by FSL News | 9 Mar, 2018 | African News
Egyptian International and Liverpool in-form striker Mohamed Salah has been named the Premier League Player of the Month for February.
His second @EASPORTSFIFA Player of the Month award of the season.
Salah, 25, scored four goals in Liverpool’s three Premier League matches last month, following his excellent brace in the 2-2 draw against Tottenham Hotspur.
Reacting to the award he said: “The players make it easier and the coach also makes it easier for me.”
The Egyptian added “It’s nice to win it again especially because it’s the Player of the Month of the Premier League so that’s something good.
“I say always try to help reach the three points and to be in a better position.”
His goal in the 2-0 win over Newcastle United on March 3 took his total to 24 in the league and 32 in all competitions in his first season at Anfield.
Follow Us On twitter @football_sierra
by FSL News | 7 Mar, 2018 | African News
Record-breaking winners Al Ahly recorded a 4-0 thumping over Mounana of Gabon on Tuesday in their 2018 CAF Champions League last-32 tie.
Botswana’s Township Rollers made headlines for the second round in a row with victory in Tanzania over Young Africans.
Nigeria’s Plateau United and Senegal’s Generation Foot still have hope despite first leg defeats.
Ahly were two-nil up before halftime and two goals from Abdallah El-Said in the second half secured the win.
The eight-times winners and beaten finalists last year will travel to Gabon later this month for the second leg.
That tie may seem to be over, but the six teams involved in the other three games on Tuesday all still have some hope of progressing.
Township Rollers 2-1 win over Young Africans in Tanzania gives them an excellent chance of going through and becoming the first team from Botswana to make the group stages.
Motsholetsi Sikele hit their winner late on in the game in Dar es Salaam. In the previous round, Rollers ousted Sudan’s El Merreikh.
Nigerian debutants Plateau United suffered a difficult start to their tie with former champions Etoile du Sahel – going three-nil down in the first few minutes of the game in Sousse.
By halftime it was four-nil, but they were not humiliated – instead scoring twice in the second half to record a 4-2 defeat and give themselves a chance of turning the tie around in the second leg.
In Tuesday’s other game, Horaya of Guinea secured a 2-1 home win over Generation Foot of Senegal thanks to a stoppage-time goal from Sidy Diop.
There are 12 other matches to be played on Wednesday – including title-holders Wydad Casablanca against Williamsville of Ivory Coast.
Follow Us On Twitter @football_sierra /Facebook: Football Sierra Leone
by FSL News | 26 Feb, 2018 | African News
Former Sierra Leone boss Sellas Tetteh has agreed to become the new manager of second-tier side Tamale City FC, Football Sierra Leone understands.
Former Bank of Ghana Governor Dr Abdul-Nashiru Issahaku and businessman Ibrahim Mahama are the club’s new owners.
His task is to help guide the ambitious club to the Ghana Premier League next season.
Tamale will face Nea Salamina FC in an away clash in their opening Division One campaign.
Tetteh was caretaker coach of the Leone Stars but failed to guide Sierra Leone to the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations after a 1-1 draw in Abidjan against Ivory Coast.
Tetteh, 61, left Sierra Leone claiming two months unpaid wages.
He was the architect of Ghana glory during the 2009 Under-20 World Cup which they won.
Follow us on twitter @football_sierra @bittar32 Facebook: Football Sierra Leone
by FSL News | 21 Feb, 2018 | African News
Sierra Leone International Sheka Fofanah scored on his CAF Champions League debut for Sudanese top-tier side and 2015 African Champions League semi-finalists Al Merreikh of Sudan, but his goal was not enough as the Botswana side qualified 4-2 on aggregate.
The jam-packed Khartoum stadium was treated to a very entertaining encounter.
Township Rollers are through to the next phase of the competition despite losing 2-1 on Wednesday evening at the Al-Merreikh Stadium, Omdurman.
The visitors, having won their first leg home tie 3-0 in Gaborone last February 10th, took the early lead from Joel Mogorosi, who scored from a header of a corner kick in the 4th minutes.
Fofanah, 20, who bagged his first two-goals for Al-Merrikh against Wad Hashim Sennars in the Sudanese league on Thursday, levelled the scoreline in the 20th minutes with a superb strike chipping the visiting keeper from outside the box.
Ahmed Hamed gave the host the lead in the 82nd minute’s from a direct free kick outside the 18-yard box after a difficult period in a tight contest.
However, the visitors will roll out of Khartoum town with their heads up high after eliminating the fifth best team in Africa.
The Botswana league leaders will take on Dar es Salaam-based club Young Africans in the first round proper of this year’s competition.
CAF Champions League First Round Second Leg
Fulltime: Al-Merrikh SC 2-1 Township Rollers FC
(Sheka Fofana 20′ Ahmed Hamed 82′ | Joel Mogorosi 4′)
(AGGREGATE: 2-4)
African Champions League results – preliminary round 2nd leg
Tuesday’s Results:
- Williamsville (Ivory Coast) 1-0 Stade Malien (Mali) (Williamsville win 2-1 on aggregate)
- Olympic Real Bangui (CAR) 0-0 Entente Setif (Algeria) (Entente Setif win 6-0 on aggregate)
- Al Hilal (Sudan) 3-0 LISCR (Liberia) (Al Hilal win 3-1 on aggregate)
Al Salam Wau (South Sudan) v Saint George (Ethiopia) (St George advance after Wau withdrew)
Wednesday’s Results:
- KCCA (Uganda) 1-0 CNaPs Sport (Madagascar) (KCCA win on away goals 2-2 on aggregate)
- Mouloudia Alger (Algeria) 9-0 Otoho (Congo) (Mouloudia win 9-2 on aggregate)
- Mounana (Gabon) 2-0 Kadiogo (Burkina Faso) (Mounana win 2-1 on aggregate)
- Horoya (Guinea) 0-0 AS FAN (Niger) (Horoya win 3-1 on aggregate)
- Misr Lel-Makkasa (Egypt) 0-0 Generation Foot (Senegal) (Generation Foot win 2-0 on aggregate)
- Saint Louis (Seychelles) 1-1 Young Africans (Tanzania) (Young Africans win 2-1 on aggregate)
- Al Merreikh (Sudan) 2-1 Township Rollers (Botswana) (Township Rollers win 4-2 on aggregate)
- Leones Vegetarianos (Equatorial Guinea) 1-1 Gor Mahia (Kenya) (Gor Mahia win 3-1 on aggregate)
- Esperance (Tunisia) 5-0 Concorde (Mauritania) (Esperance win 6-1 on aggregate
- Togo-Port (Togo) 2-1 AC Leopards (Congo) (Port win 3-3 on aggregate)
- Zesco Utd (Zambia) 7-0 JKU (Zanzibar) (Zesco win 7-0 on aggregate)
- Benfica (Guniea Bissau) 0-0 Difaa el Jadida (Morocco) (Jadida win 10-0 on aggregate)
- Pamplemousses (Mauritius) 1-0 Wits (South Africa) (Wits win 2-1 on aggregate)
- LLB Academic (Burundi) 0-1 Rayon Sports (Rwanda) (Rayon win 2-1 on aggregate)
Follow us on twitter @football_sierra Facebook: Football Sierra Leone
by FSL News | 19 Feb, 2018 | African News
Belgian technician Paul Put has resigned as the head coach of the Harambee Stars citing “personal reasons”, the Kenya Football Federation have confirmed.
Put, 61, was appointed to a two-year deal in November replacing local technician Stanley Okumbi. – Kenya appoint Paul Put as new coach
Kenya’s Federation said in a statement that Paul Put’s resignation is “a setback to the country’s ongoing 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification campaign.”
“Football Kenya Federation wishes to inform the general public that Mr Paul Put has officially resigned as the Kenya National Football Team, Harambee Stars Head Coach, citing personal reasons.
Sierra Leone defeated Kenya 2-1 in their opening Group F 2019 Africa Cup of Nations first leg qualifying tie in Freetown in June.
They are scheduled to face the group’s leaders Ghana in Nairobi in September while Ethiopia host Sierra Leone
Local coach Stanley Okumbi, who was in charge of the Harambee Stars in Freetown, takes over as interim coach.
The federation also announced they have already begun the process of finding a replacement for Put.
Under his tenure, Burkina Faso finished as runners-up in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, losing to Nigeria in the final.
Follow Us On Twitter @football_sierra
by FSL News | 11 Feb, 2018 | African News
Sierra Leone international, Prince Barrie and his Guinean top-flight club Hafia FC suffered a 1-0 defeat in Benin, at the Mathieu Kérékou stadium on Saturday.
The only goal of the day was scored by match-winner Jean Marie Guerra in the first leg preliminary of the CAF Confederation Cup.
Former Inter Allies attacking midfielder, Barrie made his continental debut but was not able to rescue a defeat for his side.
Hafia will have to overturn their first defeat on the continental stage after 15 years of absence if they are to make the next stage of the competition.
The two sides meet again in the second leg in Guinea next week, with Energie taking a 1 nil narrow advantage to their West African counterpart.
The winner after two legs will have a cracking double date with Enyimba (Nigeria) in the second round.
Elsewhere, Egyptian club Al Masry dominated and registered a resounding victory over Green Buffaloes of Zambia.
The Zambians now face an uphill battle in the reverse fixture next week.
2018 CAF Con fed Preliminary Round (1st Leg) Results – Names of Scorers in bracket
Friday: AS Onze Createurs 1-1 CR Belouizdad [Lassana Samake (pen) || (Youcef Bechou)
Saturday: Ngazi Sport 1-1 AS Port Louis 2000 – [Adele Fanomezantsoa || Jonathan Ernest]
Olympique Star 0-0 Etoile Filante – Young Buffaloes 0-1 Cape Town City – [Nana Akosah-Bempah]
Costa do Sol 1-0 Jwaneng Galaxy [Terrance Tisdell] – Mangasport 0-1 AS Maniema [Basiala Agee]
Petro Atletico 5-0 Masters Security [Tiago Azulao, Tony Rosa Ribeiro 3X, Diney Costa dos Santos]
Energie Sports 1-0 Hafia FC – [Jean Marie Guerra]
Al Ittihad Tripoli 1-0 Sahel SC – [Muad Issa] – AS Tanda 0-0 La Mancha
New Stars FC 2-1 Deportivo Niefang [Junior Ngongang 2X || Salif Diarra]
Al Masry 4-0 Green Buffaloes – [Islam Salah, Aristide Bance, Mohammed Koffi, Islam Eissa]
Follow Us On twitter @football_sierra
Sierra Leone | Highlights -