by FSL News | 27 Feb, 2021 | Players Abroad News, Sport News
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Fankaty Dabo, who started on the bench in Coventry City’s midweek 1-0 defeat to Swansea at the Liberty Stadium, is set to start for the first time since January after recovering from injury.
Rival right wing-back Julien Dacosta suffered an injury and was replaced with Dabo, 25, in the 46th minute against Swansea on Wednesday.
Dabo last played full throttle for Sky Blues against Sheffield Wednesday, where he captained the Sky Blues for the first time.
Mark Robins’ side has managed only one win in their last six and Blackburn Rovers will provide another acid test for West Midlands’ side.
Coventry suffered a 4-0 defeat in the reverse fixture at St Andrew’s having played most of the game with 10-men after Michael Rose’s early red card.
Robins is expecting a different game on Saturday from the one played between the two teams earlier in the season and feels all the pressure is on Tony Mowbray’s side.
“We’ve got to go there and put in a really strong performance that defeat stung against Blackburn for a number of reasons it’s a different game from the first one early in the season, they’re in a bit of a sticky patch, but they have some really good players in their squad,” he told club’s website.
Rovers’ boss, on the other hand, has said he is not worried about his job after a run of poor form.
Tony Mowbray noted that he doesn’t ‘sit in fear’ of his position as he looks to arrest Rovers’ poor run against Coventry City this afternoon having lost their last five matches.
“I don’t sit here fighting for my job, I don’t sit here in fear, I sit here wanting to win the next football match and put the best team we can on that grass,” Mowbray said. “I’m here, seven in the morning until seven at night, working, doing what I do, leaving no stone unturned.”
Both teams have been struggling this season, with Rovers in 16th position while City standing 20th in the English Championship log.
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by FSL News | 26 Feb, 2021 | African News, Football Africa, Sport News
- The Black Satellites are on course for a fourth continental title after making the semi-final of the 2021 championship in Mauritania after a 4-2 penalty victory over Cameroon in the Total Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) semi-finals.
Ghana and Cameroon played to a 1-1 draw after extra-time before they booked their ticket to the semi-finals of the ongoing Africa U20 Cup of Nations in Mauritania on Thursday.
Frank Boateng scored after 90-minute to cancel out a Kevin-Prince Milla opener for Cameroon at Stade Olympique in Nouakchott.
Goalkeeper Danlad Ibrahim deemed as the hero following his p[eanlty saved while another came rattling off the crossbar as Ghana entered the next phase of the competition.
Meanwhile, Debutants Uganda impressively overcomes Burkina Faso 5-3 on post-match penalties at the Stade Cheikha Boidiya in Nouakchott to reach the tournament semi-finals.
They will now face the winner between Morocco and Tunisia in Monday’s semi-final in Nouakchott.
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by FSL News | 24 Feb, 2021 | African News, Sport News
- Hosts Morocco will kick off this year’s event against Uganda’s Cubs in Rabat
- The competition is set to run from 13 to 31 March 2021
- The other two teams in the group are Zambia and 2013 winners Ivory Coast
The draw for the Total U-17 Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2021 was conducted on Wednesday, 24 February 2021 in Nouakchott, Mauritania.
CAF Director of Competitions Samson Adamu conducted the draw, assisted by Mauritania’s legend Mustapha Fall.
Following are the groups :
Group A: Morocco, Uganda, Zambia, Cote d’Ivoire
Group B: Nigeria, Tanzania, Algeria, Congo
Group C: Cameroon, Senegal, Mali, South Africa
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by FSL News | 23 Feb, 2021 | African News, Sport News
- Guinea giant Horoya AC look set for their gigantic test in matchday two of their 2020-21 Caf Champions League campaign tie against Kaizer Chiefs.
The Group C contest will be played at the FNB Stadium on Tuesday kick-off is at 6 pm CAT (SA, GMT+2).
A win for Horoya will see them open a six-point lead in their group.
The 18-time Guinean champions head to South Africa following a huge 5-0 hammering over Satellite FC in their top-flight league on Wednesday.
They also won their opening Champions League match against Angolan side Atlético Petróleos de Luanda 2-0 in Guinea on February 13th at General Lansana Conté Stadium in Nongo.
Kaizer, on the other hand, opening match away to Wydad Casablanca earlier this month was postponed after the Soweto giants were denied entry visas into Morocco, due to covid-19 health restrictions.
Kaizer played to a 1-1 draw in their last league encounter against SuperSports United while their opponent was unbeaten in their last six games.
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by FSL News | 22 Feb, 2021 | International, National Sport News Sierra Leone, Sport News
- The Sierra Leone Premier League has been postponed indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic following an emergency meeting between top-flight officials last Monday (February 15, 2020).
The decision to postpone the 2021 season that was expected to kick off on the 19th of February was unanimously taken by the FA, Premier League Board, in consultation with the Premier League clubs.
National coronavirus Emergency Response Center (NaCOVERC) are yet to ease restriction on fans.
Without spectators at match venues, it is yet to be seen if clubs will be willing to play without making any revenue.
In March 2020, the last league was halted and later cancelled over fears of the spread of coronavirus pandemic.
Big spenders Bo Rangers were top of the league table with 23 points from 13 matches played during the first half of the league.
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