The Chief Executive Officer of the Sierra Leone Cricket Association (SLCA), Francis Trevor Samura, has disclosed to this press that none of their players were directly affected by the Ebola outbreak during the Ebola crisis in the country.
This is "very positive despite the fact that we've been struggling to implement our activities during the course of the Ebola crisis. We were unable to prepare our players for tournaments," he said.
Sixteen Community teams are set to take part in the upcoming inter-area gala organised by the Central One Football Association (COFA), commencing on the 30th August 2015 at Parade Grounds in Freetown.
By Kemoh Sesay
The Sierra Leone Football Association says it has no hands in a football tournament taking place at the national stadium involving Premier League and Division One teams. According to a press release issued by the SLFA, the group of football stakeholders which organised the tournament did so "without prior notice of the Committee of the SLFA. This is not the first time this group of people has used the name of the SLFA to solicit public interest as well as financial/materials benefit."
Sierra Leone will host their 2017 AFCON qualification tie against Ivory Coast in Nigeria on the 6th of September because of the ongoing CAF suspension on football in Ebola countries. It's not clear in which venue the match would take place.
A release from the SLFA says the association was, "proud to announce to the general public that the Nigerian Football Association NFA and the Government of Nigeria have approved the request of the SLFA to host the upcoming match against the Elephants of Ivory coast in Nigeria’’
Four beach Volleyball players are poised to represent Sierra Leone in the upcoming All Africa games in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Coach Sorie Kamara told this press that they initially invited 18 players both male and female from the provinces for trials at the Lumley Beach Volleyball Arena.
He said after a selection process based on performance "I was left with 8 players, four each in the male and female categories and they are now having their final trials after which the best four would be selected for the tournament."
By Kemoh Sesay
The Sierra Leone Football Association has lifted its ban on all football activities in Sierra Leone as a result of the government's relaxation of Ebola restrictions throughout the country.
An SLFA Vice President of the SLFA Brima Mazola Kamara said "we will like to informed the public that the war against Ebola is not yet over...we must continue to adhere to the necessary precautionary measures in every football gathering."
By Kemoh Sesay
President Ernest Bai Koroma has ordered for the formation of a seven-man committee ahead of the pending arrival of a FIFA delegation to Sierra Leone.
The directive came out of a meeting at State House on Wednesday which, according to sources, the president himself chaired.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
