by FSL News | 9 Aug, 2020 | African News, Sport News
German top-tier side VfB Stuttgart have completed the signing of 16-year-old striker Mohamed Sankoh from Stoke City on a five-year deal.
The Dutch/Sierra Leonean youngster, who has already played for the Netherlands, has been recently dubbed as the new Romelu Lukaku.
He was arguably the hottest property in the Championship club’s academy.
Sankoh was the youngest member of the Oranje youth’s 2019 UEFA European U17-winning team, featuring against France in the groups and Belgium in the quarter-finals.
Sankoh whose physical attributes and prolific strike-rate have prompted comparisons to former Chelsea forward Lukaku is said to also eligible to represent Sierra Leone.
Mohamed Sankoh
Age: 16
Club: VfB Stuttgart (U19s)
Position: Forward
Country: Netherlands (three U17 caps, one goal)
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by FSL News | 8 Aug, 2020 | African News, Sport News
Abubakarr Kargbo has revealed his excitement ahead of the new season after K. Offenbach moved their pre-season training camp in Opalenica (Poland) on Friday.
The former German U19 striker, who signed for the Regionalliga Südwest club in June, is excited and looking forward to working under sweltering heat in preparation for the upcoming league season.
“It’s an exciting time preparing for the new campaign, and I’m excited. I am looking forward to the new season, but first its’ preparation time,” Kargbo told FSL news from their Poland training camp.
“I’m relishing the new challenge after three seasons at former club Berliner Berlin.”
Offenbacker first test match is on Sunday, August 9th against Polish fourth division team Stilon Gorzów Wielkopolski. Kick-off is at 5 p.m.
The match is expected to be on Kickers TV live.
On Wednesday, August 12th, they go again against Polish runner-up Lech Posen.
In Germany, they will take on second division club FC Erzgebirge Aue on Friday, August 14th (5 p.m. Kickers TV live).
Kargbo, 27, is a Sierra Leonean-born but was raised in Germany, where he played for the youth U15, U17, and U19 sides.
International Friendly with Sierra Leone
On 17 March 2018, Kargbo made his Sierra Leone national football team debut in 4-0 friendly defeat to Iran.
Kickers Offenbach sign former German U-19 striker Kargbo
by FSL News | 7 Aug, 2020 | Players Abroad News, Sport News
R.S.C. Anderlecht have completed the signing of Sierra Leonean international Mustapha Bundu on a four-year deal.
Anderlecht announced the move on their official Twitter account.
Bundu, 23, is the club’s third signing in two weeks after the club signed Ukrainian left-back Bogdan Mykhaylichenko from Zoryan Luhansk and South African attacker Percy Tau.
Bundu has been added to a long list of Sierra Leonean internationals already trader in Jupiler-pro-league. The likes of Lamin Conteh, Ibrahim Obreh Kargbo, Ibrahim Junior Parade Koroma, Paul Pkapa, Musa Jarzihno Kanu, Ahmed Kanu and Mustapha Sama, to name a few.
The former Hereford attacker, who scored a total of 21 goals in 109 appearances for Danish club AGF Aarhus between 2016 to 2020, will be hoping to impress in his new adventure under Manchester City legend Vincent Kompany.
Speaking to the club’s website, Bundu said, “I am delighted to be signing for Anderlecht. This is the perfect place for me to further develop myself as a player and contribute to the attacking football Anderlecht likes to play.”
Born in Sierra Leone, Bundu started his career at the Craig Bellamy before moving abroad with after obtaining a student visa to study at Hartpury College to pursue his football career.
After his impressing form with Hereford FC winning three trophies, he went on a trial to Danish club AGF Aarhus in the start of August 2016 before he was signed on a permanent deal until summer 2021.
On the International stage, Bundu received his first international call-up in August 2018, being a member of a preliminary squad but did not make the final 23-man squad.
The striker finally made his debut in a 3–1 World Cup qualifying defeat to Liberia on 4 September 2019.
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by FSL News | 7 Aug, 2020 | Players Abroad News, Sport News
- Keeper Christain Caulker made his Mid-Atlantic Conference side debut for Maryland bobcats on Thursday in a barren draw against New Amsterdam FC at Evergreen Sports Complex.
- Caulker was named in the Bobcats’ first-team squad in matchday two of the National Independent Soccer Association (NISA) cup competition.
- The Sierra Leonean keeper joined the club in February this year, but the Covid-19 pandemic forced the league to scrap this season. However, the NISA event has given all clubs a chance to compete.
Meanwhile, matches in the region were suspended Thursday, August 6th due to weather.
The clubs and league are working together to determine when the matches will be replayed.
Last Sunday, Maryland Bobcats played to a 1-1 against FC Baltimore Christos. Tunde Akinlotsu gave FC Baltimore Christos a 28th-minute lead before Kay Banjo knotted things up, converting a penalty kick in the 84th minute.
On the final day on Sunday 9th, New Amsterdam plays FC Baltimore while the Cosmos takes on Maryland bobcats.
This year Mid-Atlantic Region NISA cup matches between Maryland Bobcats, New York Cosmos, New Amsterdam, and FC Baltimore, are a round-robin tournament with every team taking on each other once and the champion being crowned off of the total number of points.
All Independent Cup matches are streamed on the league website.
Tonight’s XI ??#ForAll#NISAIndCup
Slået op af Maryland Bobcats FC i Torsdag den 6. august 2020
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by FSL News | 2 Aug, 2020 | African News, Sport News
- Sierra Leonean keeper Alhaji Sesay played the full throttle in Dartford National League South play-off final as they suffered a 3-0 defeat on penalties against Weymouth at the Bob Lucas Stadium on Saturday.
- Dartford lost to Weymouth in the National League South play-off final after missing three penalties in a shoot-out for promotion.
As a result, ending all hopes of gaining promotion to the Vanarama National League.
Dartford defeats Slough Town in the quarter-final and a few days later eliminated Havant Waterlooville in the semi-final last weekend en route this year final.
In a tough and close contest, the match ended goalless as both sides were unable to break the deadlock.
Sesay, 21, who was making his 17 appearances has been a key figure in manager Steve King’s side. However, was unable to save his side on this occasion.
Weymouth: Ward, Camp, Harfield, Ngalo (Murray 55mins), McCarthy, McQuoid (Thomson 55mins), Anthony, Wakefield (Odubade 85mins), Robinson, Brooks, Hobson. Subs not used: Childs, Zubar, Whelan.
Dartford: Sesay, Wynter, Hill, Bonner, Braham-Barrett, Hyde (Noble 87mins), Husin, Jebb, Romain, Sheringham (Marsh-Brown 71mins), McQueen. Subs not used: Edwards, Wanadio, Ming, Briggs.
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