fifa. they gave in the best striker award, was sort of seen as a point to make do. the fact that he s got a win now is a huge source of pride for polished people. == got a win now is a huge source of pride for polished people. polish eole. well, there s more on the fifa best awards, plus the latest on the fixture congestion in the premier league on the football news show, which is available to watch right now on the bbc iplayer and bbc sport website. let s get an update from the africa cup of nations now. senegal finishing senegalfinishing top of senegal finishing top of group b after a goalless draw against malawi. and four time champions ghana face the real prospect of an early exit from this year s competition. let s get the latest from cameroon now with our reporter piers edwards. hejoins me now he joins me now from hejoins me now from cameroon. let s talk about senegal. there s a bit of a nailbiterfor them, talk about senegal. there s a bit of a nailbiterforthem, but talk ab
0reight 0r eight people now i think is the figure. the crush happened when fans tried to join those inside, by rushing through the stadium gates. the confederation of african football, which organises the tournament, released this statement to say it was investigating the situation and trying to get more details about what had happened. it went on to say that caf s general secretary, veron mosengo 0mba, was sent to visit injured supporters in hospital. in the game itself, which was watched by thousands of fans outside as well as inside the ground, cameroon progressed to the quarter finals beating comoros 2 1. our sports reporter piers edwards was commentating on the game so was inside the stadium but gave us this update. a 14 year old was among the eight victims who died in a crush outside yaounde s stadium
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have a limit and a maximum capacity of 80% for matches involving the host nation, cameroon, but there appeared to be more than that number inside the 0lembe stadium during a victory which was ultimately overshadowed by tragedy. piers edwards, bbc news, 0lembe stadium, yaounde. it s emerged there was a gathering of people in downing street injune 2020 to mark borisjohnson s birthday. number 10 has admitted the event took place, but said it was brief, with the british prime minister attending for less than ten minutes. the opposition labour party said it demonstrated how the uk government was now spending its whole time mopping up sleaze and it underlined the need for mrjohnson to resign. here s our political editor laura kuenssberg. what politicians want to talk about is not always the same as what the public and their fellow politicians want to know. how many times do you have to jab? jabs, jabs, jabs, boris johnson s mantra.
troops and warships to the region so tension is building. there is a power struggle surrounding the country but inside it, here in the capital, it is not really been felt. thanks very much, take care. at least eight people are reported to have been killed and dozens injured in a stampede outside a stadium hosting an africa cup of nations football match in cameroon. the confederation of african football says it s investigating the incident, which happened outside the paul biya stadium in the capital yaounde. 0ur correspondent piers edwards has more. the incident occurred as fans tried to force their way in roughly half an hour before kick off. the incident took place at a perimeter gate where spectators were pushed against the fences by the sheer number of those trying to get in. shoes and clothing were amongst the debris that littered the site. some 50 wounded have been taken to a nearby hospital where there were harrowing scenes of those mourning their loved ones. a nurse there has to