By Alpha Abu
Thousands of supporters of Bo Rangers Football Club were in a celebratory mood inside the ultra-modern Southern Arena in Bo on Sunday evening well before the kick-off in the match between their club and Lamboi FC.
They were justified in their action as it was a mere formality to bring the curtains down in a successful league campaign-they had already won the trophy.
By Alpha Abu
In June 2025 Football Stakeholders from across the country will attend the congress of the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) and the obvious high point of that gathering will be the election of a president and an Executive Committee to run the affairs of the game for the next four years.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
The Sierra Leone Men’s national football team rose to 122nd from 126th in the latest FIFA world rankings after securing four points from two matches in the recently played African World Cup qualifiers in June.
A slow improvement also saw the national team move from 35th in Africa to 34th place.
Neighbors Liberia made the biggest climb in the latest FIFA Rankings, jumping 10 spots from 152 to 142.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
The Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) has announced the postponement of its Ordinary Congress which was initially scheduled to take place in the first week of July 2024.
A press release issued by the Association on the 24th June, 2024 stated that the decision to postpone the Congress comes in light of the prevailing court issue that has recently resulted in the closure of the SLFA premises, thereby barring the secretariat from operating.
By Alpha Abu
An upbeat Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai of the National Sports Authority (NSA) has told representatives of dozens of sporting disciplines in Sierra Leone that his institution will be so innovative and focused that they were going to embarrass sports enthusiasts with development initiatives.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
The football fraternity in Sierra Leone has been inundated with condolence messages and tributes on both social and traditional media following the death of one of the country's top Coaches, Abdulai Kaloga Bah. He died in the early hours of 14th June, 2024 at the Connaught hospital after a short illness.
Kaloga as he was popularly known coached FC Johansen, East End Lions, the Women's national team and recently Bhantal FC presently second in the men’s premier league table before his demise.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
For the third consecutive season, Bo Rangers have been crowned Champions of the Sierra Leone male premier League. Mogbwemo Queens have also lifted the Women’s premier league champions for the second time running.
Bo Rangers are said to be the first provincial team to win the league three times in a row. The other Freetown teams to have won the league three times are East End Lions in the early 1990s and Ports Authority.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
