Cameroon holds ‘strike’ hearing

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    By Leocadia Bongben
    BBC Sport, Yaounde
    Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o Samuel Eto’o was amongst those who attended the hearing on Monday

    Cameroon star Samuel Eto’o and members of the country’s football federation have appeared at a hearing in Yaounde.

    It follows the player strike which led to the cancellation of a friendly game against Algeria last month.

    The hearing had been scheduled to take place last month but was postponed because of Eto’o’s club commitments.

    He is captain of the national team and was part of the squad which refused to play in a row over payments.

    The man in charge of the national team for Fecafoot (the Cameroonian Federation), Blaise Ongbwa and the coach Denis Lavagne were amongst those who were also called.

    The team had played two friendly games in Morocco but did not travel to Algeria to play a third game because of the late payment of appearance fees.

    The move caused huge embarrassment to Cameroon and to the country’s government.

    The hearing is expected to be completed later but it is not known if the decisions will be announced straight away.

    Defender Benoit Assou-Ekotou also faced a hearing, over his failure to report for the whole trip – including the two games the rest of the squad did play.