Sports

By Kemoh Sesay

The acting Head of Media and Marketing at the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) Abu Bakarr Kamara has said that the players invited by national team coach Jonathan McKinstry for Leone Stars match against Seychelles was authentic.

Kamara said the list was approved by the technical director and the ministry of sports. He said training is expected to start soon for the home-base players while the professionals are expected to arrive a week before the match.

The Western Area Inter- Club Basketball Competition has reached its crucial stage or rather the best of three (3) with Canon Royals having engaged YSC in one of the  final stages yesterday Wednesday 4^th June 2014 at the National Stadium basketball court in Freetown. It ended -----,----- .

The Western Area Football Association (WAFA) has put on hold the intended Western Area Football Referees Association (WAFRA) election which was scheduled to have taken place on Tuesday 3^rd May, 2014 at the Football Academy in Kingtom, Freetown. The Secretary General of WAFA, Kasho Holland Cole said the decision  to stop the election was due to the petition filed by some prominent referees in the region.

The Craig Bellamy Foundation for the first time will be participating in the MILK CUP Competition to be held in Northern Ireland in July. It is a competition that is organized annually for Youth Academies around the world. This year’s edition is one that is to attract 32 youth teams from major clubs in Europe and the Americas .

By Kemoh Sesay

A Sierra Leonean international footballer who plays club football in the Turkish first division has said that the first leg AFCON qualifier against Swaziland was not an easy match "but we were able to get a draw which is good for us in the return leg on Saturday". He said, "we have more work at home to eliminate them".

By Kemoh Sesay  

The president of the Sierra Leone Football Association SLFA, Isha Johansen, is expected to face the parliamentary sport committee today to answer questions based on documents submitted to the committee by Minister of Sport, Paul Kamara.

In the documents, Kamara accused SLFA officials of match-fixing and misuse of funds.

The head coach of the national team Johnny Mackinstry has praised players who made their début for the national team in the first leg match against Swaziland. He described them as "national properties".

Mackinstry said "I'm impressed with their brilliant performance and am sure they will replicate that performance if given the chance to play at home". The Irish man said his team started training "a few days back as most of the invited players have arrived and a few more are expected within a day or two to join the others in training".