YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Cameroon's sports minister has written to the national football federation (FECAFOOT) to defend the appointment of a new national soccer team coach, after FECAFOOT expressed surprise the decision was taken without its input.

In the letter seen by Reuters, minister Narcisse Mouelle Kombi said the ministry had acted in accordance with national and international regulations when it appointed Belgian Marc Brys to take over as coach of the Indomitable Lions after the dismissal of Rigobert Song in February.