by FSL News | 25 Jul, 2019 | International, National Sport News Sierra Leone
- Sierra Leone’s Leone Stars have moved one place up to 114th from 115th in the latest FIFA ranking announced on Thursday 25th July.
Sierra Leone last played a competitive match against Ethiopia when they suffered a 1-0 defeat lat September 2018 during the 2019 African Cup of Nations qualifiers before the country was suspended by Fifa.
The West African nation must win against Lesotho, in the opener of the 2021 Afcon qualifier scheduled for November 11 at the Freetown national stadium, if they are to improve their global ranking.
Meanwhile, Sierra Leone’s Group L opponents Nigeria ranked as the 33rd best in the world while Benin after their impressive performances in the just-concluded Afcon ranked 82nd globally and Lesotho 144.
The next FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking will be published on 19 September 2019.
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by FSL News | 18 Jul, 2019 | International, National Sport News Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone will face Nigeria’s Super Eagles, Benin and Lesotho in Group L qualifiers for a place in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations to be hosted in Cameroon.
The last time the country participated in the continental big stage, was 23 years ago during the 1996 AFCON in South Africa, when retired International Mohamed Kallon at 16, became the tournament’s youngest player after he scored the winning goal for Sierra Leone in a 2-1 win over Burkina Faso.
Sierra Leone will once again have a fresh chance to compete for a spot in the 33rd edition of the biennial championship of Africa organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
The country’s soccer team in Dec 2018, were disqualified from the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign because of alleged government interference in running the country’s football association.
They lost to Ethiopia in their last group match before the suspension.
The 2021 tournament is scheduled to be hosted by Cameroon and is likely to be held in Summer.
The 48 teams will be divided into 12 groups of four teams each and the top two sides from each group will earn a ticket to the 2021 showpiece in Cameroon.
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Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Benin & Lesotho to race for AFCON 2021 spot
by FSL News | 13 Jul, 2019 | International, National Sport News Sierra Leone
- A new set of stars have emerged from Sierra Leone, the Diamond Child kids, who were a dominant force in the just concluded Donostic Cup U-14 tournament in Spain.
The youngsters won every match en route to the final, racking up 33 goals and only conceding 6. Impressively they triumphed in style. Their only defeat came in the final 2-0 against Atletic Segre CA, a Catalonia side.
Thanks to Sedyu Sadaka Anthony Jalloh, a Sierra Leonean born musician in Spain, whose effort has exposed a new set of talents from the predominantly fishing slum community at Goderich in the outskirts of Freetown.
The U-14 boys not only make an impression among their peers, but they are now true shining stars after some entertaining performance in Spain.
Donosti Cup Foundation over the past two decades has been inviting teams from disfavored areas, helping them financially, accommodating them, and covering transport expenses during their stay.
Early in July, Diamond Child School boys travelled from Sierra Leone to showcase their football skills at the 2019 Tournament in San Sebastian, Spain.
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Diamond-Child top of their U 14 Group L
The Kids from Sierra Leone dominated their counterparts
Diamond Child was defeated in their final
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by FSL News | 8 Jul, 2019 | International, National Sport News Sierra Leone
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East End Lions ‘The Killers’ have been confirmed as 2018/19 Sierra Leone League champions.
John Keister’s side has an undefeatable lead at Premier League summit with two games to spear after FC Kallon 1-1 draw against Kamboi Eagles on Sunday.
Coach Keister becomes the first East End Lions manager to claim the title after almost five years without football.
Lions proved they are one of the most decorated sides in Sierra Leone football history, racking up 48 points with a goal difference of +22, after winning 13, drawing nine so far.
Their closest rivals FC Kallon are five points adrift of the champions, who remain undefeated with two remaining matches.
Sierra Leone last edition of the Premier League was suspended through the season in 2014 because of the Ebola epidemic.
The Eastern giants were topping the 2014 campaign prior to its suspension.
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by FSL News | 7 Jul, 2019 | International, National Sport News Sierra Leone
- Sierra Leone Premier League top scorer
- Club: East End Lions
- Name: Musa Noah Kamara
- Age: 19
- Place of Birth: Tombo, Sierra Leone.
The big striker has been pivotal and exciting all-season his brace against Freetown City FC in their 4-0 win takes his tally to 13 goals in Sierra Leone Premier League this season.
Kamara has been a household name because of his ability to score goals, leading top scorers in most of the Inter Communities local championship tournaments organised in Freetown before being scouted and signed by local club AIK Freetong.
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He made his Sierra Leone debut in a goalless friendly against Lone Star in Liberia’s Independence Day at the Samuel K. Doe Sports Complex Sunday, July 22, 2018.
The agile striker was part of the Sierra Leone U-20 side against Guinea Bissau during the African Nations Cup qualifiers in April 2018.
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The striker, having surpassed a Premier League record in Sierra Leone set in 1994 with 12 goals by Sierra Leone Legend Mohamed Kallon and Ibrahim Teteh Bangura, who scored four (4) goals against Old Edwardians FC in the 2010 top flight in their 5-1 win over Old Edwardians FC.
Agent Chernor Musa Jalloh has expressed his delights that striker Kamara has emerged as the country’s best after taking his tally to 15 this year with some outstanding performances.
“Musa is physically a strong player and has established himself as a serial goal scorer.”
“I hope he continues to keep scoring goals and play well. His future seems bright we hope to soon sit down to decide the next step of his career after the League,” Agent Jalloh to FSL Media.
The Tombo-born during his school days attended Ahmadiyya Muslim School. He is very strong physically with a good heading ability. He strikes the ball very well, is an all-around striker with an eye for goal.
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by FSL News | 6 Jul, 2019 | International, National Sport News Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone has been placed in pot three ahead of the qualifying draws for the 33rd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon 2021.
The qualifiers are scheduled to begin in October with the draw to be held in Cairo on July 18, Football Sierra Leone understands.
Leone Stars are alongside Madagascar, Zimbabwe, Central African Republic, Namibia, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Angola, Malawi, Togo, Sudan, and Tanzania which implies they can’t face any of those teams in the qualifiers.
Hosts nation, Cameroon are in Pot 1 with Senegal, Tunisia, Nigeria, Morocco, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Egypt, Burkina Faso, Mali, Ivory Coast, and Algeria.
Meanwhile, the eight-pot 5 teams will be drawn into four pairings preliminary round the winners of the two-leg ties advance will advance to stage 2 as part of pot 4.
In stage 2, there will be 12 groups comprised of one team from pots 1-4 and the section winners and runners-up qualify for the finals in Cameroon with the tournament host already guaranteed a place with only a team to qualify from their group.
Pot 1: Senegal‚ Tunisia‚ Nigeria‚ Morocco‚ DR Congo‚ Ghana‚ Cameroon‚ Egypt‚ Burkina Faso‚ Mali‚ Ivory Coast‚ Algeria
Pot 2: Guinea‚ South Africa‚ the Cape Verde Islands‚ Uganda‚ Zambia‚ Benin‚ Gabon‚ Congo‚ Mauritania‚ Niger‚ Kenya‚ Libya
Pot 3: Madagascar‚ Zimbabwe‚ the Central African Republic‚ Namibia‚ Sierra Leone‚ Mozambique‚ Guinea Bissau‚ Angola‚ Malawi‚ Togo‚ Sudan‚ Tanzania
Pot 4: Burundi‚ Rwanda‚ Equatorial Guinea‚ Eswatini‚ Lesotho‚ Botswana‚ the Comoros Islands‚ Ethiopia plus four playoff winners
Pot 5: (Playoffs before group stage): Liberia‚ Mauritius‚ the Gambia‚ South Sudan‚ Chad‚ Sao Tome Principe‚ Seychelles‚ Djibouti.
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