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As SLFA Extra Ordinary Congress Ends… Football Stakeholders brace up for April Elective Congress

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson – (AR-Wilson) Delegates comprising of various members of the football family at the Sierra Leone Football Association’s extra ordinary congress held on Saturday February 1, in the Eastern city of Kenema has approved and voted for various nominees into the Appeal, Disciplinary and Elective committeesof the Local football federation. Remarkably, football stakeholders in the country have demonstrated their willingness to put aside the long standing wrangling in the activities of football in the country as 27 delegates’ favored the nominated persons and they (delegates) duly elected them as opposed to 11 delegates that voted against the appointees. This is the first time members are been appointed to serve in the said committees. All elected officials are expected to server as members of the tri-committees where they have been appointed and elected to serve ranging from looking at complaints from and among members of the football family, looking at appeals and cond...

In Kenema… Hostile fans left momentous match outcome undecided

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson – (AR-Wilson) Aggressive actions from supporters at the Kenema city field on Saturday, 1st February, 2020 during a crunch tie in the Sierra Leone Premier League game between current league leaders, KamboiEagles and defending champions, East End Lions left match outcome undecided. From a right footed shot in the first half, the Lions goalie, Donald Kamara was sent the wrong way and the ball entered into the back of the Lions net and the Eagles fans went bazaar celebrating their lead from their inform striker, whose well placed volley puts the host in the front. East End Lions did all their work to get an equalizer but sadly, all their efforts didn’t pay off but saw the host putting more pressure on their counterpart and kept the score the same until the 75th minute of the game when riot break out at the Kenema city playing field. The riot breakout few seconds after stones, bottles and broken sticks were all over the cover stand area of the field been pelted by s...