By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay
Sierra Leone National team, Leones Stars have a difficult task ahead of the m on Sunday following their 3-1 defeat in Liberia on Wednesday evening.
Both teams were playing the first of two legs of preliminary World Cup qualifiers. The team with a better goal difference will progress to the second phase of the qualifiers were they will be drawn with 39 other countries in ten groups of four.
Coach: Sellas Tetteh
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By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay
One year since Sierra Leone played Ethiopia in Addis Ababa, the team will be out again in the outskirts of Monrovia to take on Liberia.
Leones Stars absence from the international scene was not a sabbatical but rather a punishment for what FIFA saw as government’s interreference into football. The country has used this long absence wisely. This long stand in the cold meant they could press the reset button and start all over again.
By Mohamed T. Massaquoi
The Sierra Leone Embassy in Liberia say they are yet to be contacted regarding arrangements for the Liberia versus Sierra Leone game in Monrovia next week.
The game a preliminary qualifier for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar with hundreds of Sierra Leoneans fans currently preparing to travel to support national team, Leone Stars.
By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay
Former Marampa Stars midfielder, Alhassan Koroma has joined his new team, Real Balompedica in Spain.
The third division team signed Koroma almost two months ago whiles he was on loan to East End Lions. Details of his contract have not been disclosed by Marampa Stars or Balon.
By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay
Striker, Kei Ansu Kamara has been recalled to the Sierra Leone national team, Leone Stars following his apology on social media to the FA. The 35-year-old striker was axed from the list of invited foreign based players last week following his critical comments about the FA on social media.
Kamara blasted the FA and other football stakeholders on the recent situation involving Musa Tombo. In a Facebook post he called football stakeholders including the FA as “hypocrites” in the way they were clamoring around the Tombo issue.
By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay
The Ministry of Sports have reversed their decision on the appointment of Sellas Tetteh as the head coach of the Sierra Leone National team.
Just over a week ago the ministry said they would not recognize the appointment of Tetteh because the process of selecting him was rigged and incomplete.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
