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Arsene Wenger's decision to step down as Arsenal manager after 22 years in charge marks the end of an era, but also a huge opportunity for the Gunners to reestablish themselves among the elite of English and European football. Tributes poured in from players past and present on Friday, as well as Wenger's adversaries over the past two decades, such as Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho, for his longevity and the revolution in English football he helped inspire. However, there is no hiding the fact the Frenchman has bowed out now due to increasing calls for him to go from frustrated fans as Arsenal slipped further behind their Premier League rivals in recent seasons. Arsenal haven't won the league since Wenger's crowing achievement in leading "The Invincibles" to an unbeaten league season in 2003/04. Last season was the first time in 20 years the club didn't qualify for the Champions League, but they haven't got beyond the last 16 in that compet

Captain Nabil Fekir scored a superb goal as Lyon stayed on course for a return to the Champions League by romping to a 5-2 win at Dijon in Ligue 1 on Friday. Memphis Depay, Houssem Aouar, Bertrand Traore and Maxwel Cornet were also on target for the visitors in Burgundy, as a rampant Lyon claimed a sixth consecutive league victory. Bruno Genesio's side – who missed out on a Champions League place this season – are now just a point behind second-placed Monaco, who visit Guingamp on Saturday. Crucially, they are also three points ahead of fourth-placed Marseille, who entertain Lille in another Saturday game. Only the top three sides qualify for the Champions League in Ligue 1, and OL looked to be out of the running after a poor run of form in February and into March. However, they have come roaring back on a winning run that has included a dramatic away victory at Marseille and has seen them score 19 goals while taking 18 points from a possible 18. This was the fifth

Pep Guardiola has indicated pursuing a Premier League record points total may be the best way to keep his Manchester City players focused over the final five matches of the season. City are at home to Swansea on Sunday, having secured Guardiola's first English league title last weekend, as they won at Tottenham Hotspur and closest challengers Manchester United suffered a shock defeat at home to bottom-of-the-table West Bromwich Albion. The manager, though, is concerned his squad's performance levels will drop, now that they effectively have only pride left to play for this term. That is why he feels that chasing Chelsea's Premier League record of 95 points in a season, set in 2004/05, is a useful target for City, who are currently on 87. "In the past, I have won the league at Barcelona and Bayern Munich with five, six, seven games to go, and the remaining games were not good," Guardiola said Friday. "We tried to tell the players, 'Come on, ke

The Abakwa boys were unrecognisable as they fell to middle table AS Etoa Meki (0-2) in a day 12 match of the Mtn elite two championship. The locals had a mastery of the game and without stress opened scores at the 12th minute through  Marvels Soppi Epole  unmarked in the penalty box.  Lionel Ateba  made it  2-0  for As Etoa meki at the  58th minute  with Mboua Pierre Junior for the assist. PWD will press upfront and come close to reduce tally but Clovis Dohbit will mix himself up with the ball at the 64th minute, suqandering a golden opportunity. Etoa Meki will sit back and contain PWD while proceeding by counter offensives which could have yielded goals at the 78th and 88th minutes if not of the solid hands of goalkeeper  Junior Motchoyo  of PWD who will deflect all incoming shots away from his goal post, saving PWD from disgrace. Match Fact sheet ETOA MEKI STATS PWD 2 Goals 0 0 Penalties 0 0 Red cards 0 2 Yellow cards 0 1 Corners 7 2 Substitutions 1 23 Free kicks 34

Victim of a broken tight leg following a 34th minute collision in the Midfield, 27 years old Multi purpose Aigle man,Albert Moukoko has been ruled for the rest of the season. Albert Ewoudy Moukoko who is in his 3rd season at Aigle Royal suffered a damage in his right Shin bone in Sunday’s defeat to Astres of Douala. The former Apejes defender will undergo an operation on his right Shin at the “L’hopital des soeur at Bateng-Dschang on Wednesday before embarking on a long recovery race that will see him miss the rest of the season. Moukoko missed 2 of Aigle’s games earlier in the season owing to suspension but is now expected to be  out for at least 4 months. Sunday’s injury is the first major injury suffered by the former Apejes,CETEF,CPS de Bertoua,Foudre D’akonolinga and Achille FC man.His absence simply “throws spanners in the works” of Minkreo Birwe who is seemingly building a better Aigle Royal team. Aigle Royal is 18th in the log with 10 points from 14 games,there is

Barely 4 months after handing a drowning New Stars of Douala a second life in the top flight and landing New Stars the cup of Cameroon, coach Djam George Laurent who joined Stade Renard in January has left the club on mutual consent after a streak of bad results. Coach Djam Laurent  created an atmosphere of optimism when he joined the club with a growing section of the fans hoping then that the club was to push beyond her 5th place finish in the previous season but a 4-1 win in match day 1 against  historic USD got off the minds of the fans long time ago especially after the club accepted a nil defeat to lost her invincibility at home to Yong Sports Academy in match day 3 of this season’s championship. The former DAC 2000,Caiman Douala,Botafogo Douala, Eding Sport FC, Lion Blesse,Bamboutos of Mbouda,New Stars of Douala coach,Djam Laurent ran out of fuel in Melong and his job became more difficult last Wednesday when sister club Bamboutos FC of Mbouda traveled to melong and beat

As perceived before the start of the season, thid seaon’s MTN elite two championship is turning out to be the most exciting in years. With the old school clubs only good enough for the second tier of Cameroon football nowadays,Racing Bafoussam,TKC,Canon,PWD,Dynamo and robbing shoulders with the new breed of good clubs in Bang Bullets,Lion Blesse and what have you.”Setting the Cats amongst the Pigeons” obviously makes anything is possible. The 7 matches played over 2 days for match day 11 produced 10 goals with the Avion’s home game in Buea producing the highest number of goals. 3 clubs won at home(NPB,Avion Nkam,Panthere sportive of Nde) while Lion Blesse with mask man Anaba Patrick Metogo defeating divided and struggling Dynamo to pick up the only away win in Edea. The other 3 games including the top of the table clash ended in a draw. The complete result below only tells part of the story. Sunday 15 April PSN  -  NUFC Bara. X2 Monday 16 APRIL 2018 MATELOTS ·

Arsenal survived a scare as they progressed to the last four of the Europa League on Thursday after coming back to draw 2-2 with CSKA Moscow in Russia in their quarterfinal second leg. Fedor Chalov and Kirill Nababkin scored for CSKA to set Arsenal nerves jangling in the Russian capital, but Danny Welbeck and Aaron Ramsey both netted late on for the Premier League side as they won the quarterfinal 6-3 on aggregate. It was another night of comebacks in a crazy midweek in Europe, with Marseille and Red Bull Salzburg producing stirring performances to overturn first-leg deficits. Atletico Madrid are also through, and remain the favourites, despite losing 1-0 on the night away to Sporting Lisbon. Arsene Wenger was without Granit Xhaka and Henrikh Mkhitaryan in Moscow so Mohamed Elneny and Welbeck came in as the two changes to the team that won the first leg 4-1. Clinging to the Europa League to rescue their season as they languish well out of the running for a top-four finish

Paris Saint-Germain will reclaim the French title if they beat reigning champions and current second-placed side Monaco at the Parc des Princes in Ligue 1 on Sunday. The Qatar-backed Parisians lead Monaco by 14 points with six games to go, meaning they are on the brink of a fifth title in six seasons, despite having to cope without the injured Neymar for more than a month now. The Brazilian has been in his home country recovering from a foot operation and PSG are hoping to have him back before the end of the season. But they should be champions well before any possible return date for the world's most expensive player, and beating Monaco would be the perfect way to seal the deal. It would come a year after the principality side finished eight points clear of PSG at the summit in a campaign which also saw them reach the Champions League semifinals. "Knowing that we can be champions at home, against our main rivals this season and the team that kidnapped the title f

Barcelona will break a 38-year record by avoiding defeat against Valencia on Saturday but the priority is rejuvenation following their Champions League nightmare in Rome. If the Catalans extend their unbeaten run in La Liga to 39 games at the Camp Nou, they will pass the mark set by Real Sociedad in 1980 and take one step closer to a first invincible season. But while they have been faultless in the league, any celebrations are likely to be tainted by Tuesday's collapse as Barca threw away a 4-1 first leg advantage over Roma and crashed out of the Champions League quarterfinals. The defeat has been castigated by the Spanish press and Ernesto Valverde's side, still on track for a domestic double, are suddenly finding themselves with questions to answer. Only Lionel Messi could score a hat-trick one match, then have his form criticised the next, but the Argentinian was out of sorts in Italy and has lacked some of his usual spark in recent weeks. Blame, however, has b

25 year old Former UMS of Loum midfielder and forward Arouna Dang Bisene is scoring goals for fun in the Angola premier league. It has been a great start of the season in Angola for the front man.With 3 goals 1 assist in 3 games the for second placed Kabuscorp Du Palanca Dang is certainly a revelation in the Angola premier league. The 2016 top scorer of the Cameroon premier league Ndang joined Kabuscorp on a 10 months deal from Argentine side Huracan but could not feature in the the Angola premier league (Girabola) until match day 4 when he was cleared to play. Arouna at Kabuscorp again up to his goal scoring business as usual and is has made himself a fans favourite with most of the club’s fans Branding him “the new LUKUKA” The Angola premier league has always been home to many Cameroonians with Ngwem II Jonathan,Christian Kaboun amongst those to have found Favour in Angola. Kabuscorp is currently second in the log with 12 points and heroic performance from Arounna Ndang

Cameroon internationals Andre Frank Zambo Anguissa and Karl Toko Ekambi have been shortlisted amongst 18 other African players plying their trade in France as nominees for the 2018 Marc Vivian Foe Award. The award organized in France is an annual award dedicated to former Cameroon international Marc Vivien Foe who died in active service for Cameroon in 2003 as an Olympique Lyonnais player at the age of 28 in his club’s stadium during the FIFA confederation cup of that year. Strange enough no Cameroonian has won this award since it’s inception in 2009.As usual,this year’s award has 13 nominees in the first phase,3 Ivorian(Jean Michel Seri of OGC Nice,last year’s winner, Nicolas Pepe of Lille and Max Alain Gradel of Toulouse),2 Senegalese(Keita Balde of Monaco and Moussa Konate of Amiens),2 Cameroonians( Toko Ekambi of Angers and Zambo Anguissa),1 Malian( Hamari Traore of Stade Rennes),1 Burkinabe (Bertrand Traore of Olympique Lyonnais) 1 Cape Verdi(Julio Tabares of Dijon),1 Tunisi