Cameroon cancel World Cup send-off match

YAOUNDE, (Reuters) - Cameroon have cancelled a World Cup warm-up international against Guatemala next month, the country’s football federation said on Tuesday without giving any reasons.





Cameroon were due to play a send-off game in front of their owns fans in Yaounde against the central American side on June 7 before departing for the tournament in Brazil.

The squad began a training camp in Austria on Tuesday and play warm-up matches against Macedonia and Paraguay in Kufstein on May 26 and 29. They also have a match against Germany in Moenchengladbach on June 1.

Cameroon are in World Cup Group A with Brazil, Mexico and Croatia.





(Reporting by Tansa Musa; Writing by Mark Gleeson; Editing by Ed Osmond)


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