Soccer-Onana back from drugs ban and thrust into big World Cup clash

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Champions League - Group D - Ajax Amsterdam v Atalanta - Johan Cruijff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands - December 9, 2020 Ajax Amsterdam's Andre Onana REUTERS/Piroschka Van De Wouw/File Photo

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Andre Onana made a successful return from a lengthy drug suspension as he kept a clean sheet for Cameroon in their World Cup qualifier at the weekend and could prove pivotal to his country’s hopes of qualifying for next year’s finals in Qatar

A 4-0 win for Cameroon over Malawi in Johannesburg on Saturday was the first match back for the 25-year-old goalkeeper since January, when he received a one-year ban http://www.reuters.com/article/soccer-onana-ban-idINKBN2A51IL by European soccer's governing body UEFA for violating doping rules.