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By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

A member of the Western Rural Football Association, Kasho Hollande-Cole has said they will be suing the Sierra Leone Football Association in the coming weeks.

Cole who belongs to a faction of the membership known as “Stakeholders” said the suit comes after exhausting all options in the last three months.

No date has been secured for what promises to be a crucial trial for the future of the country’s football.

Hollande-Cole said they will challenge almost every decision that came out of the Kenema congress.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

The Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) has hinted at the possibility of diverting the latest tranche of the FIFA Forward 2.0 fund to the fight against COVID-19 in the country.

The suggestion comes after FIFA announced on the 24^th of April the disbursement of up to US$150 million to all 211 members to cushion the effects of COVID-19 on running football in the respective countries.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

The Sierra Leone Football Association has donated Le656 million to clubs to cushion the effect of the on-going financial difficulties occasioned by the the Coronavirus pandemic.

The stimulus package was announced last week Friday through a press statement.

Clubs in the country depend heavily on gate taking; with football halted in the country that source of funding has now dried up.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

Sierra Leonean international Buya Turay is a target for Scottish giants, Rangers, a Scottish news outlet, Daily Record, has reported.

Turay who is currently playing on loan to Swedish champions, Djurgaden from Belgian side St. Truden, is among a list of five players that Rangers could target to strengthen their squad all-round the pitch.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

Chairman of the Premier League Board (PLB), Alieu Vandy Korma, has told Politico on Wednesday that they will use the Le1.7 billion from government to settle debts they owed since the start of the league in December.

Koroma made this comment amidst demands from teams to get a portion of the money.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

The Chef de Mission for the National Olympics Committee (NOC) in Sierra Leone, Unisa Deen Kargbo, has said the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will pose a fresh funding challenge for sporting disciplines in the country.

Kargbo told Politico in an interview that government might have to pick up the burden and sponsor athletes for the games that will now be held in 2021.

On Tuesday, the International Olympics Committee unanimously decided to postpone the game to 2021 due to the global Coronavirus pandemic.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

Bo Rangers club house project is on track for completion by the end of the season. On Saturday the building reached a new height and a step further to completion after it was floated.

The Public Relations Officer of the club, Solomon Demby, told Politico that they were optimistic that they would hand over the building to the club by the end of the season.