Eight Cameroonian athletes go missing from Commonwealth Games

Three weightlifters and five boxers suspected of 'desertion' after disappearing during competition in Australia

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 Weightlifter Arcangeline Fouodji Sonkbou is one of eight Cameroonian athletes reported missing.
(Image credit: Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)

Eight Cameroonian athletes - three weightlifters and five boxers - have gone missing from the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games Village in Australia, according to team officials.

Cameroon team manager Victor Agbor Nso today confirmed that six men and two women were missing, from a total of 40 athletes representing the country at the competition.

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