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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: Alusine Rehme Wilson The race among eight teams that advanced from their various district qualifiers to the North East regional playoff of its four districts of Bombali, Falaba, Koinadugu and Tonkolili will commence on Monday in Magburaka. One of Group A’s hot favorites Golden Dragons of Tonkolili, a former Premier League side will welcome their opponent Puna FC from Falaba in the opening match of the 2023 regional playoffs which also serves as the qualifiers to the National Playoff for the available three slots up for grab by the first division teams that will gain promotion to the national championship. The following day two matches are lined up for 4.p.m in Magburaka and Makeni respectively between the other Group-A teams Kholifa Stars of Tonkolili and Umar FC of Falaba while two of Group-B opponents Bombali Sebora of Bombali and Bintumani Scorpions of Koinadugu will face each in their group opener. The qualifiers will also see Urban Stars of Bombali and Kabala City of Koina...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson For the second time in a row, Freetown based club FC Kallon advanced with pride to the second round of the CAF Confederations cup. This time, the Cavaliers from Sierra Leone earned their spot in the second round of this year’s CAF Confederation cup preliminary without kicking a ball following their Nigerien opponent Association sportive des Douanes (AS Douanes) pull-out from the competition due to the instability in their country. In this year’s continental clubs cup second round, Sierra Leonean club owned by former Leone Stars captain and Inter Millan forward Mohamed Kallon will face off the winner of the return leg tie between Dreams FC of Ghana and Milo FC of Guinea. Director of Competition at local football federation (SLFA) Sorie Ibrahim Sesay was first to congratulate the Cavalier in a correspondence from CAF confirming the withdrawal of AS Douanes of Niger. Unlike last season when they dislodged Buffles du Borgou of Benin 4-0 on aggregate but were...

By: Bashiru Barrie BWB FC dominates the DANIEL SALIFU TOURNAMENT as they won it for the second time in their third appearance. They were crowned champions after picking up a solid 2-0 victory over Mabanta Stars in the grand final on Sunday, at the Mabanta community playing field. The reigning champions (BWB foundation) demonstrated a good football performance against their opponent which earned them the victory and emerged as the better side, thanks to Alhaji Kanu, (man of the match) for opening the scoring for his side in the 22nd minute of play after making a great dribble pass the defender of Mabanta stars and struck in the ball with his left foot, and 7 minutes after the opener, his teammate Amadu W Jalloh netted the 2 goal. Knowing what they wanted the BWB lads kept the match to their advantage, denying their opponent goal scoring chances to stamp a well deserved 2-0 win to clinch the trophy and the NLe 1,000 champions prize money. In addition to winning the title, BWB fo...

SLFA Deputy Scribe reveals hosting of WAFU A’ U20 Female Championship By: Alusine Rehme Wilson The Deputy General Secretary of the Sierra Leone Football Association – (SLFA) Mohamed Benson Bawoh has disclosed that work is in progress for the hosting of the 2023 edition of the West Africa Football Union (WAFU) A-Zone U20 championship for female national teams. Benson who’s reportedly the current Acting General Secretary also said that matches will be played in the east and southern regional cities of Kenema and Bo where the tournament has been scheduled to be hosted simultaneously from May 22 to June 3 this year. As the momentum develops toward the West African football loving nation’s match to host its second zonal championship after hosting the maiden edition three years again respectively in the North and Southern cities of Makeni and Bo, the local football federation (SLFA) has made a historic announcement of the appointment of the National U20 Female team. Impressively, the techn...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Ahead of today’s first leg meeting between Sierra Leone’s Brand Global Football Ambassador Antonio Rudiger side Real Madrid and his former club Chelsea in the quarter finals of the champion’s league at Santiago Bernabeu, the celebrated defender has reacted to the anticipated clash. Rudiger, who won the Champions League in 2021 with the Blues before signing for Real Madrid, has told Marca that: “The Chelsea team I played for is nothing like the current team. But what is clear to me is that the match will be tough, they have plenty of quality players.” The German/Sierra Leonean footballer and founder of Antonio Rudiger Charitable Foundation for sports and education remains upbeat that his current team will edge his former club but believes they’ll have a good run for their money. With the return leg set for Tuesday, 18th April at Chelsea’s 40,341 capacity Stamford Bridge stadium both sides will be hoping to return to winning ways in their first meeting behind t...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson One of the top contenders for the Presidential race of the Sierra Leone Football Association Christian Dauda has won his appeal to be included in the race.  Dauda appealed the SLFA Electoral Committee May 17 decision to disqualify him on the grounds that he has not been resident in the country for five years, according to the regulations governing the elections.  But after looking into his appeal, the Appeals Committee headed by Lansana Kotor Kamara has ruled that Dauda is eligible to contest.  In it findings found that Dauda has resided in the country for five years thereby automatically qualify to run for the position of Vice President -1 in thee upcoming SLFA Elective congress.  It stated in a release. Adding that the Electoral Committee's decision to disqualify him be overturned. Dauda had served as team manager of the men's senior national team Leone Stars. He's a stylish personality in clean coat suits, charismatic and a supporter of fema...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson – (AR-WILSON) Sierra Leone male elite League has been cancelled owing to the novel corona virus outbreak, despite earlier announcement from SLFA to resume the country’s Premier League in due course. The decision to call off the 2019/2020 football season was unanimously taken by the Sierra Leone Premier League Board (PLB) in consultation with the country’s local football federation (SLFA) at a meeting held on Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at the Atlantic Hall in Freetown, with representatives of all 14 Premier League clubs. Two main issues were discussed. The status of the 2019/2020 Sierra Leone Premier League and whether or not two teams must represent the country at the 2020/2021 CAF Inter-clubs tournaments. It was agreed that the entire season be cancelled without a champion and that no team will relegate. At the same time the top six clubs according to the League standing which includes Big Money Spenders Bo Rangers, who were on 23 points, two points off se...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson – (AR-WILSON) Former Sierra Leone and San Antonio FC Midfielder Michael Laoud has on Thursday, July 9, 2020 announced his retirement after playing professional football for 11 years. Michael 33, while announcing his retirement in America, thanked his family, fans and supporters for being part of his football journey. “Play for Sierra Leone was a dream come true for me, I’m very proud to have played with a number of team mates at the same made friends and represented you all well internationally,” said Lahoud. “It’s always bitter-sweet to close a major chapter in everyone’s life but I’m excited for what I have. I will continue to be involved in the beautiful game of football and sports to give back what was given to me and more to the next generation of footballers,” he added. Lahoud started playing football in Sierra Leone at a very tender age but had to leave the country when he was six years old due to the civil war and settled in Washington DC in the...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson – (AR-WILSON) The football family in Sierra Leone is sadden by the death of James Strasser, one of the longest surviving former Sierra Leonean International and East End Lions forward who passed away in Freetown on June 10, and has been buried. His family has confirmed.   The goal puncher died at age 83 and he will be remembered for being one of the greatest players of all times in Sierra Leone. He was a famous seaman who played with barefoot in his era with E.E Lions in the late 1950s as a defender, midfielder and striker in Freetown where he made his debut for Lions in 1958 and scored his first goal for the club, his first of many after he was introduced to the Elders of the club by his closest friend, Amadu Okoro Kamara. The former E.E Lions talisman won several League titles during his brief spell with the elite club and was loved by fans for his regular goal scoring ability though his soccer career was paired with fishing. His space in the cl...

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...

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...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  - (AR-WILSON)✍🏾 The Public Relations Officer ll of the Bombali District Football Association - (BDFA), Adams Lilson Koroma in a Press Conference held earlier today December 24, 2019 at the premises of the  Wusum Stadium in Makeni has revealed that "The First Edition of Male Under-14 Tournament (Briama Jalloh Trophy) organised by the  District's FA will kick start on Thursday 6/12/19 at the immaculate primarily school playing filed situated along Robin Road". He further confirmed that  the opening match will see United Elite Team-A from the Rogbom community will battling it out with Black stars of Teko Road. The competition will kickstart on the 26th December, 2019 and end on 5th January, 2020 featuring six registered under-14 male clubs that will automatically be affiliated to BDFA after the league. The winners of the competition  will bag home a star price of Le 200,000 while the runner up and third place te...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson – (AR-Wilson) Match day one in the 2019/2020 Sierra Leone Premier League turns out to be laudable for South and Eastern region hosts, Bo Rangers and Kamboi Eagles who both sent visitors Central Parade and Freetown City FC home in tears after both teams lost away in Bo and Kenema respectively. Last season’s third place owners Bo Rangers in the absence of their striker Suffian Kalokoh started their Premier League campaign well over FCFC with a 20 th minute goal from the former Hafia sensation Prince Barrie. The visitor’s efforts to equalize in the game proved futile as the Rangers wasted no time but hold on to their first half lead till full time which made their southern region supporters enjoyed night-live in the country’s second largest city Bo few hours after Prince Barrie was voted is as man of the Match. Central Parade were also beaten 2-0 by Kamboi Eagles. Abubakkar Kanu’s 35 th minute curtain raiser dislodged the Western area visitors ...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson – (AR-Wilson) The Sierra Leone Swimming, Diving and Waterpolo Association in collaboration with its Northern Region Executive have ended an intensive three-day level-one Coaches clinic for fifteen Physical and Health Education Teachers in Makeni. The clinic which provided for fifteen Physical and Health Education Teachers from various schools in the Northern region were gathered in Makeni from 1 st – 3 rd December, 2019 at the 4 th Infantry Brigade Headquarters situated at Teko Barracks in Makeni and at the Wusum Hotel swimming pool where they receive theoretical and practical swimming, diving and waterpolo trainings respectively. Head Coach, Sheku Conteh and Technical Director, Victor Carew were both trainers of the three-day coaching course. Trainees were introduced to various basic knowledge, techniques and benefits of swimming, diving and waterpolo sports and how they should scout, encourage, coach and develop their school pupils to embrace...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson – (AR-Wilson) Makeni city on Saturday evening was all cheering for players of one time Premier League club,  Wusum stars  as celebrations from supporters of the club rallied around them. The black and yellow boys of Bombali District bounced back to defeated Kholifa Stars of Tonkolili District 2- in the National Aids Secretariat (NAS) and other partners organized football competition in commemoration of the 31 st Anniversary World Aids Day.   Kholifa Stars took the lead in the early minutes of the game, thanks to Sulaiman E. Kargbo who scored for the visitors in 5 th minutes. Striker Alimamy Daddy Kamara equalized for the host in the 30 th minutes to make it 1-1 before half time. Inform striker Amadu Barrie aided his side to win the match after his 50 th minute strike few meters outside the 18 yard box of Kholifa Stars which saw the match ending 2-1 to Wusum stars till full time. NAS Northern Region Coordinator, Mo...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson – (AR-Wilson) Last week’s results from various games played within and across the Northern regions have clearly measured the huge amount of rivalry between teams that were grouped to play each other in a home and away knock out round. Yoni Shooting Stars of Tonkolili District was the only team to win it home game by a goal to nil against Bai Bureh Warriors of Port Loko while all three visitors: Marampa Stars, Urban Stars and Makelleh picked valuable points away to Cheltenham, Area Best and Wusum Stars respectively. Elsewhere, Bumbuna Hydro Stars now seats comfortably after defeating Sky Eagles 2-0 at home while Rokupr based newly promoted first division side, FC Katara shared points at home with Lungi visitors, Bullum Stars after both teams failed to scored throughout the match. Actions in the EBK-league resumes this weekend on Sunday in Kambia, Makeni, Kono, Port-Loko, Lungai and Fadugu where teams will have to travel to the home of opponents ...

‼NEWS IN👁 ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ Players and Supporters of the North have expressed concerns through display of placards picking on various neglects ranging from third party interference, selfishness, hatred and more by people they referred to as self centered individuals who has got little or no investments or expertise in football and related activities but has been purporting to be working for the general football family. The said players and supporters voiced to a mass audience at the Wusum mini stadium their dearest readiness to continue to show case    talents from the north to the nation and the rest of the world which is why they stand with the decision from the Executive Committee of adding two clubs from the North to maintain a geographical balance in the country's elite league. "We are calling on President Bio to enhance the nationalistic sport flavour an...

⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽ "I saw the Liberian goalkeeper gazing at me then I released the trigger shot"said an excited Leone Stars Striker, Suffian Kalokoh, after the game. Suffian is now the West African Nation's newest diva whose left footed strike has memorised fans and followers of football at home and abroad. The standing Northern region highest goal scorer and third highest goal scorer of the 2018/2019 Premier League of Sierra Leone, Suffian Kalokoh's 40th minute goal dislodged the Liberians, and left their fans disappointed, with no hopes of fighting back.  However, the Sierra Leone - Liberia derby at the Lat Dior Stadium in Dakar, Senegal has been called off at 70 minutes as a result of power cut in this year's WAFU cup of Nations, but a  recent decision was reached as per match procedures for the match to continue today for the remaining 20 minutes at around 15:00GMT. Sierra Leoneans are now...

The Sierra Leone Reporters Union Press Release Freetown, 9 September, 2019 -The Sierra Leone Reporters Union (SLRU) is gravely disturbed and dissappointed over the physical attack and assault on two of our colleague  journalists, Francess Bernard and Esther Marie Samura, both working for the state broadcaster, the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC), who were manhandled by close protection guards of the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Julius Maada Bio at the Siaka Stevens Stadium, Freetown. The incident occurred whilst doing their job peacefully during the  Sierra Leone Vs Liberia  second leg 2022 Qatar World Cup preliminary qualifiers encounter on Sunday, 8 September. As we outrightly condemn the physical assaults on our colleague journalists, who also lost valuable personal effects, we call on the Government to ensure swift investigating of that unfortunate incident; and the accused security guards held to account. We also wish to draw the atten...