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By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Unlike the seven other nations ready for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2023 quarterfinals, hosts Cote D’Ivoire are still celebrating their 5-4 post game penalty home triumph over defending champions Senegal at the Stade Charles Konan Banny in Yamoussoukro. It’s the first win for the hosts under their interim coach Emerse Fae, a former “Elephants” international following the termination of contracts for his former Boss Jean-Louis André Lucien Gasset and his first assistant coach Ghislain Marie Joseph Printant, due to insufficient results. It was indeed a historic comeback for the host who were earlier shocked by the defending champions in the fourth-minute when their youngster Habib Diallo hastily chested a pass from Sadio Mane, and slotted it home to put his country ahead. The defending champion’s early lead got the Ivoirians energized as they dominated ball possession and new manager Fae’s triple substitution ten minutes on to the end of the match pa...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Sierra Leone’s Mano River Union (MRU) neighbours Guinea on Sunday defeated Equatorial Guinea 1-0 at the Alassane Ouattara Stadium in Ebimpe to end its 48 years wait since they last won a direct elimination match at the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). The Guineans will remember the name of their 25-year-old forward Mohamed Bayo for scoring the vital goal in the last minutes of added time that was just enough for them to knockout their day’s opponent Equatorial, and progress to the quarterfinals of the on-going TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations 2023 in Côte D’Ivoire. Head coach Kaba Diwara of Guinea credited their win to the players commitment, describing it as “a great achievement by the current generation of Guinean footballers. This is the reward for hard work we’ve been doing before and during the AFCON,” he said. Despite being eliminated from the AFCON where his side was considered as top contenders after topping their group ahead of Nigeria and Cote D’...

By:Alusine Rehme Wilson Uprising Female Sierra Leonean Musician, Politician and Entrepreneur Natasha Beckley famous by her stage name as “Swadu” has publicized dates for her upcoming musical tours in Germany and France in March courtesy of Bright Fresh Entertainment. According to Natasha she will be performing live in two cities in Germany namely Essen and Munich on March 23 and 30, alongside famous Nigerian hype man, the Voltage of Hype (VoH), and 24 hours later will wrap up her music tour in France where another Nigerian musician “Gharam D Baba.” Without a doubt, the multifaceted Sierra Leonean Rap Artist whose Album has been titled Freetown’s Finest will be introducing songs from her album to the German and Paris audience where she is also expected to wave her country’s music flag higher.

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Wusum Stars Football Club of Makeni has uniquely put an end to their age long unhealthy football rivalry with Bo Rangers Football Club. This development has not only spotlight the power of sports, mainly football as a unifying tool but has also shown how hospitable and peaceful residents of Makeni could be as they joined hands with the Wusum Stars National Fan Base to “emotionally” welcome their Bo Rangers players, supporters and officials. Apart from the locals excitement to celebrate two of their sons of the soils from Makeni namely: Saidu “Malian” Mansaray and Suffian “Tormentor” Kalokoh who’ve been playing for Bo Rangers and did play crucial roles to the team’s remarkable history of winning the Sierra Leone Premier League back to back in the last two seasons, the people of Makeni dominated by Supporters of Wusum Stars, mounted ply cards with serial emotional messages symbolising peace, love and togetherness between them and Bo Rangers. It was the first...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson After a competitive show of soccer brilliance among 24 nations in 32 games, 16 teams consisting of the top two performers of each Group-A to F plus four best losers are set to continue their campaign in search for the 34th Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) glory. With stakes being high, Alusine Rehme Wislon in this article detailed how the teams’ qualified, total goals scored, and what lies ahead. Interestingly, some AFCON regular suspects notably Algeria, Ghana and Tunisia were sent packing early after they failed to qualify form the group stage without registering any win. Algeria, Ghana and Tunisia respectively bowed to Mauritian, Cape Verde and Zambia 1-0, 2-1 and 1-0 while underrated teams like Equatorial Guinea and Cape Verde announced their presence as title competitors by topping their respective groups A and B with seven points each. The 32 group games produced a total of 89 goals with Equatorial Guinea(9), defending champions Senegal(8) and Cape Ve...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Six years after grabbing their first qualification to the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals, Mauritania’s participation in the 34th edition of the continental race is proving to be remarkable as they stun 2019 holders Algeria to record their maiden AFCON win. A confident recovery from their successive defeats to Burkina Faso and Angola in their first two group games in the AFCON 2023 group stage, Mauritania defied all odds and defended their team’s badge by taking the lead in the 37th minute through Yali Dellahi’s deflected strike. However, Mauritania’s feat is credited to their solid team collaboration plus the goalkeeper Babacar Niasse’s bravery to stop dangerous shots from the Algerians that gifted them all three points to finish third in Group-D behind Burkina Faso (4) and Angola (7) grabbing also on the day their first time qualification to the round of 16 joining the likes of Guinea as Best losers. During the post-match interview, Mauritian’s Head...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson The aftermath of poor outing of perceived hot favourites in the on-going Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) including eliminated 2019 champions Algeria, has hit the Black Stars of Ghana as its local federation commences immediate rebuilding of their national team coaching staff. On Tuesday, the Ghana Football Federation announced the sacking of their head coach Chris Hughton, 65, and the dissolution of his entire backroom staff, leaving the Black Stars without a coach at the moment after their early elimination at the 34th edition of the AFCON tournament. Although GFA did not clearly state the reason for its Executive Committee decision to dissolve the entire technical staff of its senior national men’s football team, “Black Stars,” many Ghanaians have welcomed the development which they say is not unconnected to their national team’s poor outing on Monday against perceived minnows Mozambique who claimed a point in a stunning 2-2 draw in their in Group-B. The ...