Idris Kanu features in Peterborough’s win over QPR at home

Idris Kanu features in Peterborough’s win over QPR at home

Idris Kanu made his third appearance as Peterborough United came from behind to defeat Queens Park Rangers 2-1 at the Weston Homes Stadium on Saturday.

For the first time, this season the Posh have registered back-to-back victories as Siriki Dembele snatched an injury-time winner.

After a goalless first-half, Ilias Chair put QPR ahead in the 50th-minute directly from a corner early in the second half, only for teenager Harrison Burrows to score Posh’s equaliser.

Posh substitute Idris Kanu was impressive after he was introduced in the 54th-minute for his third English Championship appearance.

A last-gasp winner for the home side after five-minute added time as Siriki Dembele hit a stoppage-time winner for Peterborough to complete a comeback 2-1 victory against promotion-chasing QPR.

Both sides squandered several chances to claim victory in a thrilling second half, but it was who took advantage through Dembele’s late winner.

Kanu’s compatriots, Osman Kakay, was an unused substitute in his sides fourth consecutive away defeat and nudged them out of the top six, while Peterborough remain in 20th place.

Connect with us @football_sierra, on Facebook/ Instagram Football Sierra Leone, writer John Bangura.

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Francis Koroma in the photo has been excellent for Blackpool in recent wins.

One of Sierra Leone’s giants, Mighty Blackpool, has had a disappointing season to date, however in the last five games, they have managed to pull off some impressive performances even though the results have not been in their favour.

Notable games against Old Edwardians and Bo Rangers ended in draws even though Mighty Blackpool created several opportunities to score but failed to convert.

In their last two games, the Tiss Tass Boys won against Ports and the Sierra Leone Police outfit, with two unanswered goals, scored each, respectively.

Emerging with raving performances were Engor playing at left-back and goalkeeper Francis Koroma, commonly known as Turtoise, looking sharp and back to his best. Foday Engor Bundu in the attack has added an extra dimension to Blackpool, and teams have not been able to deal with his speed, agility and vision.

Shot sopper Koroma has had fans lamenting his omission from the National Team as many regarding him as the best in the current league.

A much improved Blackpool has climbed to 10th on the pecking order on 17 points from 14 games.

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After their first-leg 2-0 defeat to the female Scorpions of the Gambia on Monday at the Antoinette Tubman Stadium, coach Abdulai Bah says his side will give everything as they try to make the next stage.

The visitors scored twice in the second half as they held on to an important away win over their counterparts Sierra Queens in Liberia.

Following a goalless first half, goals from Ola Buwaro 53rd-minute and Ruggy Joof 77th-minute have given the visitors a massive advantage ahead of the return fixture in the Gambia.

Sierra Leone coach Abdulai Bah is optimistic as they prepare to depart Freetown for the Gambia on Saturday. He believes they can still make the next round of the competition.

“We still have hope. We played well in the first leg in Liberia. We give away easy goals in the second half after we failed to take advantage of the first half, but this is football anything can happen over 90-minutes,” Bah told FSL news on Friday.

“The team will give everything in the second leg in the Gambia, and we’ll see what happens after full-time.”

The return fixture will now play at the Independence Stadium (Bakau) in The Gambia on the 25th of October.

Meanwhile, eight-five goals were registered across the first nineteen contested matches in the first leg of the first qualifying round of the TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2022.

The return leg will take place from October 23 to 26, 2021, across the continent.

First Leg Results – First Round

Uganda 2-0 Ethiopia

Eritrea 0-5 Burundi

Tanzania 1-2 Namibia

Zimbabwe 3-1 Eswatini

Mozambique 0-7 South Africa

RCA 0-1 Cameroon

Malawi 1-1 Zambia

Egypt 2-6 Tunisia

Congo 2-1 Gabon

Kenya 8-0 South Sudan

Liberia 1-2 Senegal

Nigeria 2-0 Ghana

Guinea Bissau 1-0 Mauritania

Niger 0-9 Cote d’Ivoire

Angola 1-5 Botswana

Sierra Leone 0-2 Gambia

Burkina Faso 2-1 Benin

Mali 2-2 Guinea

Algeria 14-0 Sudan

22.10.2021

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Sierra Leone played to a 1-1 draw against South Sudan and registered a 2-1 win over the Gambia before losing to Morocco home-based side during their training camp in Morocco this month.

On Thursday, FIFA released the latest World Ranking following the October international break. As a result, the Leone Stars climb one place up to 107th.

The Leone Stars ranked 24th in African as they continue their preparations ahead of their third African Cup of Nation after beating Benin 1-0 in June to reach the continental stage after 25-years.

Meanwhile, Belgium is still top of the global pecking other despite losing their two matches in the UEFA Nations League finals.

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