by FSL News | 30 Mar, 2020 | African News
No change to January-February 2021, Africa Cup of Nations dates, despite this week’s 48 qualifiers being indefinitely postponed.
The African football ruling body has said the tournament, to be hosted in Cameroon, will go ahead as planned despite the spread of Covid-19 pandemic.
The 2021 Africa Cup of Nations will go ahead as planned, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has confirmed.
“As of today, no competition has been cancelled and there is no plan for that,” Acting Secretary-General Abdel Bah said on Monday.
“We are working on different options to reschedule the competitions impacted.”
This week should have witnessed the third and fourth of the six rounds of qualifying required to determine which teams will contest the 2021 Nations Cup in Cameroon.
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by FSL News | 23 Mar, 2020 | African News
Two Nigerian footballers striker Ifeanyi George pictured and Emmanuel Ogbu were killed in a car crash in Nigeria.
Football Sierra Leone gathered that the accident happens on their way to Lagos from Enugu on Sunday.
The pair, who played for Nigerian league side Enugu Rangers, were involved in a crash on the Benin-Agbor road whilst travelling to Lagos on Sunday morning.
Super Eagles forward George, who won two caps for his country in 2017, was 26.
Ogbu was a member of the club’s youth team.
The car had another passenger – Eteka Gabriel, a friend of George’s – who also died.
The players were returning to Lagos from Enugu following a break in the Nigeria league due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“The management of Rangers International FC shall, in conjunction with the families of Ifeanyi George and Emmanuel Ogbu, pay befitting last respect to both players,” a club statement read.
“We mourn their sudden demise. It’s indeed shocking that we are talking of Ifeanyi and Emmanuel in the past tense.”
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by FSL News | 21 Mar, 2020 | African News
Nigeria Football has been suspended for four weeks, due to the coronavirus pandemic, it has been announced.
This suspension comes after Covid-19 cases in the country increased from three to eight, Football Sierra Leone understands.
“The shutdown affects all on-field activities the various National Teams, the Nigeria Professional Football League, the other Leagues, youth football programmes and even street football,” the NFF said in a statement.
Nigeria joins several other African countries such as Ghana, South Africa, Morocco and Senegal to have called off football activities and sports competitions in general due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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by FSL News | 13 Mar, 2020 | African News
The Confederation of African Football has officially suspended the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
The decision to halt the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers comes after a meeting in Cairo on Friday afternoon.
Caf statement reads: “Following the growing concerns of the COVID-19 virus and the declaration by the World Health Organization (WHO) describing it as a pandemic, CAF has decided to postpone the following competitions until further notice.”
– Total AFCON 2021 Qualifiers:Â Match Day 3 and 4 of the qualifiers scheduled for 25 – 31 March 2020;
– FIFA Women’s U-20 World Cup Qualifiers:Â scheduled for 20 – 22 March 2020 and 27- 29 March 2020;
–Â Total Women’s AFCON 2020 Qualifiers:Â scheduled for 8-14 April 2020.
- A new schedule shall be announced in due time.
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by FSL News | 12 Mar, 2020 | African News
The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has chosen to maintain the schedule of all its competitions, amidst the outbreak of coronavirus, which was labelled a pandemic on Wednesday, BBC Sport reports.Â
Some 48 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers are set to take place in nearly 50 countries across the continent at the end of March.
Meanwhile, the African Nations Championship (CHAN) is scheduled to take place in Cameroon between 4-25 April.
“According to (the) World Health Organisation, no African country till date has been declared high risk,” Caf said in a statement.Â
“Consequently, Caf has decided to maintain the schedule of all competitions.”
Shortly after Caf released its statement on Wednesday, the World Health Organisation described the outbreak as a pandemic, meaning it is spreading in multiple countries around the world at the same time.
Kenya’s government has already stated that no sporting competitors can leave the country to travel abroad until early April, meaning the Harambee Stars’ Nations Cup tie in Comoros on 29 March is uncertain.
Coronavirus cases have currently been declared in twelve African nations, with Egypt the worst affected.
On Tuesday, Algeria’s government announced that the remainder of the football season would be played behind closed doors because of the outbreak while others, such as Rwanda among others, have insisted on no handshaking before games.
Caf officials are set to visit CHAN host Cameroon – which has suffered two cases – later this week to ascertain the level of preparedness to combat the spread of the disease during the competition for African players based in their national leagues.
“A delegation from the Caf Medical Committee is scheduled to visit Cameroon from 14-15 March,” the statement added.
“The purpose of this mission is to assess all the preventive measures taken by the Local Organising Committee.”
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by FSL News | 8 Mar, 2020 | African News, Video & News
Senegal thrashed Mali 3-0 to win the maiden edition of the 2020 women’s West Africa Football Union Zone A tournament at the Wusum Stadium in Makeni on Sunday.
Despite the defeat, runners-up Mali was impressive at the tournament. However, Les Lions de la Téranga ladies proved too strong in the final match as they walloped their francophone counterparts to lift the trophy.
Three goals from Ndeye Diakhate, Mbayang Sow and Haby Balde in the 27th, 55th and 69th minutes respectively ensure they secure a comfortable unbeaten run en route to lifting the trophy.
Host Sierra Leone was knocked out after their opening three draws in the group stage against Cape Verde, Guinea and winners Senegal.
Its was a success story as the colourful grand final at the Wusum Mini Stadium in Makeni, was witnessed by prominent stakeholders from WAFU and Sierra Leone. Notably, the President of SLFA Madam Isha Johansen, the Minister of Sports in Sierra Leone Ibrahim Nyelenkeh, Librarian FA President and Vice President of WAFU Mustapha I. Rajii, Mali FA Vice President Kassoum Coulibaly, WAFU Secretary-General Jammeh Bojan, Sierra Leone FA Vice President Brima Manzola Kamara, Northern Region FA Chairman Brima Jalloh and many others.
Eight nations participated in the competition played across two cities Bo and Makeni in Sierra Leone from February 25 to March 7.
The teams are host Sierra Leone, Guinea, Cape Verde, Senegal, Mali, Gambia, Liberia and Guinea Bissau.
Tournament awards are as follows:
Malian Striker Agueissa Diarra won the Golden Boot with 7 goals.
Senegalese winger Mama Diop won Best Player of the tournament.
Senegalese goalkeeper Tenning Sene won the Golden Glove.
Guinea National Team won WAFU Fair Play.
Zone-A Women’s WAFU 2020 Championship Full Results and Matches
Group A 25.02.2020Â
- Sierra Leone 0-0 Cape Verde – Bo Stadium
- Guinea 0-1 Senegal – Makeni Mini Stadium
Group A 27.02.2020Â
-  Cape Verde 0-1 Senegal – Bo Stadium
-  Sierra Leone 0-0 Guinea – Bo Stadium
Group AÂ 01.03.2020Â
- Senegal 1-1 Sierra Leone – Bo Stadium
- Â Guinea 0-3 Cape Verde – Makeni Stadium
Group B: 26.02.2020Â
- Mali 6-0 The Gambia – Makeni Stadium
- Liberia 4-0 Guinea Bissau – Makeni Stadium
28.02.2020Â
- Liberia 0-3 Mali – 2:00 pm – Makeni Stadium
- The Gambia 2-5 Guinea Bissau – Makeni Stadium
29.02.2020 – BreakÂ
02.02. 2020Â
- Guinea Bissau 0- 2 Mali -Bo Stadium
- The Gambia 1-2 Liberia
Semi-Finals 4th March 2020
- Mali 4-0 Cape Verde – Makeni Stadium
- Senegal 2-1 Liberia – Bo Stadium
Third Place 7th Match 2020
- Liberia 1-0 Cape Verde Makeni Stadium
Grand Final 7th March 2020
- Mali 0-3 Senegal Wusum Makeni Stadium
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