Sports

By Mohamed Foday Conteh

Leone Stars Coach, John Keister has dropped last season Sierra Leone Premier League’s (SLPL)top scorer, Musa Noah Kamara in his 25-man squad for friendlies against Bafana Bafana of South Africa and the Leopards of D.R. Congo.

Kamara, who scored Sierra Leone’s first goal in the 2021 African Cup of Nations (AfCON) , is currently in a topsy-turvy situation again after it emerged that he would like to cancel his contract with Libyan Champions, Al-Ittihad, days after arriving in Tripoli.

By Alpha Abu

One of Sierra Leone’s most glamorous football clubs Real Republicans are back in the Premier League, after an absence of 13 years.  They defeated Great Scarcies 4-2  in a penalty shootout  in the promotion  playoff that took place at Wusum Field in Makeni.

It was quite an emotional moment for the players, officials and fans of a team dubbed the Soccer Ambassadors for their prowess during their successful years in the past.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

Football clubs in Sierra Leone are participating in this year’s Confederations of African Football Association’s (CAF) Champions League and Confederations Cup .

In the CAF Confederations Cup, FC Kallon defeated Buffles du Borgou of Benin on Friday 9^th September, 2022 1-0 in Cotonou in the preliminary round of the competition. The goal was scored by Philip Conteh in the 67 minutes of the game.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

Gulf Football Club in a protest letter addressed to the Chairman of the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA), the national first division playoffs protest committee (Zone 2), have expressed concerns over ‘poor officiating’ in their final group stage  Division One Playoff match against Luawa Football Club in Kenema.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

Bo Rangers Football Club in a letter addressed to Musa N. Kamara aka Musa Tombo  have terminated the player’s contract with the club effective 1^st September, 2022.

According to the letter, the action was due to what they referred to his failure, refusal and/or neglect to ‘conform’ to established standards of good moral character and sportsmanship which the club described as reasonably excusable.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

The Ministry of Sports (MOS) together with the National Sports Authority (NSA) have in a press statement urged the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) to present findings of their investigations of the Eastern Region Football Association (ERFA) Super Ten League Matches not later than Wednesday, 31^st August 2022 or face serious actions.

The country’s football governing body was also ordered to immediately put on hold the National Playoffs for promotion to the Premier League  that are about to commence.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

The head coach of Kamboi Eagles, Francis Zappa Koroma, who doubles as the head coach for the Sierra Leone Home based National Team, has left the club on mutual consent.

Coach Zappa was said to still have two and half years left on his three year contract, but the club in a statement decided to go into negotiations with him. The statement narrated that he is 'desperate' to make a permanent move to Freetown, citing family reasons.