The Canon Yaounde Gazette
Market7 Sep 2026
Alain Bikoe Mongo asks to leave Canon Yaounde
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Canon Yaounde
Junior Dande was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Franck Ipoua is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Nobody could get near Martin Ako Assomo
Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Graduation day at Canon Yaounde
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
The terraces7 Sep 2026
Canon Yaounde supporters have found a favourite in Franck Steve Belobo
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Franck Steve Belobo has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Ninety minutes of Franck Steve Belobo at his very best
Marked 8.68. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Canon Yaounde.
Market7 Sep 2026
Canon Yaounde promote Pierre Mbarga from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Pierre Mbarga has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market7 Sep 2026
Canon Yaounde promote Emmanuel Oyongo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Emmanuel Oyongo has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Michel Etame steps up from the Canon Yaounde academy
- Squad The manager makes an example of Juste Koulou
- Player ratings Ninety minutes of Nana Kwame at his very best