Inform Sierra Leone native Sorba Thomas scored a solo goal as Huddersfield Town thrashed Reading 4-0 on Saturday.
Thomas, 22, scored Towns’ third in the 66th in the English Championship win as Reading’s troubled start to the season continued.
The winger whipped in a cross for Lewis O’Brien to sidefoot the Terriers ahead. He then sent an inswinging free-kick into the box for Matty Pearson to poke home the second.
Thomas capped a fine display with a solo run and low shot across Royals goalkeeper Rafael Cabral which found the bottom corner.
The result lifted them to fourth in the Championship league after five matches of the season.
Reading’s miserable afternoon was confirmed when Josh Koroma crossed for Josh Ward who rounded Cabral and tapped in a fourth.
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Defender Fankaty Dabo believes Conventry City can handle any challenge this season following their opening three wins out of four English Championship matches.
Ahead of their trip to the Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium on Saturday, the right-back is delighted with the Sky Blues strong start to the season. They’ll face a QPR side that lying one place and one point behind the Sky Blues in the table.
Dabo says that they are not afraid of anyone amongst their ranks after they won three of their opening four fixtures. The Sky Blues have collected nine points sitting 4th on the Championship log.
“We don’t fear anyone anyway because we are who we are and with confidence and momentum anything is possible. Anything is possible in the Championship as we’ve seen with so many seasons, so we’ve just got to keep chugging away really,” he told the clubs website.
Dabo, who agreed on a new three-year deal with the Sky Blues until summer 2023, has featured in every Championship game thus far.
Another Sierra Leonean to likely feature in this tie is right back Osman Kakay, who played for the QPR in their last outing in a 2-0 win over Oxford United in the EFL Cup on Tuesday.
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West Ham’s Saïd Benrahma, Manchester City winger Riyad Mahrez and Islam Slimani, who plays as a striker for French club Lyon – have been named for Algeria upcoming Group A second-round World Cup qualifiers next month.
Algerian national team head coach Djamel Belmadi has named a 25-man list for the upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup Group A qualifiers against Djoubti and Burkina-Faso.
The reigning African champions will kick off their World Cup campaign against Djibouti on Thursday, 2nd September, at the Stade du Chahid Mustapha Tchaker de Blida, in Algeria before taking on Burkina Faso at the Stade in Marrakech, Morocco, five days later.
AC Milan Ismaël Bennacer, Sofiane Feghouli, who plays for Turkish Süper Lig club Galatasaray, and Hicham Boudaoui are among the six midfielders named.
Meanwhile, the other teams alongside Sierra Leone in African Cup of Nations Group E, Ivory Coast and Equatorial Guinea, also kicking their Qatar 2022 campaign.
Equatorial Guinea in Group B will commence the race to Qatar against Tunisia before hosting Mauritania on 3rd and 7th September, respectively. While the Ivory Coast take on Mozambique and Cameroon in their opening two matches of the qualifiers.
In another development, some English Premier League clubs are in confrontation with Fifa after announcing that they will not release 60 players called up for internationals next month in countries on the UK red list for travel.
As a result, 15 World Cup qualifiers in South America and some parts of Africa are now in serious doubt.
It is expected that a similar confrontation for the international break in October unless an agreement can be reached.
However, the Confederation of African Football, CAF, has pleaded to the British authorities on behalf of its Member Associations, African players and fans, for the British Government to urgently provide the required exemptions to enable African players to compete for their countries in the upcoming FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™️ qualifiers.
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Algeria named a 25-man squad for upcoming World Cup qualifiers
Ethiopia and Sierra Leone shared the points in Thursday’s friendly at the Bahir Dar International Stadium.
The match was Sierra Leone first since their 1-0 win over Benin on June 15 at the Stade Général Lansana Conté de Nongo to qualify for next year’s Cup of Nations.
The Ethiopians use the match as part of their preparation ahead of their World Cup qualifiers and African Cup of Nations, whilst Sierra Leone gearing up to face defending champions Algeria, Ivory Coast and Equatorial Guinea in Afcon Group E.
Iraq-based striker Sheka Fofanah and Regionalliga West side Rot Weiss Ahlen defender Daniel Francis were the two foreign-based named in the squad dominated by homebased stars.
Sierra Leone will kick off their African Cup of Nations preparation with a friendly against the Walias of Ethiopia at the Bahir Dar International Stadium on Thursday. Kickoff 3 pm Ethiopian time.
The match in Ethiopia will serve as the first since Sierra Leone qualified for the continental showpiece after 25-years. A win for the West Africans will means two straight just under two months.
The Ethiopians are preparing for the World Cup qualifiers and African Cup of Nations while Sierra Leone is in Afcon Group E alongside defending champions Algeria, Ivory Coast and Equatorial Guinea.
Iraq-based striker Sheka Fofanah and Regionalliga West side Rot Weiss Ahlen defender Daniel Francis included in the squad dominated by homebased stars to face Ethiopia.
Fofanah scored his first goal for Sierra Leone in a 1-0 win over Sudan in the June 2016 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier.
The Leone Stars first-ever meeting with the Ethiopians ended in a 1-0 defeat for the West African Nation in September 2019 at the Hawassa International Stadium.
Despite this contest is outside the Fifa window, the Walias of Ethiopia taking it seriously, considering they will face Ghana and Zimbabwe in next month’s World Cup second-round qualifiers.
Sierra Leone last win away against their present Cup of Nations in Cameroon Group E opponent, Equatorial Guinea 8th September 2002, in Malabo, during the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations Group 7 qualifiers.
Goals from Mamadou Bah in the 38-minute, Muwahid Sesay 46′ and Sidique Mansaray gave Leone Stars a 3-1 away victory.
Since then, the national team have not managed another away victory in 19 years.
A win for the Leone Stars will means two straight just under two months.
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The versatile defender David Sesay has signed a one-month rolling contract with Barnet Football Club.
The club says they are thrilled to have secured the services of David Sesay, who is of Kenyan descent.
Sesay, 22, was recently training with Harry Kewell’s side and has been awarded a deal at the club that will see him at The Hive London for, at least, the end of next month.
Having been born in Brent, Sesay came through the Watford FC academy before penning a permanent deal with League Two side Crawley Town in 2018.
He made his Red Devils debut a few weeks after signing for the club against Tottenham Hotspur U23’s in the Papa John’s Trophy, where he finished the match by scoring the winning penalty.
At the end of his first season in Sussex, Sesay was handed the Club’s Young Player of the Year award.
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