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The disqualified Judoka from Sierra Leone is being “removed from the games village” and sent home earlier than schedule by the National Olympic Committee of Sierra Leone. According to the Chief of Mission of the NOC, “Frederick Harris was disqualified on Monday 27^th July from competing in the 81kg event. Unisa Deen-Kargbo said “the athlete weighed 84Kg which is 4Kg above his fighting weight”. 

The NOC says it’s “disappointed at this development and vehemently condemns the athlete and the Judo Federation of Sierra Leone for failing to monitor the weight”.

By Alpha Abu

The appointment of popular football enthusiast and philanthropist Babadi Kamara as Team   Manager of Sierra Leone’s national football side Leone Stars has been confirmed. The businessman who is also chairman of high flying Bo Rangers football club will now take full managerial charge of Leone Stars, a position he would hardly find strange, having been seen in very interactive engagements with the players in the build up to the team’s triumph over Benin in the AfCon crucial qualifier played at a neutral venue in Conakry, Guinea.

The Chairman of the Bo Rangers Football Club,Babadi Kamara has visited the President of the Guinea Football Association Antonio Souare to discuss issues of football  and explore the possibility of establishing a bilateral technical relationship  between Bo Rangers  and Horoya football club in Guinea.

Babadi  Kamara ,  reportedly went to the neighbouring country to explore avenues which could be used to create cordial relationships between the two countries’ football associations and among football clubs .

By Mohamed Foday Conteh

The President of the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA), Thomas Daddy Brima has in a video message on social media reacted after the list of players to benefit from the incentives by President Julius Maada Bio indicated the omitting of the names of two players Musa Noah Kamara alias Musa Tombo and Saidu Mansaray alias Malian.

By politico staff writer 

Sierra Tropical limited, a pineapple producing company has invested 42 million dollars into pineapple production at Sumbuya, Lugbu chiefdom, in Bo district, southern Sierra Leone.

According to the company’s Manager, Patrick Blake, the company is currently cultivating 300 out of 4,335 hectares already leased to produce 200,000 tons of Pineapple juice per annum and has employed 1,250 people from eleven communities in Lugbu Chiefdom.

The coach of Kamboi Eagles, Alhaji  Abedi Foray has resigned.  In his letter of resignation addressed to the club he said he would want to concentrate on some family matters for now and indicated of returning to coaching in the future. Foray hoped his departure will not create inconvenience to the club.

By Abubakarr Bah, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Sierra Leoneans both home and abroad were in a jubilant mood after the country's national team, Leone Stars, thrashed the Squirrels of Benin by a goal to nil at the Lansana Conteh Stadium in Conakry, Guinea on Tuesday evening to qualify for the AFCON tournament for the first time in 25 years. 

Striker Kei Kamara, who had always wished to play for his country at the Nations Cup, scored the first-half penalty in the 19th minute to secure a place for Sierra Leone at the AFCON tournament since 1996.