Sierra Leone International right-back Osman Kakay returned to Queen Park Rangers preseason training camp on Monday.

Kakay has been out since March 18 after he suffered knee damage in their defeat to Birmingham City. As a result, he missed Sierra Leone’s last three AFCON qualifiers.

He joined the London English Championship side in the preseason in Austria. On Saturday, they’ll face Vorwaerts Steyr 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 on Recast.

Another Sierra Leone native, Hamzad Kargbo, was named in boss Gareth Ainsworth’s Queen Park Rangers’ first-team squad as they suffered a 3-0 defeat in their first test match to Slavia Prague in Austria.

QPR were two goals down at half-time before the Czech top-flight outfit rubber-stamped their win shortly after the hour mark.

Kargbo, 21, who has been on loan to Southern United, started the match in Austria.

Last season, he played on loan for Oxford City. Kargbo, who joined QPR in 2014 from Mass Elite Academy in London, could make his second appearance when Rangers return to pre-season action next Saturday, taking on Vorwarts Steyr at the Liwest Arena to round off our trip to Austria.

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Mohamed Sankoh registered a brace in VfB Stuttgart’s first pre-season 3-0 friendly victory over Schwäbisch Hall at Optima Sportpark venue. 

Sankoh, 19, last season, played on loan to Dutch side Vitesse., where he featured in 22 top-flight matches and scored twice.

Ahead of the new German season, VFB won their first friendly in their summer preparations on Sunday. The boys from Cannstatt won 3-0 against a selection from Hohenlohe in Schwäbisch Hall.

Sankoh is of Sierra Leonean descent and a youth international for the Netherlands and helped the Netherlands U17s win the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.

Sankoh and his side will playtheir second friendly at SSV Reutlingen next Saturday (July 15) to mark the 70th anniversary of the Kreuzeiche stadium. 

The game kicks off at 3 p.m. Two days later, the VfB entourage travels to Neukirchen am Großvenediger in Austria for their one-week training camp, which includes a test against Vitesse Arnhem in Zell am See on July 22nd.

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Sierra Leone International Kamil Conteh has completed a three-year deal with League Two side Grimsby Town Football Club from Middlesbrough.

“The Mariners are delighted to confirm the signing of Sierra Leone midfielder Kamil Conteh on a three-year deal after agreeing an undisclosed fee with Middlesbrough.”

The former Watford graduate heads to the League Two club on the back of a successful loan spell with fifth-tier National League side Gateshead in the second half of last season.

Conteh, 20, joined the Sky Bet Championship club last summer from fellow second-tier side Watford and spent most of last season with fifth-tier side Gateshead in the National League.

An impressive campaign saw him voted their Fans’ Player of the Year and helped the Tyneside club reach the FA Trophy Final.

Manager Paul Hurst is pleased with Conteh’s addition. He said, “I am pleased to have signed Kamil. He was on our wishlist for some time, certainly over the summer and at the end of last season when we watched him a few times.

“He really impressed us then,so he’s been an ongoing target for us. Kamil a good midfield player. He can play off either foot and receives the ball well. He gets around the pitch extremely well and he is a young player that we feel has got so much potential.”

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Former BSV Kickers Emden midfielder Ibrahim Sillah has completed a move to Dutch third-tier side ACV Assen the club has confirmed. 

Defensive Ibrahim Sillah has rejoined Dutch third-tier side ACV Assen, where he played during the 2017 to 2019 seasons.

“It’s feels like coming home,” he told the clubs website. A nice club, where everything is well arranged. I know a lot of guys I played with before. 

Been training for a while, and it felt good. The trainer is good. Many players feel comfortable at the club. They became champions and played very well.”

Last season, Sillah made 28 appearances in Germany for Germanyia Leer and Kickers Emden, respectively. 

“It was a beautiful experience. I learned a lot became better and more mature as a player. I played as a defensive midfielder, but also at 10 and back that was sometimes related to injuries of other players.”

ACV Assen – Name: Ibrahim Sillah – DOB: 4th April 1995 

Previous clubs: BSV, Almere City Sporting, Oranges Nassau, ACV Assen and Germania Leer.

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