Four teams have reached the quarter-final stage of the Central One Football Association (COFA) non-division league at the parade grounds. They are Same Face FC, Mountain City FC, Med Mans FC and Real Mack FC.
Same face defeated Talaban Football Club By 1-0, Mountain City qualified on post game penalties 5-4 against Flex FC after a 2-2 draw. Real Mack got a 1-0 win against Area Best in replay after the first leg ended 1-1.
Some members of the Sierra Leone Boxing Association (SLBA) have frowned at the re-election of the Association's Secretary General, Christian Campbell for the next four years. Boxer Mohamed Musa who spoke to this press expressed disappointment that Campbell was re-elected.
Musa accused Campbell of contributing to the downfall of the sport. He said Campbell ‘’normally takes boxers who are not members of their association to represent the country in international competitions which sometimes results in failure’’.
FC Kallon bagged 10 million Leones from a one day gala organized by football stakeholders over the weekend at the Kaytee Field, Kingtom.
Eastern Best lost to Kallon in the first match 1-0. In the second match it was goalless between Mighty Blackpool and Eastern Best. In the finals Kallon FC and Mighty Blackpool played to a goalless draw.
FC Kallon ended the day with 4 points, Blackpool 2 points and Eastern Best 1 point.
By Kemoh Sesay
Masoila community secured their first win against Mordia in the first season of the Closet Creation Inter-Community League at the Fire Force playing ground, Tintafor Lungi.
Musa Conteh of Masoila community scored the first goal of the league.
SWASAL Condemns Sports Minister Paul Kamara
PRESS RELEASE
12th August 2013.
The attention of the Sports Writers Association of Sierra Leone (SWASAL), has been drawn to a letter from the Ministry of Sports and authored by one Y.A Lahai calling for The Director-General and the Ambassador at Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to delete the name of Sahr Morris Jr. from the list of applicants for the issuance of a Russian Visa to cover the ongoing 49th IAAF Congress in Moscow.
By Kemoh Sesay
Six teams have sailed through to the knock-out stages of the Central One Football Association (COFA) non-division league at the Parade Grounds. Mountain City, Real Mack, Med Mans FC, Talaban FC, Same Face FC and Malcolm FC.
These qualifiers are to be joined by ten more teams slated for early August.
Real Mack FC, who are defending the title qualified with 7 points from three matches, followed by Mountain City with 4 points.
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