by FSL News | 28 Jan, 2021 | Players Abroad News, Sport News
- John Thomas Kamara has signed his first professional deal with USL Championship side Louisville City.
The club says they have added youth to its ranks with their new midfield acquisition.
Kamara, 18, joined from Florida powerhouse Montverde Academy.
“A deal with Kamara, who goes by “Jay Tee,” is pending league and federation approval. He is reporting immediately to begin preseason training with the boys in purple on Monday,” they confirmed on their website.
“Jay Tee is an exciting and creative young player,” said LouCity’s Head Coach and Sporting Director John Hackworth.
He added, “Kamara trialled with us last summer, impressing our staff and players with his skill, imagination and explosiveness. We know he comes from an excellent academy background and looks forward to watching him develop at the professional level.”
Last season Kamara was one of eight athletes to sign professional contracts out of his academy for the 2020-21 school year.
Before Louisville City FC he played for local club Alaska FC.
Kamara was part of Sierra Leone U20 side participated in the tournament in Liberia, where he made his first big splash.
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by FSL News | 27 Jan, 2021 | International, National Sport News Sierra Leone, Sport News
- The President of the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA), Madam Isha Johansen, has been declared eligible to vie for membership of the FIFA Council, which is the highest decision-making body in world football
- As a result, Johansen will be hoping to rise to the top of Fifa’s decision body when elections are held at the Congress of the Confederation of African Football scheduled on 12 March 2021 in Rabat, Morocco
- The 37-member FIFA Council will include seven members from the Confederation of African Football
Johansen, who was elected as the SLFA’s boss unopposed on the 3rd August 2013, is a member of Fifa’s member Association Committee since 2017.
The CAF Executive Committee member declared her intention over a few years ago to run for SLFA second term despite rival members calling her seven years in office as overdue.
Furthermore, FIFA also approved the candidacies of the four aspirants to the CAF presidency.
The new council will be made up of the following individuals:
- The President
- CONMEBOL: one vice-president and four members
- AFC: one vice-president and six members
- UEFA: three vice-presidents and six members
- CAF: one vice-president and six members
- CONCACAF: one vice-president and four members
- OFC: one vice-president and two members
The FIFA Council replaced the largely discredited Executive Committee as FIFA’s decision-making body under reforms instituted in the wake of the 2015 corruption scandal in soccer’s world governing body.
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by FSL News | 26 Jan, 2021 | African News, Sport News
- Total African Nations Championship (CHAN) holders Morocco defeat Uganda 5-2 in Douala to advanced to the quarter-finals of this year’s competition on Tuesday.
- A resilient second-half display by the Atlas Lions secured their emphatic victory at the Stade de la Réunification to secure top spot in Group C.
Soufiane Rahimi bagged a brace. As a result, Jonathan Mckinstry’s Cranes are out of the competition as they finish bottom of the group after defeat to Togo and Morocco.
Morocco top of the group with seven points and keep alive their hopes of retaining the title they won on home soil of the competition designed exclusively for home-based players.
Meanwhile, Rwanda secured a 3-2 triumph over Togo to reached the quarterfinals on Tuesday night.
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by FSL News | 26 Jan, 2021 | Players Abroad News, Sport News
- Sierra Leone international striker Mustapha Bundu has expressed his delight after joining Danish side Copenhagen on loan from Belgium outfit Anderlecht.
“Copenhagen have agreed on a loan deal with RSC Anderlecht for Mustapha Bundu that will run until the summer of 2021, after which the club has the option to make the transfer permanent,” the club said on their website.
“I am happy and proud that FCK have wanted me,” he told the club’s website.
“It is a big club, not just in Denmark, but also internationally. I look forward to playing in Parken, and doing what I can so that the club reaches its great ambitions.”
“It’s no secret that it has not gone as I had hoped at Anderlecht, but I would rather use my energy and my focus on looking forward to getting started at FCK than getting upset about it.
“I know many of my new teammates, and of course I know Jens Stage and Rubén Sellés, just as I know the league well. I know that there are high expectations for FCK, and I also hope that I can meet them and then we will see if I stay here longer than this summer.”
Bundu scored 21 goals 25 assists in 109 appearances during his time with former Danish club AGF Aarhus in four seasons.
Anderlecht striker Mustapha Bundu linked with a loan move to Copenhagen
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by FSL News | 25 Jan, 2021 | Players Abroad News, Sport News
Anderlecht striker, Mustapha Bundu, has been linked with a return to Denmark to join Danish Superliga side FC Copenhagen on loan until the end of the season.
Negotiation ongoing; reports from Belgium confirmed that the 23-year-old, who arrived last summer for 2.8 million euros, has fallen down the pecking order as playing time increasingly limited.
In nine appearances for the Purple and White, he has struggled to impress manager Vincent Kompany.
He will be eager to get his football back on track at Copenhagen.
Bundu has not scored or assist since his move. However, he scored 21 goals 25 assists in 109 appearances for former Danish club AGF Aarhus in four seasons.
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