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Tyrese Fornah features in Reading’s opening defeat

by FSL News | 3 Aug, 2022 | Football Africa, Players Abroad News, Sport News

On-loan from Nottingham Forest, Sierra Leone native Tyrese Fornah started for the Royals in their Championship opener against Blackpool at Bloomfield Rd on Saturday.

The Royals began the 2022-23 campaign with a 1-0 defeat in Lancashire as Callum Alexander Connolly scored the only goal of the game for the home side.

Fornah, 22, was named in Reading’s first eleven for the season opener as they battled to get the season off to a good start.

Despite their all effort to get back into the game, Paul Ince’s side never was unable to get the equaliser as they succumbed to a 1-0 defeat.

Fornah joined Championship side Reading on a season-long loan. Reading will host Cardiff City on Saturday, their first home game of the season.

They have now lost their opening league match of the season in five of the past six seasons.

Blackpool manager Michael Appleton told BBC Radio Lancashire:

“We started really fast. We were excellent. I thought we could have had a couple more goals in the first half. We did get a bit sloppy but I’m disappointed we scored only one.”

Reading manager Paul Ince told BBC Radio Berkshire:

“We conceded a silly goal. We had a much better second half. Our starting 11 put in a hell of an effort. We need to consider our lack of depth at the moment. It could take three of four weeks until our team starts to gel.”

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𝐅𝐔𝐋𝐋 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 | Blackpool 1-0 Reading

Opening-day defeat as Blackpool hang on to the points.#BLPREA | 1-0 pic.twitter.com/aKCi8gcjup
— Reading FC (@ReadingFC) July 30, 2022

Osman Kakay’s QPR start season with defeat to Rovers

by FSL News | 2 Aug, 2022 | Football Africa, Players Abroad News, Sport News

Sierra Leone International defender Osman Kakay was named in Queens Park Rangers’ starting eleven and played the full throttle of the game as Blackburn Rovers kicked off the new season with a 1-0 win at Ewood Park on Saturday.

Lewis Travis’ stunning strike was enough to ensure Rovers got the 2022-23 campaign off to the perfect start with a victory against Queens Park Rangers.

Both sides were evenly matched through most of the first half, Osman Kakay hitting the bar for the R’s before Rovers launched a sustained attack and Lewis Travis blasted a shot into the top corner from 25 yards out.

The 24-year-old’s wonder strike means the newly appointed Rovers captain has already equalled his goal tally from last season.

The London side came out of the dressing room with renewed energy after the break with Ilias Chair soon firing narrowly wide. The home side held on to register an opening victory.

Rovers have now won their past six home league matches against QPR, a run that stretches back to the 2016-17 campaign.

Blackburn manager Jon Dahl Tomasson told BBC Radio Lancashire: “I’m very pleased. We scored a great goal. We were better and more dominant in the second half. I thought we could have scored another goal. It’s a great win for us and our supporters.”

QPR manager Michael Beale told BBC Radio London: “I thought it was a really even game. In the main our shape was good and our possession was good. We showed a lot of good things.

“So we’re disappointed that we’ve come away from home, played well, but lost on a set-play and lacked quality in the final third.”

QPR’s next English Championship action is on Saturday 6th August when they host Middlesbrough at 3 pm.

⌛️ All over at Ewood Park.

It's defeat to start 😤#QPR | #BLAQPR pic.twitter.com/Rw3aG9ST23

— QPR FC (@QPR) July 30, 2022

Kamara to join Horoya’s teammates ahead of W/A Champions Cup

by FSL News | 30 Jul, 2022 | Football Africa, Players Abroad News, Sport News

Sierra Leone goalkeeper Mohamed Kamara is set to join his Horoya AC teammates as the club prepares to host the West African Champions Cup.

Kamara, 23, who join the Guinean outfit on a two-year deal in May 2022, will travel on Wednesday to the Guinean capital Conakry ahead of a four-team tournament in August.

The 20th-time Guinean title holders will host a regional tournament with clubs from Guinea, Mali and Senegal.

Horoya’s Yorokoguia sports facility, located in Dubréka, Kinsdia Region, will host the tournament.

The expected teams are Horoya AC and SOAR Academy in Guinea, Djoliba AC of Mali and Casa Sport from Senegal.

Kamara, who was a sensation during the African Cup of Nations in Cameroon, will have the opportunity to test himself against Senegal’s Djoliba AC for Mali and Casa Sport of Senegal.

These teams will compete to sharpen their skills for their future meetings in the CAF Champions League.

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Sierra Leone winger Issa Kallon joins Shanghai Port

by FSL News | 28 Jul, 2022 | Football Africa, Players Abroad News, Sport News

Chinese Super League side Shanghai Port has confirmed that winger Issa Kallon has joined the club.

Kallon, 26, who started his career at FC Utrecht, will start a new adventure in the Chinese top-tier league since announced his departure from the Dutch side of SC Cambuur.

The Sierra Leone International will play outside the Netherlands for the first time since joining Utrecht in 2014. He left SC Cambuur after five years, on 30 June 2022, as his contract expired.

He featured in 33 Dutch topflight matches for Cambuur scoring five goals last season. Overall, 129 games and 22 goals in Eredivisie since 2017.

His last competitive game for Cambuur against Groningen was May 15, where he netted a goal and assisted another in that game for his side in their 3-2 win.

Attacking Midfielder Paulo Henrique Soares dos Santos, former Chelsea attacking midfielder Oscar dos Santos Emboaba, and Senegalese’s striker Cherif Ndiaye are some of the big names at the club.

Done deal #ShanghaiPort have completed the signing of Sierra Leone winger Issa Kallon. #SaloneTwitter @football_sierra #FSLNews #FSLMedia @CSV2050 @altands pic.twitter.com/8TzwNsFbDK
— Alie Bittar (@bittar32) July 28, 2022

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Bakayoko’s Bolton to open League One campaign at Ipswich

by FSL News | 27 Jul, 2022 | Football Africa, Players Abroad News, Sport News

Sierra Leone International is in line to start for Bolton Wanderers when they open their English League Campaign away to Ipswich Town this Saturday at Portman Road.

Bakayoko, 26, registered 13 goals last season, his personal best for the Trotters since the 10 goals he scored for Walsall in 2016/17.

The Striker, who scored his first international goal for Sierra Leone against Liberia in Turkey, will be hoping to start for the Wanderers as they kick off their 2022/23 League One campaign with a trip to Ipswich Town.

The home side a few days ago bolstered their defensive ranks after the signing of defender Leif Davis from Leeds United.

Ian Evatt’s men won the last two meetings between the two sides, including a superb 5-2 win at Portman Road.

Bolton Wanderers skipper Ricardo Santos has been speaking ahead of the new season.

“I’m looking forward to this season as captain because it is the type of person I am,” he told The Bolton News, relaxing on a sun terrace in Lagos, Portugal.

“Last year, when I was given the honour, I maybe didn’t want to really show too much authority, but I think this year everyone knows it.

“I have had half a year – now this is my first full one and I want the boys to get out there and enjoy our football.”

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Striker Mohamed Sankoh joins Vitesse Arnhem on loan

by FSL News | 22 Jul, 2022 | Football Africa, Players Abroad News, Sport News

Striker Mohamed Sankoh has signed for Dutch side Vitesse Arnhem on loan for the 2022/23 season.

The 18-year-old joined the VfB youth academy in the summer of 2020, but after spells with the U19 and U23 teams, he made a step up to the first-team squad.

“After four defensive reinforcements, Vitesse has also provided the front line with an impulse. Mohamed Sankoh is rented for one season from Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart. The eighteen-year-old attacker will immediately join the selection of trainer Thomas Letsch,” the Dutch top flight confirmed.

He recently signed a new deal with VfB Stuttgart until the summer of 2026.

This is Sankoh’s fifth club, his first was KRSV Vredenburch and Sparta Rotterdam. After five Spartan years, the attacker made the crossing to England at the age of almost 16, with Stoke City as his destination.