FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Women's World Cup - Group E - Cameroon v New Zealand - Stade de La Mosson, Montpellier, France - June 20, 2019 Cameroon's Augustine Ejangue and team mates celebrate winning the match REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier
YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Cameroon's soccer team have refused to leave their hotel to board a flight to the Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt because of a players' pay dispute, a team spokeswoman said on Friday.
The reigning champions are set to start the tournament on Tuesday in a match against Guinea-Bissau, but the players did not appear for their flight on Thursday evening amid a spat over bonus payments.
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