Cameroon fires coach as new hire omits Onana, Aboubakar ahead of AFCON

Between being eliminated from the 2026 World Cup qualifying and opening the Africa Cup of Nations in three weeks, Cameroon fired its coach and hired a replacement.

New coach David Pagou immediately dropped captain Vincent Aboubakar and goalkeeper André Onana from his squad, announced late Monday for the AFCON that opens on Dec. 21 in Morocco.

Pagou replaced Marc Brys, the veteran Belgian coach whose appointment last year seemed to be…