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align="center"></td>     </tr>     <tr>      </tr>     <tr>       <td class="p135">&nbsp;</td>     </tr>     <tr>       <td class="p140t" valign="top"> <p class=cur>LONDRES, 20 dcembre (XINHUA) -- Le joueur international camerounais Laurent a mis fin vendredi  sa carrire au sein de  l'quipe nationale, a-t-on appris de sources proches de cette  quipe. <p class=cur>Gardien de but voluant  Arsenal, club anglais de premire division, Laurent a avou qu'il lui avait t pnible de prendre  une telle dcision. <p class=cur>Lors de la Coupe du monde de football, Laurent avait effectu au total 25 sorties sur le terrain pour dfendre les couleurs du  Cameroun. Ses brillantes prestations avaient contribu  la  victoire du onze national, mdaill d'or aux Jeux olympiques de  Sydney en 2000 et champion de la Coupe d'Afrique des Nations cette anne. <p class=cur>"C'est clair. J'ai dcid de ne plus aller jouer, mme  la prochaine coupe des Confdrations de la saison estivale o  participeront les meilleures quipes du monde, celles de la France, du Brsil et d'Allemagne", a-t-il confi  la presse. <p class=cur>"Vous devez parfois prendre des dcisions graves, et je crois que la mienne est raisonnable  25 ans", a conclu Laurent. Fin   	 </td>     </tr>     <tr>       <td valign="top">&nbsp;</td>     </tr>    </table>   </td>  </tr> </table> <hr width="765"> <table width="765" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center">  <tr align="center">    <td><font color="#666666">Copyright 2000: pour l'Agence de Presse Xinhua </font></td>  </tr> </table> <br> </body> </html> 
