be playing an international friendly against Poland on the 11th of August 2010 in Szczecin, Poland. Memory lane, the first time these two teams met was at the World Cup in Spain on the 19th of June 1982 and the score was 0-0. The Indomitable Lions are expected to reunite in Paris 3 days before the encounter. We don’t have a coach!. Iya Mohammed and two other FECAFOOT officials left Cameroon on Tuesday to meet with the undisclosed coach in France.
While the Lions were in Belgium on the 27th of May 2009, to prepare for the 2010 African Nations Cup and World Cup qualifiers match against Morocco, Otto Pfister who was coach of the Indomitable Lions left the team stranded resigning from his functions. His justification was the fact that the minister of sports, Augustin Edjoa replaced Ngweha Ikouam, his assistant for 3 other Cameroonian coaches (Akono Jean Paul, Kaham Michel and Martin Ndtoungou Mpilé) without his consent.
On Monday , the 19th of July 2010, Otto Pfister sent a fax to FECAFOOT declaring his candidature to be the coach of the Indomitable Lions. In this fax, he mentioned that he is the ”man of the situation” since he knows the team so well and can be the best therapy at this state.
The Indomitable Lions striker , Aboubakar Vincent has finally moved to French CLUB, Valenciennes FC. The former Coton Sport of Garoua ”magic man” played his first match with his new club against Lens on Saturday. Valencienne beat Lens 2-0.
The Columbian singer , SHAKIRAwho just became a superstar during the World Cup with the Cameroonian copied hit”Waka, waka”blatantly lied during a Press Conference the song was composed by her.
We all know that the song”waka waka” was copied from the 1980s Cameroonian hit ‘‘Zangalewa” by the group, Golden Sounds .
She says”waka waka” signifies a lot to her. One day she was on holidays, while she was going home, she just got inspired with the lyrics, the music. She arrived home and sat down with a microphone and recorded the first few lines of the song alongside her guitar.
Thats how the song came about and finally became the official song chosen for the FIFA World Cup 2010.
Following the dismal performance of the Indomitable Lions during the just ended World Cup in South Africa, Cameroon has lost 21 places according to the recent FIFA Rankings published today the 14th of July 2010. CAMEROON is now ranked 40th in the World and 7th in Africa behind Egypt, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Algeria and Gabon.
The 19th Edition of the FIFA World Cup in South Africa has successfully come to an end with SPAIN lifting the trophy at the Soccer City Stadium beating the Netherlands by 1-0.
In a nail-biting, rough-and-tumble match that went into extra time tied, 0-0, it was Andres Iniesta breaking free in the penalty area, taking a pass from Cesc Fabregas and putting a right-footed shot from 8 yards just past the outstretched arms of goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg with about seven minutes left to play, including injury time.
Even with their first World Cup title tantalizingly within reach, they failed in the final for the third time. This one might have been the most bitter because, unlike 1974 and 1978, the Netherlands was unbeaten not only in this tournament, but in qualifying for the first World Cup staged in South Africa
For years, Spain has been a disappointment in the biggest tournaments. Now, it has joined West Germany and France as the only nations to hold the world and European titles at the same time.
The emblematic captain of the Indomitable Lions, Rigobert Song has convened a press conference to hold on Sunday at the Hilton Hotel in Yaounde. During this press conference, he is expected to officially declare the end of his football career. 
Following the dismal performance of the Indomitable Lions during the just ended World Cup in South Africa, Cameroon has lost 21 places according to the recent 
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