Hosts Cameroon open delayed CHAN with win over Zimbabwe
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16 January 202116 January 2021.From the section Sport Africa
Hosts Cameroon took on Zimbabwe as the CHAN kicked off after a delay of nine months
Nine months after it should have started, the African Nations Championship (CHAN) finally kicked off on Saturday as host nation Cameroon beat Zimbabwe 1-0 in Yaounde.
Playing in Group A, Salomon Banga scored the match-winner 18 minutes from time as the defender showed good agility to score with an overhead kick.
With Fifa president Gianni Infantino, Caf s new honorary president Issa Hayatou and Cameroon s Prime Ministe Joseph Ngute watching on, Cameroon dominated large swathes of the game only to be let down by their shooting accuracy.
Hosts Cameroon got off to a perfect start at the African Nations Championship on Saturday when defeating Zimbabwe 1-0 in the opening match of the tournament.
A second-half goal by Salomon Banga was all the Indomitable Lions needed to see off the stubborn southern Africans at the Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium