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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: 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...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson Highly respected Moroccan coach Walid Regradui, 48, has expressed his disappointment over his team after they’re being knocked out of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2023 by South Africa on Tuesday. Beyond the expectations of many, the match which saw an enticingly competitive first half that ended goalless took a different turn in the 57th-minute forward Evidence Makgopa strike from the 18-yard box and slotted the ball into the right corner of the Atlas Lions igniting celebrations for the Bafana Bafana fans. The goal saw the Moroccan coach introducing new players to furnish his team’s attack adding pressure on the opponents until they won a penalty in the 83rd-minute when they were awarded a penalty after VAR review that found that the ball had hit the hand of Teboho Mokoena in the South African 18-yard box, but Morocco’s star man Achraf Hakimi thunderous strike from the penalty fly over the crossbar. After Hakimi failed to convert the penalty to a goa...

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...