The Sierra Leone Football Association has suspended East End Lions Football Clubs from all football activities for pulling out of the CAF Champions League qualifiers this year.
The letter dated 23rd February 2015, reads… “I write to inform you that with reference to a correspondence sent to your club on February 9th 2015 with regards to withdrawal of your club from CAF Champions league 2015 for failure to comply with regulations for participating after instructing SLFA to engage your club".
By Kemoh Sesay
The General Secretary of the Sierra Leone Football Association Chris Kamara has told Politico that his association was set for its congress due in April. Kamara said, " we have put all reports together including the 2012 and 2013 audited accounts while the auditors are at present doing the 2014 accounts."
By Kemoh Sesay
The Head Coach of Ports Authority Football Club Ken Tabie is optimistic that his former player Nathaniel Thongo-Fullah "will prove himself worthy with Seattle Sounders Football Club in the United State if he succeeds in his trials."
He said that the 18 year-old will "do his best to prove his mettle among big players in Major League Soccer because playing alongside big players in the world will help him achieve more laurels."
By Kemoh Sesay
The head coach of Kamboi Eagles Football Club has described the performance of his team in the CAF qualifying match in Algeria as "very good", despite being thrown out of the competition by ASO (Chelf).
Alhaji Foray told Politico in Freetown that his team was "unfortunate not to score a second goal which would have leveled the tie. He said he was able "to rekindle the team spirit in the players by infusing a winning mentality in them for the second leg which they won 1-0.
By Kemoh Sesay
After losing 2-0 to Amel Saad Olympic ASO (Chelf) in Algeria in the first leg of the CAF cup, Kamboi Eagle face an uphill battle to overturn that deficit in the second leg which takes place on Friday 20 February 2015 in Algeria.
By Kemoh Sesay
Sierra Leone has failed to qualify for the Beach Volleyball Championship to be held in Holland this year. Patrick Lombi and Abubakarr Kamara from Sierra Leone are reported to have performed well in the qualifying rounds of the African Senior Youth Beach Volleyball World Championship taking place in Tunis.
With the competition now in its final stages, Sierra Leone, was drawn alongside South Africa (the tournament top-ranked team) Morocco, Nigeria, Ghana and Niger in Pool (A).
By Kemoh Sesay
Kamboi Eagle’s Football Club has lost the first leg of their CAF Confederation Cup tie against Amel-Saad Olympic Football Club (ASO Chelf) of Algeria by 2 to nil last weekend. Alhaji Foray, head coach of the Eagles told Politico on the phone that his team lost the match due to "tactical indiscipline in the field of play coupled with inexperience of some players". He said, "my players did not perform to expectation even though an ASO player was sent off, we did not take capitalise on that advantage to score when we were 1-0 down".
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
