Sports

By Alpha Abu

National football side Leone Stars failed to capitalise on 10 man Guinea Bissau side to draw 2-2 in Conakry where Sierra Leone is hosting its matches for the 2023 AfCON qualifying group stage, as the stadium in Freetown undergoes an extensive renovation and some reconstruction.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

 Sierra Leone’s national football team yesterday suffered defeat away to Nigeria in their opening group A qualifier of the African Cup of Nations.

Jonathan Morsay for Leone stars scored in the 11th minute after receiving a decent assist from inform striker Musa ‘Tombo’ Kamara. The goal of Morsay was short lived when Nigeria’s, Alexander Iwobi equalised in the 16^th minute. In the 41^st minutes of play, Victor Osimhen who plays for Napoli scored to put Eagles in the lead 2-1.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

President of the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA), Thomas Daddy Brima has on the 6^th June, 2022 clocked exactly a year in office.

In a radio talk show he highlighted some of the gains he has made before and after assuming office as president of the association.

He spoke of the in-fighting that preceded him and how his coming changed all that.

 ‘’So it would be ideal to bring in a new person that will bring in everybody onboard for the love of the game,’’ he said.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

The Director of Participation and Sustainable Sports at the National Sports Authority (NSA) has been dropped from Sierra Leone’s delegation to Nigeria and the Republic of Guinea for the start of the country’s AfCON 2023 campaign against Nigeria and Guinea Bissau respectively.

The President of the football world governing body FIFA has congratulated the winner of this year’s Sierra Leone Premier League, Bo Rangers. Gianni Infantino stated in a letter addressed to the Sierra Leone Football Association that “this title could not have been achieved without the entire team’s hard work, passion and dedication and everyone at the club can be proud. Please extend my congratulations to everybody involved in this great achievement”.

Family sources reported the death and burial of a man known simply as Sullay Hijazi or Jarjar who was one of the most recognizable names in the history of Sierra Leone Football, especially during the 1980 and 90s.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

The newly appointed Leone Stars Team B Head Coach Francis ‘Zappa’ Koroma has invited 50 players for training ahead of the Total African Nations Championship (CHAN), a tournament for home based footballers. Sierra Leone will play Cape Verde in July in the qualifying stage, for a tourney that will be hosted by Algeria.

Coach Zappa has invited players from reigning champions Bo Rangers, runners up East End Lions and FC Johansen.