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Gambia top FIFA U20 World Cup Group F unbeaten
Adama Bojang missed the best chances in a goalless draw dominated by the table-topping Young Scorpions. Korea Republic 0-0 The Gambia The Gambia maintained their unbeaten run at this FIFA U-20 World...
Isaac Babadi’s PSV beat Palace to win International Cup
Sierra Leone native Isaac Babadi was in action as Jong PSV were crowned Premier League International Cup winners after a 3-1 extra-time victory against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park. It is the...
Bright start for Gambia in FIFA U20 World Cup
After they finished 2nd in the U-20 AFCON, the Young Scorpions won their first U-20 World Cup match since 2007, defeating Honduras 2-1 at the Mendoza Stadium on Monday. Adama Bojang's brace fired...
Fifa responds to latest twist in Sierra Leone football crisis
The writer Alie Bittar @bittar32 – Contact bittar@old.footballsierraleone.net The world football governing body Fifa has exclusively told Football Sierra Leone (FSL) that they are monitoring the...
President Weah plays in football friendly for LIB
Liberia president George Weah played in an international friendly for his country on Tuesday - at the age of 51. The former African footballer and Fifa World Player of the Year award, featured for...
WAFU Zone A: Sierra Stars in ‘a must-win battle’ against Senegal today
FREETOWN: By Sarh Morris jr - follow the writer @morrisjr88 Sierra Leone national U-17 side, Sierra Stars will engage host Senegal in a must-win match today at the ongoing West Africa Football Union...
Debut for Buya – Kei, Crespo to lead Sierra Leone attack against Ethiopia
Vancouver Whitecaps attacker Kei Kamara and Panetolikos new acquisition Alhassan Crespo Kamara, are expected to lead the Sierra Leone attack in Ethiopia on Sunday in Hawassa, Football Sierra Leone...
U17 Zonal qualifiers: Sierra Stars arrive in Senegal ahead Bissau opener
Sierra Leone Under 17 team Sierra Stars, has arrived in Senegal’s capital, Dakar for the 2018 West African Football Union (WAFU) Zone A football qualifiers. A 29-man delegation headed by Ali Badara...
Tunisian Sadok Selmi to officiate Ethiopia, Sierra Leone AFCON qualifier
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has named Tunisia referee, Sadok Selmi as the man in charge of Group F AFCON qualifier between Ethiopia and Sierra Leone on Sunday, September 9 at the...
Ethiopia Coach confirms 23-man squad ahead of Sierra Leone tie
Ethiopian national team coach Abraham Mebrahtu has confirmed his 23-man squad ahead of Sunday’s African Cup of Nations Group F qualifiers against Serra Leone at the Hawassa stadium. Coach Mebrahtu...
Liberia FA gets new President
The Liberia Football Association (LFA) will on Saturday 8th September swear in LISCR Football Club Chairman Mustapha Raji as President. This comes after former LFA's Vice President 1 Musa Shannon...
#AFCONQualifier: New Algeria coach Belmadi names first squad
The Algerian national head coach, Djamel Belmadi, has named his first 25-man squad ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier away to The Gambia on 8 September. Uncapped midfielder Farid Boulaya...
UNAF U17: Morocco edges Tunisia to claim Tanzania 2019 ticket
Morocco will represent UNAF at next year’s Total U-17 Africa Cup of Nations in Tanzania after finishing tops in the zonal qualifying series. The Atlas Cubs maintained their unbeaten run, beating...
Ethiopia line-up Burundi friendly ahead of Sierra Leone clash
The Walias of Ethiopia will face 'Les Hirondelles' of Burundi on September 2, 2018, in an international friendly contest in Hawassa. The test match will be played six days before Ethiopia's showdown...
Senegal: Cisse Included five uncapped players in Teranga Lions’ squad
Senegal coach Aliou Cisse has named five uncapped players in his 23-man squad for the Teranga Lions' 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Madagascar next month. France-born goalkeeper Edouard...
Ghana government moves to avoid Fifa ban
Fifa says the government of Ghana has pledged to stop the process to dissolve the country's football association (GFA) over corruption allegations. Earlier this week football's world governing...
CAF Champions League: Wydad, Al Ahly aim to progress
Four more teams can progress to the quarter-finals of the African Champions League this weekend after the fifth round of group matches. Title-holders Wydad Casablanca of Morocco and eight-time...
Fifa bans former Zambia FA boss Bwalya from football for two years
Football's world governing body, FIFA has banned former Zambian international and FA boss, Kalusha Bwalya for two years. It follows a Fifa investigation into his links to banned Qatari official...
AFCON2019: New Ethiopia coach rallies his pack for Sierra Leone
Ethiopia new boss Abraham Mebratu has named a 34-man provisional squad in preparation for the African Cup of Nations qualifier against Sierra Leone in Hawassa September 9. The 48-year-old will face...
Sierra Leone to face Senegal & Guinea Bissau in group A U17 qualifiers
The National U17 team will come up against Senegal and Guinea Bissau in the Total Africa Cup of Nations zonal qualifying tournament in Dakar, Senegal. The West African Football Union (WAFU) ‘A’ on...
Hawassa City Stadium to host Ethiopia, Sierra Leone Afcon qualifier
The Hawassa City International Stadium will host Ethiopia Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Sierra Leone in September. Both nations will face each other for the first time in one of Group F’s...