Suspended female national team coach Abdulai ‘Kaloga’ Bah is in police custody at the CID headquarters in Freetown for questioning.

The former male national home-based team coach was detained on Friday over allegations of sexual harassment of female national team players.

He was ordered to step aside just before the Sierra Queens African Cup of Nations qualifier against the Gambia by the SLFA amid allegations of professional misconduct.

However, coach Bah has denied any wrongdoings and welcomed the FA’s investigation. “The allegations against me are completely untrue and unfounded. As a professional, I have always maintained the highest standards required.

“As a family man, I will never molest or use my position to gain any physical and emotional advantage against young women in the national team who are young enough to be my children,” he noted.

The Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) is aware of Bah’s arrest. The FA secretariat staff, including gen-sec Chris Kamara, were at the CID on Friday.

The FA boss Thomas Daddy Brima says they suspended the coach based on public outcry as his executive still waiting on the full content of allegations against Bah.

“We suspended him based on the social media outcry. I still don’t have an official report. I am waiting on an official complaint against him,” Thomas Brima told FSL sports.

“SLFA staffs were at the CID on Friday, including the sec-general Chris Kamara, and the police promised to get back to the FA.”

Several female activists, former players and Sierra Leone female football veteran (SLFFV) have expressed their dissatisfaction over social media contents of harassment, sexual misconduct or intimidation.

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The Lone Star of Liberia will play their remaining 2022 World Cup decisive duel against Nigeria and the Central African Republic (CAR) at the Grand Stade in Tangier in November, the LFA has confirmed.

The Liberia Football Association suffered another blow after losing their try to host their doubleheader in Group C World Cup Qualifiers at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, following CAF inspection.

The LFA says Liberia will host Nigeria at the Grand Stade de Tanger on November 11 at 16:00Hrs GMT and Central African Republic (CAR) on November 15 at 16:00Hrs GMT with blessings from Royal Morocco Football Federation (RMFF).

The Grand Stade de Tanger is a football and track stadium located in the city of Tangier, Northern Morocco, with a capacity of 45,000 people. The venue to IR Tanger, a top tier Moroccan club.

In the group C standings, Nigeria is in the lead with 9 points, ahead of Cape Verde (7 points), the Central African Republic (4 points) and finally Liberia (3 points).

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The Confederation of African Football has said that participating countries for next year’s Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) in Cameroon can travel with a maximum of a 28-man squad.

The 33rd edition was delayed due to Covid-19 but look set for Cameroon next year from Sunday, January 9 to Sunday, February 6, 2022, with the usual three substitutes per match.

The last Afcon in Egypt was 23-man squads, but this increment came due to fear of Covid-19 cases. The continental body says the five additional players is optional and not mandatory.

CAF release reads: On the occasion of the upcoming final tournament of the TOTALENERGIES Africa Cup of Nations – Cameroon 2021, we would like to provide you with the following decision:

Number of additional players – The Organizing Committee of the Africa Cup of Nations has decided to increase the number of players to 5 additional players. Consequently, the list of players could be increased to a maximum of 28 players. This decision was taken to allow the participating teams have a larger squad list for the competition in case some players test positive for COVID 19.

On the other hand, please note that your federation will bear the cost of the international travel as well as the accommodation of these additional players on the final list. In view of the above, we would like to inform you that the registration of the 5 additional players is only an option and not an obligation. 

Number of substitute players: Concerning the number of substitutions, CAF will apply the law of three substitutions per match (+ 1 additional substitution in case of extra time) during the final tournament of the Africa Cup of Nations.

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The Gambia women national are through to the second round of the TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier with a 3-1 aggregate over Sierra Leone.

Having won the first left 2-0, the Female Scorpions played to a 1-1 draw with their counterparts at the multi-purpose Independence Stadium in Bakau on Monday. 

The host team took the lead in the 24-minute through their Spanish based player Fatoumata Kanteh, but Sierra Leone rallied to draw parity via a Zainab Macauley 54th-minute goal.

The Gambian ladies who won the first leg at the Antonette Tubman Stadium will face the Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon in February.

It was inevitable that the Sierra Leone women’s national team was facing a tough task trying to overturn the two-goal deficit a week ago.

Meanwhile, Cameroon completed the double over the Central African Republic to progress to the second round of the TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Yaounde on Sunday, October 24.

The Indomitable Lionesses went through after winning both legs 3-0 aggregate

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After their first-leg 2-0 defeat to the female Scorpions of the Gambia on Monday at the Antoinette Tubman Stadium, coach Abdulai Bah says his side will give everything as they try to make the next stage.

The visitors scored twice in the second half as they held on to an important away win over their counterparts Sierra Queens in Liberia.

Following a goalless first half, goals from Ola Buwaro 53rd-minute and Ruggy Joof 77th-minute have given the visitors a massive advantage ahead of the return fixture in the Gambia.

Sierra Leone coach Abdulai Bah is optimistic as they prepare to depart Freetown for the Gambia on Saturday. He believes they can still make the next round of the competition.

“We still have hope. We played well in the first leg in Liberia. We give away easy goals in the second half after we failed to take advantage of the first half, but this is football anything can happen over 90-minutes,” Bah told FSL news on Friday.

“The team will give everything in the second leg in the Gambia, and we’ll see what happens after full-time.”

The return fixture will now play at the Independence Stadium (Bakau) in The Gambia on the 25th of October.

Meanwhile, eight-five goals were registered across the first nineteen contested matches in the first leg of the first qualifying round of the TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2022.

The return leg will take place from October 23 to 26, 2021, across the continent.

First Leg Results – First Round

Uganda 2-0 Ethiopia

Eritrea 0-5 Burundi

Tanzania 1-2 Namibia

Zimbabwe 3-1 Eswatini

Mozambique 0-7 South Africa

RCA 0-1 Cameroon

Malawi 1-1 Zambia

Egypt 2-6 Tunisia

Congo 2-1 Gabon

Kenya 8-0 South Sudan

Liberia 1-2 Senegal

Nigeria 2-0 Ghana

Guinea Bissau 1-0 Mauritania

Niger 0-9 Cote d’Ivoire

Angola 1-5 Botswana

Sierra Leone 0-2 Gambia

Burkina Faso 2-1 Benin

Mali 2-2 Guinea

Algeria 14-0 Sudan

22.10.2021

Sao Tome vs Togo

*Djibouti is qualified for the next round. The case of Equatorial Guinea vs DR Congo was submitted to the Committee.

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