Striker Mohamed Buya Turay played his first game for Henan Songshan after five months. He featured in their 2-0 Chinese Cup win over Chongqing Liangjiang on Monday.

He was introduced in the 78th minute for his first competitive game since he was injured in May this year.

“What a feeling to be playing on the pitch with an assist! I thank God for the opportunity and for guiding me throughout this period. I am too blessed with great people who have been with me every step to get the way here today for the thing I love. I want to say massive thanks to you,” Turay posted on Twitter.

Turay, 26, suffered a fifth metatarsal fracture on the right foot during the fourth round of the Chinese Super League against Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic Football Club at Guangzhou University City Stadium.

He was forced off in the 16th minute as his side Henan Songshan were defeated 3-2 in that encounter on May 9th.

He joined the club from Hebei China Fortune ahead of the new Chinese Super League campaign in April this year. 

Turay returns to playing could also mean a piece of good news for Sierra Leone ahead of next year’s African Cup of Nations.

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Sierra Leone midfielder Kwame Quee has completed the double of the season thanks to Víkingur Reykjavík 3-0 triumph over ÍA Akranes in the Men’s Milk Cup final at Laugardalsvöllur on Saturday.

They are the fifth club in Icelandic football history to win the double in men’s football. 

The win means the third silverware in Iceland for Quee since moving in 2017 on loan to join Víkingur Ólafsvík.

Two first-half goals from Erlingur Agnarsson and Halldór Smári Sigurdsson in the 18th and 45th minutes respectively put Quee side in a comfortable position. 

Quee was subbed on in the 68th minute to help his side achieved the double of winning the Pepsi-deild karla and the Icelandic milk cup in the same season.

Late in the second half, Helgi Gudjonsson completed the win with Víkingur Reykjavík third of the day. 

The former FC Johansen player won his first Icelandic Cup in 2019 with Víkingur Reykjavík on 14 September at Laugardalsvöllur while on the first spell at the club on loan.

Overall, he has had spells with Doutcher United, where he started his career, Sierra Rangers, Papa Jack FC before joining FC Johansen in 2009. In Iceland with Víkingur Ólafsvík, Breiðablik and Víkingur Reykjavik.

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Former England international Steven Caulker says it is an honour to represent Sierra Leone after making his first appearance in Leone Stars colours in Morocco.

The former Liverpool and Tottenham defender, Caulker, 29, played in the Leone Stars final friendly against Morocco home-based side on Tuesday 12 October at the Stade El Bachir, Mohammédia.

Caulker, who is currently playing for Gaziantep BB on loan from their Turkish rivals Fenerbahce, still waiting on Fifa clearance. 

Under the new Fifa regulations, he is allowed to swap associations having only one cap for England. He is qualified to represent the Leone Stars through his paternal grandfather, who is from Sierra Leone.

“Playing for Sierra Leone became an obvious choice, an obvious decision. I played for England at the age of 20 when I made my debut playing for the first team, but since then, I have not played for England, I have been a part of some squads but not on the pitch,” Caulker explained while speaking to BBC Fajah Barrie in Freetown.

He added, “The chance to come to Siera Leone to play football and to play football in the African Cup of Nation to come and get behind the nation in this exciting moment, for me, it became an easy decision to make.

“I am just happy to make the decision. I met with such love and warned love from all of the players. I feel at home – I visited Sierra Leone many times, I built a school in Kambia. My plan from the age of 19 was to give back to Africa, in particular Sierra Leone.”

Caulker paid tribute to his grandad before saying he already felt connected with the West African state. He praised his teammates and described them as hungry young lads ready to achieve success in next year’s continental tournament in Cameroon. 

He went further to praised coach John Keister and relishing challenges on the pitch.

Soccer fans hailed his matured performance against Morocco despite a controversial late penalty that condemned the Leone Stars to a 2-1 defeat. 

Sierra Leone qualified for the African Cup of Nations after 25 years, having defeated Benin 1-0 at the Stade Général Lansana Conté de Nongo in June.

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