Sports

By Kemoh Sesay

The recently-appointed General Secretary of the Sierra Leone Football Association has described the state of the facilities at SLFA headquarters at Kingtom as "a health hazard" and ordered its immediate closure. Christopher Kamara who took sports journalists on an inspection tour of the facilities last weekend said "even dogs cannot sleep here" and suggested that players who've been camping in the hostel for international matches may have contracted malaria and that "could be one of the reasons they lose matches".

A five day training course for forty-four grassroots coaches from across the county has ended In Freetown.

SLFA president, Isha Johansen thanked the participant for taking part "in a wonderful course that will up- grade their skills to develop kids in the country" because, according to her, "these young kids are the future of Sierra Leone football". She also thanked FIFA for "helping to make this course a successful".

By Kemoh Sesay

The ongoing FA Cup has reached the semi final stage with the only division one side left in the competition  crashing out after being edged out by Kamboi Eagles of Kenema on post game penalties after 1-1 full time score line.

Speaking to Politico, Samuel Sesay, coach of Edmound Micheal Foundation Samuel Sesay said his boys put up a brave fight in the match but were unlucky to win the match. He said, in a "penalty shoot-out any team can win. Kamboi Eagles have won and are out, that is football. We must accept it".

By Kemoh Sesay

Osman Charlis of the Young Athletic Sport Club (YASC), has won the Freetown Marathon Sponsored by Guarantee Trust Bank (GTB) in Collaboration with Freetown City Council.

Speaking to Politico after winning the 12 kilometer race Charlis said he wasn't surprised that he won and noted that "I have trained for it for the past few month so I deserve to win". He said he has also won the Makeni Marathon and represented Sierra Leone in Burkinafaso and Ivory Coast where he said he came third in the indoor competitions.

By Kemoh Sesay

The national Under-20 national team shooting has eliminated petit Syli National in the preliminary rounds of the African Youth Championship. Shooting stars go through on a 2-0 aggregate score.

Charlie Wright, the team's assistant coach told Politico on their return to Freetown that he was "very happy for such a big win for the team and for the country as a whole", noting that this win will be a turning point in Sierra Leone football because "it's been a long time since any national side won both legs in such a competition".

By Kemoh Sesay

The Western Area Volleyball Association has ended its indoor and beach volleyball competitions at the Lumley Beach Arena. Young Stars Volleyball club dominated the indoor championship in both male and female categories.

In beach volleyball, Young Stars won the men's championship by defeating RSLAF by 2 sets to 1, while in the female category Solar Spikers won by 2 set to 0, against Super Six to emerge winners. The winners in the two categories received Le 500.000 while the runners up received Le 300.000.

By Kemoh Sesay

The national team Leone Stars has been drawn against Swaziland in preliminary stages of AFCON qualifying matches in a game scheduled to take place in May.