Sports

By Kemoh Sesay

Leone Stars Coach Johnathan Mckinstry says his team's away fixture with The Seychelles could be tricky as the Pirates could pose a real threat.

Mckinstry who was addressing a news conference after Leone Stars defeated the Pirates 2-0 in Freetown described the performance of his team as "encouraging taking into consideration the state of the pitch which was not good for my players and their opponents as well".

By Kemoh Sesay

As preparations gather pace for Leone Stars weekend encounter with the Pirates of Seychelles in a preliminary round fixture for the Africa Nations Cup tournament in Morocco in ..., Coach Jonathan Mckinstry has confirmed that four of the players the players he called up have been ruled out of Saturday’s match.

The players are Mohamed Kamara (Bolton Wanderers, England), Alhassan Crespo Kamara (Orebo, Sweden), Alhaji Adriano Kamara (Norrkoping, Sweden) and Michael Lahoud (Philadelphia Union, USA).

On the 15th July 2014, a joint press release purportedly issued by the Ministry of Sports and the Football Association, supposedly signed by the Minister of Sports, Paul Kamara, and the FA President, Isha Johansen, was circulated to local and international media houses and posted on a good number of social sites.

JOINT PRESS RELEASE

Ministry of Sports and the Sierra Leone football association

By Kemoh Sesay

The chairman of premier league side, Anti-Drugs Strikers, Alhaji Unisa Alim ‘Awoko’ Sesay has slammed the Press Release issued by the Ministry of Sports and the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) on Tuesday evening making match-fixing allegations against national team players, referees and football administrators.

Following a joint press statement issued by the Ministry of Sports and the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) on the 15^th July suspending him and nine other stakeholders from football activities on allegations of match-fixing, Victor Lewis, chairman of Belvic United FC, has described the SLFA's statement as "unpleasant and malicious".

He said "I have never been involved in any form of match fixing in my entire life, this is the biggest shock in my life, I want the investigation to go on".

By Kemoh Sesay

The national football team, Leone Stars start training today ahead of their encounter with the Pirates of Seychelles this weekend in Freetown.

According to the Director of Competitions at the Sierra Leone Football association (SLFA) Sorie Ibrahim Sesay more than half of the professional players invited are in town and the others are expected on Wednesday.