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Cameroon legend Eto'o slapped with four-match ban, Sh2.5 million fine for misconduct at AFCON 2025

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Former Cameroon footballer Samuel Eto'o watches during the Africa Cup of Nations round of 16 match between Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso at the Grand Stadium in Marrakesh on January 6, 2026. (FRANCK FIFE / AFP)

Cameroon legend Samuel Eto’o has been handed a four-match suspension and fined $20,000 (Sh2.5 million) after being found guilty of misconduct by a Confederation of African Football (CAF) disciplinary panel.

Eto’o, who is now president of Cameroon’s football federation (Fecafoot), was cited for breaching CAF’s principles of sportsmanship during the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final between the Indomitable Lions and hosts Morocco.

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