(CNN)It was arguably the most powerful emblem of the tournament that changed the way the world saw African football -- a Cameroon striker's joyous dance at a corner flag. Nobody had really expected ...

Albert Roger Milla, Cameroon’s Roving Ambassador, became famous in 1990, after scoring four vital goals for the Indomitable Lions, thereby enabling the country and Africa to get to the quarterfinals ...

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Italy 1990 marked the coming out of Africa’s greatest player. A previous selection as African Footballer of the Year, Roger Milla was to lead his nation of Cameroon to heights never before achieved by ...

The image of the veteran Cameroonian striker Roger Milla gyrating his hips in the direction of the corner flag remains one of the most vivid in the history of the World Cup, as Africa made its mark on ...

In the stands was another Cameroon goalscoring hero of the past, Samuel Eto'o, the former Barcelona star who now heads his country's football federation. The sight of Roger Milla on the pitch before ...

Roger Milla remains best known as a veteran forward with an iconic celebration but he was a terrific talent that Claude Roy once compared to Pele. Over 33 years later, Roger Milla’s iconic celebration ...

Clubs: Eclair (1965-70), Leopard Douala (1971-74), Tonnerre (1974-77), Valenciennes (1977-79), Monaco (1979-80), Bastia (1980-84), Saint-Etienne (1984-86 ...

Not every soccer fan remembers Roger Milla, although they should. Kei Kamara certainly remembers him. Milla was a three-time World Cup player for Cameroon, a forward who at the age of 38 enlivened the ...

FIFA has denied a split with Roger Milla despite reports the Cameroon great was dropped from its Football Committee, then resigned as a goodwill ambassador. FIFA says in a statement ''there was ...