by FSL News | 14 Aug, 2021 | African News, Football Africa, Sport News
Sierra Leone have been seeded in Pot three ahead of the draw for the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations draw set for Yaounde Conference Centre on the 17th of August 2021.
The draw will see the 24 participating teams divided into six groups of four teams each.
The four pots representing the teams will be labelled pots 1 to 4. The six pots representing the groups will be labelled groups A to F.
The 24 qualified teams have been seeded based on their recent FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking last Thursday, August 12 2021.
Cameroon as host will be pre-assigned to position A1. The remaining five teams in Pot One will automatically be drawn into position 1 of each group (B to F). The same procedure will be as follows for ed for the remaining pots.
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by FSL News | 13 Aug, 2021 | African News, Football Africa, Sport News
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has confirmed the date and venue for the opener of next year’s TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon.
The tournament is scheduled to kick off from January 9th to 6 February 2022, and the opening match is listed to be played at the newly-built 60.000-seater capacity Olembe Sports Complex. Kickoff at 17h00 local time 16h00 GMT.
The same venue is also set to host its first game on September 2 between the indomitable lions of Cameroon and their counterparts from Malawi. The match will serve as a test match for the equipment deployed ahead of the AFCON 2021.
The five other cities are Douala, Yaoundé, Bafoussam, Garoua and Limbe to host a mtotal of 52 matches schfiudled across the country.
Sierra Leone, like the rest 23 nations, will know group opponents next Tuesday.
The West African Nation now ranked 24th in Africa 106 globally after qualifying for their third continental showpiece since 1996 following a 1-0 win over Benin at the Stade Général Lansana Conté de Nongoin Guinea on 15th June 2021.
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by FSL News | 11 Aug, 2021 | African News, Football Africa, Sport News
Jonathan Sahr Morsay has signed a two deal with Greek top-tier Panetolikos.
The Swedish-born, hailing from a Sierra Leonean parent, set for a new adventure in Greece.
Last season, he played with Romanian Liga I side Dinamo București, on loan from Chievo Verona. He featured in 16 games for Bucureşti scored two goals last season.
“Jonathan Morsay signed a two-year contract with Panetolikos today. He was born on 5.10.1997 in Sweden and played in Sundsvall and Brage. He transferred to Chievo Verona, and in the last six months, he played on loan at Dinamo Bucuresti,” the club said in a statement.
The winger is another potential for Sierra Leone. Morsay is set for his Panetolikos league debut on Saturday, August 21, against Asteras Tripolis when the Greek Super League.
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by FSL News | 10 Aug, 2021 | African News, Football Africa, Sport News
Sierra Leone-born Trevoh Chalobah has been named in the 24-man squad that will face Villarreal in tomorrow’s Super Cup showdown in Belfast.
Chalobah, who made 29 appearances for Ligue 1 side Lorient last season, has been impressive during Chelsea pre-season.
Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Trevoh Chalobah, along with new signing Marcus Bettinelli, are the only players who were not at Chelsea last season.
The European Champions will take on their Europa League counterpart at the National Football Stadium at Windsor Park – Belfast.
The club says the travelling party arrived in the Northern Irish capital at lunchtime after a short flight across the Irish Sea.
Thomas Tuchel and two of his players will be on media duty this afternoon, and then the whole squad will train at Windsor Park.
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by FSL News | 6 Aug, 2021 | African News, Football Africa, Sport News
The Confederation of African Football has communicated to the Ghana Football Association that Accra and Cape Coast stadiums have been approved to host Ghana’s 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifying matches.
The decision was based on the assessment of an updated report submitted by the Ghana Football Association.
Ghana to battle with Ethiopia, South Africa and Zimbabwe in Group G for a place in Qatar.
Caf also noted that the two stadiums will be further evaluated on matchdays through the CAF Match Command Center (MCC).
If organizational and stadium technical infractions are noted by the designated CAF officials during matches, financial sanctions may be imposed on the GFA as per the established CAF grid for lack of technical facilities in the stadium.
The Black Stars will kick start the journey to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 in September 2021 against Ethiopia in any of the two approved venues.
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by FSL News | 5 Aug, 2021 | African News, Football Africa, Sport News
Former CAF President Issa Hayatou has been banned for a year from all football activities with a fined of 30,000 Swiss francs for a breach of FIFA’s ethics code, FIFA says on Tuesday.
The 74-year-old Cameroonian was facing corruption charges since 2014, even before losing his status as Caf president.
Hayatou was acting president of FIFA from 2015-16 when Sepp Blatter, now 85, was suspended amid a widespread corruption scandal.
“The investigation into Mr Hayatou’s conduct in his position as CAF president concerned his involvement in the negotiation, conclusion and signature of the memorandum of understanding and contractual agreement for the commercialisation of media and marketing rights of competitions organised by CAF with the company Lagardère Sports between 2014 and 2017,” a statement on the FIFA Website reads.
In its decision, following an extensive hearing, the adjudicatory chamber ruled that, based on information gathered by the investigatory chamber, Mr Hayatou had breached his duty of loyalty in his position as CAF president, by entering, in the name and on behalf of the confederation, into an anti-competitive agreement with Lagardère Sport which was detrimental and caused significant damage to CAF (both financially, in the amount of EGP 200 million, as well as to its reputation).
Consequently, the adjudicatory chamber found that Mr Hayatou had breached article 15 of the current edition of the FIFA Code of Ethics and sanctioned him with a ban from taking part in any kind of football-related activity at both national and international level (administrative, sports or any other) for one year. In addition, a fine in the amount of CHF 30,000 has been imposed on Mr Hayatou.
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