SEVEN ATHLETES from Cameroon – five boxers, a swimmer and a footballer – have gone missing from the athletes’ village, according to officials.

All seven athletes would have had visas allowing them to remain in the UK until November and it is understood none of the seven have claimed asylum.

The missing athletes include all five of the team’s boxers – Thomas Essomba, who competed at 49kg, Christian Donfack Adjoufack (80kg), Abdon Mewoli (60kg), Blaise Yepmou Mendouo (plus 91kg) and Serge Abomo (64kg) – who disappeared over the weekend.

The others were Drusille Ngako (25), a stand-by goalkeeper for Cameroon’s women’s football team, and swimmer Paul Ekane Edingue (21).