Sports

By Kemoh Sesay

The technical director of the Sierra Leone Swimming Association (SLSA), Victor Carew has told Politico Sport that the swimming pool at the national stadium is not under their control as an association, but under the stadium management, with the supervision of the Sports Minster.

Carew said that they had written several times to the ministry to grant them ownership of the pool so they could upgrade its facilities.

By Kemoh Sesay

Sport-betting company, Mercury International over the weekend donated Le 90 million towards the ongoing Super League organized by ten Premier League clubs.

Samir Hassanyeh, Chairman of Mercury Charity Foundation told the league organizers that his company wanted to see football grow especially when it involved the elite clubs in the country. He said “the premier league is yet to start and I see this initiative as a good venture for these clubs to come together and to play football”.

By Kemoh Sesay

By Kemoh Sesay

Twenty-four communities are set to take part in the Soccer Promoters organization, annual inter community league starting on the 1st of June 2013.

Speaking to Politico Sports the chairman of Soccer Promoters, Harouna Newland disclosed that this year’s competition would be different as all modalities were already in place, and that the coveted prize was a BMW car worth Le 20 million, whilst the runner-up will take away a bicycle.

By Kemoh Sesay

The Sierra Leone Swimming Association (SLSA) has started a ten-day training course for swimmers in Freetown and the provinces which started on 19 May and will end on 28 May 2013.

The course expert, Mario Franchi who is also head coach of the Italian Swimming Association said that he was happy to be in Sierra Leone for the first time to train swimmers, noting that during the course swimmers would learn a lot especially about the basic skills of swimming and other important aspects involved of the sport.

By Kemoh Sesay

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) may ban Sierra Leone if the suspension of the country’s National Olympic Committee (NOC) by the Minister of Sport Paul Kamara is allowed to stand, according to the Administrative Secretary of the NOC, Alie G. Koroma.

Koroma says the new executive successfully held their first meeting and wrote to the IOC informing them about the result of the just-concluded elections.

The national U-19 cricket team has commenced training at the Kingtom Oval for their participation in the upcoming U-19 cricket world cup championship schedule to take place in August, in Kenya, Nairobi.

According to the Francis Trevor Samura, president of the Sierra Leone cricket Association (SLCA) he said that he is happy with the progress of the training and that his players seem determined to fly the country’s flag high in Kenya.