Sports

The Public Relations Officer of the Sierra Leone Volleyball Association (SLVA) has blamed their failure to qualify to the World Cup finals of the sport in Italy on their lack of experience.

According to Amara, most of the players in their team were new to indoor facilities in Dakar, ‘’the playing atmosphere became strange to us, we played three days consecutively against matured teams with players who are more exposed than us’’ she stated.

SIERRA LEONE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION

NORMALIZATION COMMITTEE

31 Battery Street, Kingtom, Freetown

PRESS RELEASE ON THE SCREENING OF NOMINEES FOR VARIOUS SLFA EXECUTIVE POSITIONS

Authority

By Kemoh Sesay

One of the aspirants for the presidency of the SLFA, Foday Ibrahim Turay, has told Politico Sports in an exclusive interview that he will restore sanity to Sierra Leone football if elected. Turay said he will "reconcile the differences within the football family and recognize the importance of every member irrespective of tribe, religion or political affiliation’’.

By Kemoh Sesay

The acting General Secretary of the Sierra Leone Football Association Abdul RahmanSwaray says all candidates in the forth-coming elections would appear before the FIFA Normalisation Committee today to be screened to determine their eligibility to participate in the elections.

Swaray described the screening as "an integrity test based on FIFA regulations, SLFA rules and possible petitions from members of the football family and the wider public".

Salone Premier League Fixture for Wednesday 17^th July

(C) Politico 16/07/13

By Kemoh Sesay

Female National Volleyball players will depart Freetown today with a ten-man delegation to take part in the Confederations of Africa Volleyball (CAVB) qualifying series in Senegal.

According to Francess Lansana, a player, they have been training for the past few weeks and are in the right frame of mind to qualify in Dakar and be part of the finals in Italy. “We are looking forward to this competition to develop our skills” said Lansana.