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By: Hawa Dauda - SLFA Media Officer Attached Ahead of the commencement of the Women’s Day Cup tomorrow in Kenema, the Sierra Leone Football Association Head of Women’s Football Haja Ramatulai Kamara today Thursday, February 29 visited the national female teams (senior and U17) Camp to inspire and spur the girls to victory. The Sierra Leone Football Association International Women’s Day tournament slated for the 1- 8 March 2024, the Female Rep for the Sierra Leone Football Association Haja Ramatulai Kamara has fired up the Sierra Queens to clinch the trophy from their Liberian counterparts. Addressing the players, Haja Ramatulai stated that: “there’s no small game in football pointing out that the players are ambassadors of Sierra Leone, urged them to make sure they represent their country with all their might.” She added: “Other sectors are celebrating International Women’s Day in different ways, but for her, she initiated the idea to celebrate the International Women’s Day with f...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson In partnership with Concord Christian Church of South Carolina, Bambay Sawaneh, the Author of the book “Under the Mango Tree '' on Sunday took another giant step towards boosting education in Sierra Leone by donating backpacks to 250 less-privileged school going pupils. A special event marked the donation held at the Concord Christian School Mahanwa where U.S based philanthropist David F. Fant together with Author Bambay Sawaneh handed over high-quality backpacks to 250 beneficiaries from Mahanwa village and it’s surrounding in the Gbendembu chiefdom, Bombali District, Northern Sierra Leone. Before the donation, a church service and baptism was held at the God’s Fellowship Christian Church and the Mahanwa stream led by the respected Man of God, Pastor Don Cox from Concord Christian Church, Anderson, South Carolina who together with Brent Merlo, Byron Guffe, David Fant, Pastor Menyongai and other successfully baptized 20 Christians on the day. The donati...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Sierra Leone’s neighbour, Liberia, along with seven other lowest-ranked nations including Chad, Djibouti, and Eswatini, will face off against their respective opponents in a double-header from March 18 to 26, 2024 in the African Cup of Nations (AFCON), Morocco Preliminary qualifier.  This preliminary qualifier is for a chance to enter the AFCON 2025 qualifiers group stage.  On Tuesday, the AFCON 2025 preliminary round draw, which took place at CAF Headquarters in Cairo, revealed the four lowest-ranked teams among the eight: Djibouti, Somalia, Chad, and Sao Tome.  During the FIFA Window, these teams will host the other four highest-ranked teams: Liberia, Eswatini, Mauritius, and South Sudan, who will host the second leg of the matches.  However, the overall four winners from this preliminary round will join 44 other nations, including Sierra Leone, in the group stage.  The 48 nations will then been placed in 12 distinct groups consisting...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson The stage for an exciting revival of the Sports Writers Makeni Mayoral Trophy has been set following a successful meeting between representatives of the Sports Writers Association of Sierra Leone (SWASAL)-Northern Region Branch and the Mayor of the Makeni City Council, Abubakarr Lamtales Kamara. The meeting held at the Mayor’s pallor in Makeni city, Northern province of Sierra Leone on Tuesday has ignited anticipation for an exhilarating revival of the Sports Writers Makeni Mayoral event. During the meeting, His Worship Abubakarr Lamtales Kamara who succeeds Mayor Sunkarie Kabba Kamara assured his fullest cooperation for the revamp and sustainability of the Sports Writers Makeni Mayoral Trophy after five year hiatus. He expressed excitement about all the good work the association has been doing and is equally pleased with the idea and the long standing partnership between the Makeni City Council and the Sports Writers Association in the North which he ...

By: Paul Kamara In a significant development, Radio New Song 97.7fm-Bo on Saturday 17th February, 2024 officially dedicated and unveiled its new downtown studio at its coordinating office at 2 Prince Williams Street in Bo. The brief ceremony was led by the CEO of the Radio, Rev Shodankeh Johnson who doubles as the Global Team Leader of the New Harvest Ministries and other senior Gospel Ministers. Reverend Johnson while dedicating the studio thanked God almighty for the provision. He prayed that the radio continue to serve it purpose of reaching out to the unreached, bring comfort to the discomfort, salvation to the unsaved, edify believers, glorify the name of God, contribute to national development and serve as a source of accessing credible information. He called on the radio management to make good use of the facility and ensure that the values of the radio are upheld. Apostle John Papani Kargbo a veteran and former presenter at the radio who now resides in the United States did the...

By Martin Wusha Conteh Sierra Leone will entertain their bitter rivals, Cape Verde in the Sydney-World Cup semi final on Sunday at Potts Park complex, Yagoona. Sierra Leone skipper Ibrahim Kamara does not believe there is any fixture like Sierra Leone against Cape Verde. Kamara scored a hat-trick to lead his team to a 5-3 victory against Lebanon in the quarter-final. Both teams will be focusing on the match, and the players Hassan Jalloh (Cape Verde) and Kallie Bangura (Sierra Leone) will be looking to win the Golden Boot Award, having scored five goals each. Cape Verde is a team made up of Sierra Leonean players who felt they had been abandoned by the technical team back in 2020. Sierra Leoneans living in Sydney are advised not to miss this exciting match on Sunday. However, captain and leader of Cape Verde, Foday Kamara speaks to this press that "it's clear that there is confidence in the Cape Verde camp ahead of the derby." He said: "Maybe this game will b...

By: Martin Wusha Conteh Sierra Leone's skipper, Ibrahim Kamara, scored a hat-trick to lead his team to a 5-3 victory against Lebanon in the quarter-final of the Sydney World Cup. The match took place on Sunday at Potts Park complex in Yagoona. Kamara's performance was a timely return to form for him and Sierra Leone after their Sydney Nations Cup final defeat to South Sudan. Kellie Bangura, who had also scored a hat-trick in the previous quarter-final against Syria, added another goal to his tally, making it five goals in the tournament so far. Sierra Leone will face Cape Verde, their biggest rivals, in the semi-final on Sunday. Both teams will be focusing on the match, and the players Hassan Jalloh (Cape Verde) and Kallie Bangura (Sierra Leone) will be looking to win the Golden Boot Award, having scored five goals each. Cape Verde is a team made up of Sierra Leonean players who felt they had been abandoned by the technical team back in 2020. Sierra Leoneans living ...

By: Martin Wusuha Conteh Kallie Bangura marked a sensational fashion hat-trick to give Sierra Leone a pulsating 3-2 win over Syria in today's second rounds at the Potts Park complex. Sierra Leone were in danger of being held to a draw when Syria equalised (2-2) just after the interval but Bangura provided a neat finish ten minutes from time to earn his side victory. Sierra Leone will face Lebanon in the quarter-finals of the competition on Sunday at Potts Park complex, Yagoona. Head coach Yusuf Kamara has warned his side of the dangers of complacency following their poor performance against Syria despite securing a quarter spot. He said: "Satisfaction can lead to laziness," he warned when addressing his players after the match. He added: "It's going to be a fight and we have to get ready for that fight to get a win in Sunday's fixture. We want to win every game, we want to win this competition but today's performance was below my expectation"...

By: Martin Wusha Conteh Former Sierra Leone 100, 200 & 400 metres runner, Albert Kobba aka 'Marlo' was unanimously appointed as the new President of one of Sierra Leone top Athletics Club, Camp Canada. Marlo replaced former president of Sierra Leone Athletics Association (SLAA), Alhaji Abdul Karim Sesay, who held the position since the inception of the club. The other elected officials are: former Sierra Leone fastest Ibrahim Karim Bangura as Vice President, Sylvino Kamara– Secretary, Alusine Deen Sesay –Cordinator, Haja Fatmata, Sesay Treasurer, Misbao Jalloh– Financial Secretary, Joseph Pakinson, Assistant Secretary, Martin Wusha Conteh, Public Relations Officer, Daddy Alie Bangura, Coordinator, Idris Kabia Auditor 2, Micharl Kobba, Chief Whip (1), Isata Kamara, Chief Whip (2), James Lemon, Welfare Officer (1), Mamie Konneh, Welfare (2), Mohamed Lamin Bangura, Organizing Secretary (1), Amie Lash, Organizing Secretary (3), Marie Suma, Women's Wing (1), Mariatu K...