by FSL News | 18 Jul, 2018 | Players Abroad News
Bristol City 19-year-old Sierra Leone-born keeper Alhaji Sesay will be included in John Keister’s squad for Leone Stars trip to Liberia, Football Sierra Leone understands.
Sierra Leone will take on their neighbours in Liberia’s Independence Day showdown slated for July 22 in Monrovia.
The youngster, who in 2016 signed a two-year contract with English Championship side, will be available family sources have confirmed.
“I think I’m going to join the team in Liberia. I’m just waiting for my ticket confirmation,” he told a close family member.
Sesay was born in Sierra Leone and started playing with a local club FC Kallon before moving to Europe.
The impressive stopper on Sunday was in goal for the City U23’s against Bath City when they were defeated 2-1 at Twerton Park.
Swedish club IK Frej Taby’s defender Alie Sesay and former Partick Thistle right wing-back Mustapha Dumbuya are also expected to make the trip to Liberia.
The friendly test will be the first for Liberia’s newly appointed interim coach of the Lone Star, Thomas Kojo, who is expected to use mostly local players.
It’s believed that the former Barrack Young Controllers technical director will use the team that just participated in the WAFU U-20 nation’s cup that was hosted in Liberia.
Liberia v Sierra Leone last encounter was on 05 June 2017 at the Antoinette Tubman Stadium which was won by Liberia 1-0.
Sierra Leone in the race to Cameroon 2019 will take on Walias of Ethiopia in September in one of Group F’s CAF Afcon qualifiers.
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by FSL News | 16 Jul, 2018 | Players Abroad News, Sport News
Italia Serie B side FC Crotone have confirmed the signing of Sierra Leone youngster Augustus Kargbo on a technical training contract.
The youngster who had a spell with Campobasso in the Italia Serie D signed a technical training contract with FC Crotone which was confirmed on the club website.
“Born in 1999, Augustus will turn 19 on the 24th of August. He is a promising young striker born in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Last season, he played for Campobasso in Serie D, scoring 6 goals in 20 matches,” the club said in a statement.
The excited, humble and with a great desire to do and learn, said he is delighted to be a player for the Serie B club.
He told the clubs website: “I’m happy to be a player for Crotone, it’s a dream. I thank the company for the trust, and I make myself available to grow and learn, always remaining down to earth.”
Kargbo, who has already been dubbed by a section of the Italian media as the ‘New Mohamed Kallon’ was said to have risen to the limelight in the Viareggio tournament against Empoli.
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by FSL News | 16 Jul, 2018 | Players Abroad News
Sierra Leone international Alfred Sankoh has signed for Saudi Arabian club Al-Jabalain FC on a one year contract.
The 29-year-old defensive midfielder last played in Turkey for Denizlispor the club he departed in December 2017.
The terms and condition are undisclosed, but the switch is official Al-Jabalain FC posted on Twitter that ‘The club’s management have agreed on a deal with the Sierra Leonean International.’
He now joins a list of Sierra Leone natives that have signed for Saudi Arabian clubs.
They include former Leone Stars captain John Sama, David Simbo, former Leone Stars skipper Mohamed Kallon who won the Asia Champions League with Al-Ittihad in 2005 and Alhaji Kamara.
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by FSL News | 15 Jul, 2018 | Players Abroad News
The Sierra Leone winger Kwame Quee (pictured) scored another important goal on Thursday helping his Icelandic side UMF Vikingur beat KF Fram 2-1.
Quee, 22, opened the scoring in the 19th minute before Kristinn Magnus Peturssson doubles their lead 18 minute later.
The attacking midfielder, who was also on target, last week Thursday, July 5th away to Njardvik, has now scored four goals in his last five matches.
Kamara’s FC Sheriff suffers Champions League defeat
Alhaji Kamara’s FC Sheriff Tiraspol suffered a 2-1 defeat in Georgia to Torpedo Kutaisi in the UEFA Champions League’s preliminary round at the Givi Kiladze Stadium.
The Sierra Leone striker and the Divizia league top scorer was unable to save his side from defeat but still can send them through the next stage if he can replicate his goal form next Wednesday in Moldova.
The Moldovan champion opened the scoring in the 14th minute from Ziguy Badibanga, but the hosts levelled things up through Ghiorghi Kimadze before Ghiorghi Kuhianidze sealed the win in the 64th minute.
However, Kamara and his FC Sheriff side could make amends in the return leg when they host the Georgian side on Wednesday, July 18, in Tiraspol.
The aggregate winner will go up against Macedonia champions Shkëndija (MKD) or Welsh Premier League side The New Saints in Second qualifying round between 24/25 July & 31 July/1 August.
MLS: Kamara’s Whitecaps slip to another defeat
Kei Kamara was again in action last night as D.C. United down Vancouver Whitecaps 3-1 thanks to a brace from midfielder Paul Arriola.
Y. Asad opened the scoring for hosts in the opening 28th minute with a long-distance shot beating the Whitecaps keeper into the top-right corner of the Vancouver net.
D.C. United designated player and former Manchester United goal poacher Wayne Rooney rocked Audi Field when he subbed on in the second half.
The former English Premier League star seamlessly transformed Major League Soccer’s last-place team into an offensive power and grabbed a late-match assist on Arriola’s second goal in the 80th minute.
Alphonso Davies scored the Caps consolation goal to spoiled D.C. United’s clean sheet.
However, Kamara, who scored two goals for Vancouver Whitecaps in their 3-2 win over Chicago Fire last Saturday night, has accounted for eight goals in 14 appearances this campaign.
Kamara’s Whitecaps will continue on the road on Wednesday, July 18 when they kick off Canadian Championship play with a semi-final first leg against Montreal Impact at Stade Saputo.
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by FSL News | 14 Jul, 2018 | International, National Sport News Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone to compete with eight others for a spot in the CAF U-17 Africa Cup of Nations to be hosted by Tanzania.
The West African Football Union, (WAFU) Zone A U17 Afcon qualifiers scheduled from the 9 to 18 September in Senegal.
Each of the six Zonal Unions (CECAFA, COSAFA, UNAF, UNIFFAC, WAFU A, and WAFU B) will organise their own qualifiers.
Each zonal winner will qualify for the final tournament, with the exemption of zone A of the previous winner, with two slots. Since Mali won the title in 2017.
The African football body, CAF says the new format is expected to increase participation at the level of teams in the qualifiers, enhanced exposure and competitiveness by getting all involved. Since 1995, an average of 30 teams engaged in the qualifiers, representing about 54 per cent of the CAF membership.
The decision, one of the key elements among the resolutions of the first ever CAF African Football Symposium in July 2017 in Rabat (Morocco), was approved by the CAF Executive Committee.
The CAF U-17 Africa Cup of Nations will hold from the 12th to the 26th of May 2019. Mali are the defending champions of the tournament.
Meanwhile, selected players from each country for the tournament must undergo mandatory Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to determine their eligibility to participate.
The Dates and Hosts of the Zonal Qualifiers U17 AFCON, TANZANIA 2019
WAFU A: Host country: Senegal
Participating teams: (9): Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal and Sierra Leone
Date: 9 to 18 September 2018
WAFU B: Host country: Niger
Participating teams (7): Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Togo, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Benin
Date: 2 to 15 September 2018
COSAFA:
Host Country: Mauritius
Participating teams (12): Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Date: 19 to 29 July 2018
UNIFFAC:
Host Country: Equatorial Guinea
Participating teams (8): Cameroon, Central Africa, Congo, Guinea Equatorial, Gabon, RD Congo, Sao Tome, and Chad.
Date: 3 to 12 August 2018
CECAFA:
Host country: Tanzania
Participating teams (10): Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Sudan, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Somalia, Djibouti
Date: 11 to 26 August 2018.
UNAF:
Host Country: Tunisia
Participating teams (4): Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Libya
Date: 20 to 28 August 2018
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