Former star Eto'o elected to CAF executive by acclamation

Former Cameroon star Samuel Eto'o was elected to the CAF executive committee by acclamation in Cairo on Wednesday as he was the lone candidate from the central Africa region. He became eligible only last week after the Court of Arbitration for Sport  overturned a CAF ban on the ex-Barcelona, Inter Milan and Chelsea forward.

His elevation to the executive of the African governing body came at a CAF extraordinary general assembly, an annual meeting of top football officials in the continent. Cameroon Football Federation president Eto'o joined the supreme decision-making body in Africa. 

The gathering at a hotel also confirmed that South African Patrice Motsepe would serve a second four-year term as CAF president. Eto'o featured at four World Cup and six AFCON tournaments and scored a record 18 goals in the African tournament.