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The leader of the Iya Mohammed's legal team, Barrister Mballa Manasseh has pleaded with the Special Criminal Court not to send his client to jail brandishing his kind donations he made towards the development of the country. Iya Mohammed currently detained for embezzlement was not only the manager of the Cameroon Cotton Development Corporation (Sodecoton), but was also the president of the Cameroon Football Federation aka FECAFOOT. His advocate painted a picture of him in front of judges at the Special Criminal Court describing Iya as  "a man with a good heart."

Barrister Mballa revealed that Iya Mohammed's acts of kindness resulted in him making generous donations to the tune of 40 to 50 billion FCFA in cash to remote areas in the Northern regions of the country. Mballa Manasseh recalled that it was also under the 31 years rule of Iya Mohammed at Cameroon Cotton Development Corporation (Sodecoton) that the company garnered significant dividends and concluded that it would be unfair to convict his client especially as the charges against him were fabricated by people who wanted his job at the Cameroon Football Federation. 

The Special Criminal Court session that was chaired by Justices Yap Abdou and Yvette siewe reminded the court that Iya Mohammed was among others accused of embezzling 3.178 billion FCFA including a 5.385 billion FCFA leveled as "unexplained".

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23.Aug.2015

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After the 31st day of play, mighty Canon amid match fixing scandals has finally joined Tonnere in the relegation zone of Cameroon's League 1. This is how the league table stands:

1- Coton Sport 58 points

2- Union 56 points

3- New stars 53 points

4- Botafogo 53 points

5- Apejes 47 points

6- Panthère 45 points                                   

7- Yong Sport 44 points

8- Bamboutos 43 points

9- Astres 41 points

10- Unisport 41 points

11- Dragon 41 points

12- Lion Blessé 37 points

13- Cosmos 36 points

14- UMS 35 points

15- Fovu 34 points

16- Canon 33 points

17- Njalla Quan Sport 31 points

18- Tonnerre 15 points

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Ngwa Bertrand

23.Aug.2015

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Clinton N'Jie, like many non-European Union-based players, can't just waltz into England and start playing for Tottenham Hotspur. Instead, he needed to secure a work permit in order to earn his paycheck in the UK.

That hurdle has now officially been crossed.The Premier League's regulations limit work permits to only non-EU footballers "of the highest calibre," meaning they must meet the following criteria:

A player must have played for his country in at least 75% of its competitive A team matches of which he was available for selection, during the two years preceding the date of the application The player's country must be at or above 70th place in the official FIFA world rankings when averaged over the two years preceding the date of the application.

Clinton has already made 11 appearances for theIndomitable Lions, and Cameroon is a solid CAF country whose FIFA rank has never dipped below 65th place since 2003.

By either criteria, N'Jie was a shoo-in for a permit, which is why Tottenham didn't think twice about signing him even before his work permit came through. Now that he's "legal," Clinton is eligible for selection for Tottenham's first team squad.

Tottenham arrived at Leicester City ahead of their 1-1 draw on Saturday without Clinton Njie in the squad.

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22.Aug.2015

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Match fixing scandals have rocked Cameroon's Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 prompting the holding of an emergency meeting this Friday in Yaounde. The Professional Football League of Cameroon (LFPC) headquartered in Yaounde, the nation's capital has summoned members of the National Union of footballers of Cameroon (Synafoc), referees and club managers including Peter Kwemo, the founding president of the Union for the Advancement of Sports in Loum,all involved in corruption allegations. 

Today's meeting is expected to examine match fixing complaints recorded during the AS Etoa Meki versus Racing encounter, counting for the 31th day of Ligue 2), Botafogo opposing UMS of Loum hosted on the 29th day of Ligue 1 and Panther against UMS Loum staged on the 30th day of  Ligue 1. Cameroon Concord has been told evidence of corruption and attempted corruption are hanging over these games. A senior football official who spoke to Cameroon Concord late yesterday but sued for anonymity observed that "Joseph Owona and his Francophone acolytes are destroying the beautiful game in Cameroon."

In the game AS Etoa-Meki and Racing which ended (1-2) played on Tuesday in the Ahmadou Ahidjo stadium in Yaounde,  the referee Olle Paul reportedly received one million CFA from Pierre Chesneau Kwemo. On August 13, Synafoc launched a "No to match-fixing" campaign that is aim at protecting the integrity of football while raising awareness about the dangers of manipulating matches and above all, to protect and train footballers including other members of the football family on how to identify, resist and report any attempted manipulation before and during a game. The SYNAFOC initiative has received the blessings of Fifpro, the International Federation of Professional Footballers, FIFA and Interpol- the international police.

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21.Aug.2015

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