Sports

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

The much-anticipated Sierra Leone Premier League got off on Friday 9th December, 2022 at the Bo coronation stadium where defending champions Bo Rangers hosted this year's debutant Real Republicans.

The match ended with a goal apiece with Republicans first netting only for Rangers to equalize late in the second half.

Rangers goal poacher, Musa Noah Kara (Musa Tombo) whose suspension  by the FA for abandoning his club contract in Libya was seen crying in the stadium after his former club drew.

By Mada Augustine Ngombu

The Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) has released an outcome of an investigation on controversies surrounding Musa Noah Kamara aka Musa Tombo, urging him to honour his contract with a Libyan club.

By Saio Marrah

The President of the Sierra Leone Swimming Association, Mohamed Abul Turay has officially declared his intention of contesting  for  Presidency of the National Olympic Committee of Sierra Leone (NOC SL) with the promise to bring ‘’exemplary transformation into sports disciplines’’.

He made his declaration at the National Sports Authority (NAS)  in Freetown on Friday 2^nd December, 2022, ahead the of elections scheduled for the 10th December this year.

By Saio Marrah

Minister of Sports, Ibrahim Nyelenkeh has called on the Premier League Board to seek sponsorship from the private sector, saying the running of the game is not the responsibility of Government.

Nyelenkeh made this statement at the handing over of a document to the board to enable it access the sum of Two million four hundred and sixty one thousand and three hundred Leones (Le 2, 461,300) new currency that government has already been sent to its account.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

Parliament has summoned the heads of the main bodies supervising football in Sierra Leone to discuss matters related to a recent friendly between the national football team Leone Stars and the second string side of the Algerian national team in Dubai.

Minister of Sports, Ibrahim Nyelenkeh, National Sports Authority (NSA) Executive Director, Kenneth Brima, SLFA Secretary General, Chris Kamara, and President, Thomas Daddy Brima are due to appear before the Committee on Sports on the 30^th November, 2022.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

The Sierra Leone Premier League Board has recently announced the 18^th November, 2022 as the commencement date of the 2022/2023 League Season. Football fans up and down the country had long waited for this. For a football league to begin in any country, certain criteria should be met for the league to be successful.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

The Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) has commenced a three-week Coaching Education Course for male and female premier League coaches as well as former national team players.

The training started on Friday 4th November, 2022 at the SLFA Secretariat at Kingtom, in Freetown. The exercise is being facilitated by certified instructors sent by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).