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Cameroon
Biya snaps up new national football coach for 'bargain' €480,000

Cameroon's sports minister Narcisse Mouelle Kombi (left) and the new coach of the Indomitable Lions, the Belgian Marc Brys, on 9 April 2024 in Yaoundé. © Kepseu/Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

Marc Brys has been chosen to coach the Indomitable Lions, his salary request being within the budgetary limits the state had set itself. The Belgian was the least demanding financially, but not the least experienced, of the candidates. [...]

Published on 12.04.2024 at 04:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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