Cameroon player Joel Tagueu withdrawn from Afcon due to possible heart defect

ESPN FC's Stewart Robson joins the panel to break down the two favourites of the Africa Cup of Nations, Senegal and Egypt. CAIRO - Cameroon striker Joel Tagueu has been withdrawn from the Indomitable Lions' squad at the Africa Cup of Nations after a medical examination revealed a possible life-threatening heart defect, the country's soccer federation said in a statement on Monday. Tagueu, 25, who plays for Portuguese club Maritimo, had an "anomaly in his coronary artery detected by team doctor William Ngatchou which risks his life if he were to play," the Cameroon Football Federation said. "On the advice of the doctor,...

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