LAGOS OCTOBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Cameroon Football Federation (Fecafoot) chief Samuel Eto’o has been banned from attending the national team’s matches for six months after violating FIFA’s disciplinary regulations, football’s governing body said. The former Barcelona striker has been president of Fecafoot since 2021 and will now be barred from all men’s and women’s games across various…
LAGOS JULY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The daughter of Samuel Eto’o is currently pushing for the imprisonment of the former footballer having allegedly neglected his duties as a father. Samuel Eto’o is embroiled in a legal battle against his daughter, Erika do Rosario Nieves. The 22-year-old Erika was judicially recognized in February 2022 as the daughter of the…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Democratic Republic of Congo have been forced to pull out of a regional qualifying tournament for the 2023 Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations after 25 out of 40 players failed mandatory age testing. It is the latest age fraud scandal to hit the Central African Football Federations’ Union (UNIFFAC) qualifiers after…
LAGOS DECEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Algerian YouTuber, Said Mamouni has broken silence after he was assaulted by Cameroon legend, Samuel Eto’o. Eto’o got involved in a scuffle with Mamouni outside the Stadium 974 with the incident being filmed and later shared online. Mamouni has now released a video where he disclosed he has reported the case to…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Samuel Eto’o said on Saturday his election as president of the Cameroon Football Federation, announced earlier in the day, was “one of the proudest moments” of his life. The four-time African player of the year gained 43 votes to beat acting president Seidou Mbombo Njoya, who collected 31. “I’m deeply grateful to…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Barcelona and Inter Milan striker Samuel Eto’o is in stable condition after he was involved in a road accident around Nkongsamba-Douala road in Cameroon. Eto’o was said to be returning from a wedding celebration when his car was hit by a public transport bus on Sunday morning. Although the car was…
LAGOS JANUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senegalese forward Sadio Mane has won the 2019 CAF African Player of the Year award. He beats Liverpool’s teammate Mohammed Salah and Manchester City’s Riyad Mahrez to win the award at the annual awards ceremony staged in Hurghada on Tuesday. Mane has been a finalist in the previous three editions of the…
Cameroon will be ready to stage the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) next year, Samuel Eto’o has told RFI. Suggestions that Cameroon would not be ready for the tournament, expanded to 24 teams and scheduled in the summer for the first time, have plagued the build-up, with Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Ahmad…