By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay
Work on the installation of an artificial turf at the Kenema playing field has been delayed yet again. The project which was supposed to have started last week is now running in to another week.
In an address by the President of the Sierra Leone Football Association, Isha Johansen on February 1st said: “Within the next two weeks we will start work in Kenema on the artificial turf. And Kenema will also have perhaps the best artificial turf in Africa.”
By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay
Three FC Johansen players have donated learning materials to Kroobay Community School. Samuel Bekoe, Mammudu Abdul Latif and Raphael Koroma all used a portion of their monthly salaries to embark on the humanitarian gesture.
The donation was done on Thursday, and the donated items include books, pencils, pens and chalk.
By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay
Sierra Leone Swimming, Diving and Water Polo Association has got a website for the first time since its establishment in 1979.
The association becomes the first sporting discipline in the country, after football, to have an official website.
By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay
Sierra Leone Female national team, Sierra Queens, are wrapping the final phase of their preparation ahead of the West African Football Union (WAFU) tournament.
The competition will be hosted in Sierra Leone for the first time.
Zone B, where Sierra Leone falls, will be organizing this competition for the very first time.
By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay
Head Coach of East End Lions Football Club, John Keister, has said he is not under pressure despite his team’s slow start to the season. Keister’s remark comes after his team’s sixth draw of the season.
“This season and last season will not be the same. Last season was a surprise, we went unbeaten. We were lucky, there were games that we could have lost, but we won them,” he said.
On Sunday evening, Lions drew 0-0 with FC Johansen, his former team.
By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay
Some members of the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) have called on the world football governing body, FIFA to intervene in the standoff within their association.
Their call comes following a congress that was held by the SLFA in Kenema. The congress was meant to discuss and ratify the association’s budget and set up committees that would lead the association in to an elective congress this April.
By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay
A former athlete, Martin Momoh Bangura, has announced his bid to run for the Presidency of the Sierra Leone Athletics Association (SLAA).
He announced his bid-on Saturday in a packed hall with athletes and coaches.
Bangura’s bid comes amidst concerns that the current president, Alhaji Abdul Karim Sesay, is planning to run for a third term, which is “illegal” in the constitution of the association.
“I am standing here because of the injustice in our association,” Bangura said.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
