By Kemoh Sesay
The Sierra Leone Football Association has sacked the national female Under-20 football coach following Sierra Queens’ crushing defeat by Nigeria for the World Cup qualifiers for Canada 2014.
According to a press release from the FA, the Executive Committee of the FA accused Hannah Williams of failing "to provide technical leadership in the away leg of the National U-20 Championship against the Nigerian U-20 on Saturday 26th October where the team lost 10 - 0".
In a technical report submitted by Coach Williams, the release adds, “the executive discovered that she failed to provide supervision and guidance to the team whilst away in Nigeria". No further details were given.
The SLFA has meanwhile announced that Coach Abdulai Bah who was the deputy to Hannah Williams has taken over the job. The return leg is on two weeks.
Coach Williams could not be reached on her phone for her reaction despite repeated calls as we went to press.
(C) Politico 31/10/13
