Williams extends his USL Battery’s tally to nine

Williams extends his USL Battery’s tally to nine

by | 17 Jul, 2022 | Football Africa, Players Abroad News, Sport News

Sierra Leonean striker Augustine Williams took his tally to nine goals with a brace in USL Championship as Charleston Battery triumphed 3-1 over Hartford Athletic at Patriots Points on Saturday.

The brace was Williams’ second in the campaign and his ninth overall as he was named Man of the Match.

Williams had opened the scoring in the 13-minute, but the visitors drew parity via Prince Saydee nine-minute later. However, the home side restored their lead via Enock Kwakwa in the 25-minute.

In the 53rd minute, the 6’3 forward floated in the air to redirect a flying header off the right post past Oettl, increasing Charleston’s lead to 3-1.

The Battery remains undefeated at home all-time against Hartford. The win means Bathery ended their six-game winless skid in a commanding fashion in front of the home crowd at Patriots Point.

Despite Charleston being reduced to 10 men when Matt Sheldon received a straight red card for a contentious foul call in the 81st minute, they managed to wrap up the victory.

Battery Head Coach Conor Casey applauded his side’s efforts. “It was a great performance after we started well. We were good with the ball,” said Coach Casey. We scored goals early, and I was pleased with the quality of the play, the way they closed out the game being down a man late.”

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Senegal’s Kalidou Koulibaly joins Chelsea

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by | 16 Jul, 2022 | African News, Football Africa, Sport News

Senegal skipper Kalidou Koulibaly has joined Premier League side Chelsea FC from Napoli on a four-year deal, the London outfit have confirmed.

“Koulibaly is an international teammate of Chelsea’s first-choice keeper, Edouard Mendy, and will significantly bolster our defensive options following the departures of Toni Rudiger and Andreas Christensen,” Chelsea said in a statement.

“The captain of Senegal, who is a natural leader, and a strong character, will bring plenty of experience in challenging domestic and international titles.”

“I’m happy to be here with this team at Chelsea,’ said Koulibaly told the club’s website. ‘It’s a big team in the world and my dream was always to play in the Premier League.

He added, “Chelsea came first to get me in 2016, but we didn’t make it. Now when they came to me I accepted it because they really wanted me to come to the Premier League to play for them. When I spoke to my good friends Edou and Jorginho, they made my choice easier so I’m really happy to be with you today.”

The Senegalese, on his Twitter account, posted a picture of himself on a plane to America to join Chelsea’s pre-season tour with the caption: ‘Napoli, terra mia’ – translated to ‘Naples, my land’ – followed by a blue heart and signing off with his name.

Koulibaly is Chelsea’s second summer acquisition of US tycoon Todd Boehly’s new era as owner after the club signed Raheem Sterling from Manchester City on Wednesday.

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Bo Rangers set record straight over talisman Kamara

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by | 15 Jul, 2022 | Football Africa, International, National Sport News Sierra Leone, Sport News

Sierra Leone Premier League champions Bo Rangers say their talisman Musa Noah Kamara’s status at the club has not changed. 

“The player is a legally contracted player of our club. Kamara is a player of Bo Rangers, and his status has not changed,” the club said in their statement.

Their statement comes days after speculations that their top scorer is heading for South Africa on assessment with Kaizer Chiefs.

Kamara, who helped Rangers with 19 goals to win their first league title in 68 years, was part of the Sierra Leone side during the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon.

The striker, 21, is a back-to-back golden boot winner – the Rangers striker is the first local star to achieve this milestone. He first won the 2019 Sierra Leone National Premier League with 15 goals with then champions East End Lions.

It was his goal help to revive the Leone Stars to ensure a 2-2 draw against the Ivory Coast in the group stage at the Japoma Stadium.

The South Province outfit became the second team outside the capital, Freetown, to win the Sierra Leone Premier League after Diamond Stars triumphed in 2012 and 2013.

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Zambia Copper Queens advanced to the Women’s AFCON semis after a 4-2 triumph against The Lionesses of Teranga on penalties at the Complexe Sportif Mohamed V in Casablanca following their 1-all stalemate after extra-time on Wednesday.

As a result, for the first time in their history, they will be part of the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup to be hosted by Australia and New Zealand.

They were part of the 2020 Olympic Games but had never qualified for the World Cup.

Senegal, who finished second in Group A behind Morocco started the encounter with more purpose, but Bruce Mwape’s Zambians found their way into the game. However, they could not impose the rhythm of their short passing patterns.

No team from either country had progressed to the semi-finals since the inception of the women’s Africa Cup of Nations competition in 1991. Neither country had graced the women’s World Cup.

Zambia was dealt a serious blow when football authorities announced that Barbra Banda, a top player in the team, was ineligible for the competition last week after a “gender verification procedure” that determined her testosterone levels were “too high” for her to play.

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Sullay Kaikai was in action as Wycombe played to a goalless draw against Oxford City in the Blues’ second pre-season friendly at Marlow Road.

Gareth Ainsworth’s men stepped up their preparations for the new campaign following Saturday’s opening friendly against Fulham, this time giving his starting XI an hour of action before making almost wholesale changes.

Ali Al-Hamadi looked the most likely to break the deadlock in the opening period, while Sam Vokes went close with a header in the closing stages

Next up, the Blues face Watford in a behind-closed-doors friendly on Saturday, kicking off at 1 pm.

Starting XI: Dickinson, Grimmer, Jacobson, Trialist-CB, Mehmeti, Young, Kaikai, Horgan, Al-Hamadi, Parsons, Pattenden

60+ XI: Trialist-GK, Trialist-CB, Gape, Wheeler, Vokes, McCleary, Hanlan, Mellor, Freeman, Obita, Scowen.

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