Sports

By Kemoh Sesay

Magazine and Soja Tong communities will fight it out in the finals of the Central One Football Association (COFA) inter area league on Sunday 16^th February at Parade Grounds.

Magazine Community were unbeaten on the road to the final. They eliminated Wellington Community in the quarter finals and Mount Aureol in the semifinals.

By Kemoh Sesay

The Sierra Leone Volleyball Association (SLVBA) begins its annual inter-regional indoor and beach volleyball championship in Koidu city on the 20^th of February.

By Kemoh Sesay

Former president of the Single leg Amputee Sports Association (SLASA) Michael Sillah has donated a second hand Honda car for the use of the SLASA administration and boxes of used clothing and sports jersey, reading books, mattresses, shoes and back packs for amputees and their families.

Brima Mazola and Arne Johansen

By Kemoh Sesay

FC Matino have won the opening match of the re-launched FA Cup which kicked off last weekend in the Southern city of Bo. They defeated FC Kuyateh 7-6 on post game penalties.

By Kemoh Sesay

Sierra Leon's two representatives to the CAF tournaments Diamond Stars and RSLAF have lost their opening matches. Diamond Stars were thrashed 6-0 away Raja Casablanca of Morocco the champions league while RSLAF were defeated at home soil by Gamtel of Gambia 1-0 in the CAF confederation cup.

The second legs of both matches are due next week.

By Kemoh Sesay

The Republic Sierra Leone Armed Forces football team will play their first match in the CAF cup on the 8^th of February in Freetown against Gamtel of The Gambia.

Head coach Ibrahim Tombo Bangura told Politico he was very happy to "reach these points for the very first time with a team that emerged from the Division One. Bangura said his team was "training hard as we prepare for this important tournament against Gamtel who've been taking part in this competition for the past years".

By Kemoh Sesay

Mountain City and Cole Farm are waiting for the Central One Football Association COFA to decide their fate following the violence that marred their quarter final match in the inter-area league at the Parade Grounds on Tuesday.