By Politico staff writer
Influential football personality Babadi Kamara has resigned from his position as Team Manager of Leone Stars. He confirmed his resignation in Salone Players’ Watch (SPW) – a Whatsapp platform.
Reasons for Kamara’s resignation have not been immediately made public but it is likely to get the rumour mill in motion. He however personally denied on SPW, assumption that his action could be linked to him taking up political office in the near future.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
The President of the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) Thomas Daddy Brima says his administration has applied for two 36-seater coaster buses to support the league in the country.
He made this statement during the annual SLFA Ordinary Congress which commenced on the 4th and ended yesterday 6th June, 2023 at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Freetown.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
Bo Rangers have clinched the ‘Salone’ premier league trophy for the 2022/2023 season for a second consecutive time, recording 72 points, with four games still remaining.
The club’s triumph came after they defeated Wusum Stars by two goals to nil at the Southern Arena stadium on Sunday 2nd June, 2023.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
After having gone through the nomination process, guidelines, key steps and requirements of candidates, the Western Area Football Association (WAFA) has disqualified Abdul Barrie and Noel Kitami Horton who were vying for the Chairmanship position of the Association.
The disqualification was made public in a press release issued by WAFA on the 26th June, 2023.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
The Union of Premier League Clubs in Sierra Leone (UPLC-SL) has announced its immediate suspension of participation in the League until certain concerns they raised were addressed by the Premier League Board (PLB).
The union confirmed the league’s suspension through a press release issued last week and said all eighteen premier clubs agreed to break off the league owing to the fact that the PLB is yet to disburse funds meant for them.
Joseph Benedict Mbogba emerged as chairman of the Southern Region Football Association at the region’s elective congress on Thursday, 15th June 2023 in Bo. He was the last of the regional leaders to be elected because the congress was postponed last week.
Mbogba told journalists that he entered the race to “change the narrative around football in the south.” He added that he has allocated five hundred million old Leones aside to organize “the biggest Division One competition in October 2023.
By Chernor Alimamy Kamara
Head Coach John Edward Keister has named a provisional squad of 38 players for Leone Stars in the upcoming Total Energies African Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2023 qualifiers against Nigeria to be played at the Samuel Kanyon Doe sports complex in Monrovia, Liberia.
The match is scheduled for the 18th June, 2023.
He selected 26 home-based players and 12 foreign-based who will train in Bo.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
