Sports

By Kemoh Sesay

The Sierra Leone national swimming team has started preparation for the 1^st edition of the Lagos International Swimming Classics scheduled for the 6^th-11^th November 2013 at the Teslim Balogun Stadium  in Lagos respectively.

Fifteen countries including Burkina Faso, Gambia, Senegal, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo, Benin, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Mali, Niger, Cameroon and Congo Brazzaville are set to participate in this year`s competition.

By Kemoh Sesay

By Kemoh Sesay

The Head Coach of Aramack FC Donald Macaulay has told politico that the 2-0 defeat his team suffered at the hands of Napoli FC on Tuesday 24^th September at the Kroobay Football Association (KFA) non-division league does not matter as "the exposure of the boys is very vital to me".

Macaulay said the team was a new one and most of his boys were new to such competitions. ‘You will not expect them to do better as they are not used to such competitions” he said.

By Kemoh Sesay

Central Community FC will open their Group E match today when they lock horns with Mount Aureole FC at the Parade Grounds in the ongoing Central One Football Association (COFA) Inter Area League.

Coach Ishmael Mammah told Politico that his boys are prepared to take on Mount Aureol and ‘’I have other coaches around me who will make the work easier for me’’.

He said he will bring better players into the team especially young ones because the league provides them a platform to expose their talent.

By Kemoh Sesay

By Kemoh Sesay

Malcolm Football Club were crowned champions of the 2013 Central One Football Association (COFA) non-division league on Sunday 22^nd September when they defeated Same Face FC on post game penalties, after a 1-1 full time score.

Same Face took the lead in the 75^th minute after a swift cross from the right opening the way for Ralph Williams to head home from close range.

A delegation of the National Cycling Association (NCA) has left Freetown by road for the Ivory Coast to take part in the 20^th edition of the tour of Ivory Coast which has been described as the Tour of Reconciliation.

Team Captain Moses Sesay told politico that he was prepared to face the competition in the Ivory Coast, noting that his performance in past competitions will see him through and assured the nation that his team will bring home medals.