by FSL News | 23 Aug, 2020 | Players Abroad News, Sport News
Issa Kallon and Sullay Kaikai were both on the scoresheet for their various clubs on Saturday in pre-season matches.
Midfielder Kallon scored the second goal for SC Cambuur in their 4-2 mauling over Dordrecht to continued their 100% off-season run.
The win marked the fourth-straight for last season Eerste Divisie leaders.
The Dutch second-tier season will commence next Friday, August 28 with Cambuur hosting NEC Nijmegen for the opener.
Kallon last season was an instrumental figure in the Cambuur ranks. He scored six goals in twenty-one appearances for his side.
Meanwhile, Sullay Kaikai was also on the scoresheet in Blackpool 3-3 draw against Premiership side Everton at Bloomfield Road.
It’s was Gyli Sigurdsson’s brace that denied Blackpool an impressive pre-season win over Everton.
In the opening 10 minutes, CJ Hamilton, Sullay Kaikai and Grant Ward scored from a quick Blackpool start.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin and a brace for Sigurdsson denied Blackpool victory.
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AFGELOPEN | SC Cambuur sluit de oefencampagne af met een 4-2 overwinning op FC Dordrecht! ??
Slået op af SC Cambuur i Lørdag den 22. august 2020
by FSL News | 23 Aug, 2020 | International, National Sport News Sierra Leone, Sport News
Sierra Leone female National team, Sierra Queens, were paid their WAFU Zone A allowances five months after the tournament was hosted in-country.
The Sierra Leone Football Association, in collaboration with the Ministry of Sports, announced the news on Saturday.
Senegal won the maiden edition of the West Africa Football Union, (WAFU) Women’s Cup after thrashing Mali 3-0 at the Makeni Wusum Stadium in March.
Host Sierra Leone was knocked out after their opening three draws in the group stage against Cape Verde, Guinea and winners Senegal.
“Each of the twenty-three players received an unprecedented sum of Nineteen Million, Five Hundred and Twenty Four Thousand Leones (Le 19,524,000) which is the exact equivalent of Two Thousand US Dollars ($2,000). The Head Coach and his entire Technical Staff were also beneficiaries of the said payment,” SLFA said in a statement.
The FA further confirmed that the payment process was conducted by the Accounting Department of the Ministry of Sports headed by Mr Adonis Kanu under the supervision of the Deputy Minister of Sports Hon. Kai Lawrence Mbayo, the Permanent Secretary Mr Adikallie Samura and the SLFA General Secretary Mr Christopher Kamara.
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by FSL News | 21 Aug, 2020 | African News, Sport News
After scoring two goals in their last three pre-season matches, Sullay Kaikai has turned his attention to tomorrow’s pre-season game against Carlo Ancelotti’s men.
League One side (Blackpool) host
Everton on Saturday as part of their preparations ahead of the new campaign.
The contest will be Everton’s first friendly of the summer at Bloomfield Road stadium.
Kaikai, who missed major games last season through injury, is looking forward to a fresh start.
“We have a game tomorrow against Everton which will be a good test,” Kaikai told Football Sierra Leone News Online.
“Pre-season is going on well. I’ve played in three matches and scored two goals so far. I’m feeling fit and looking forward to the new season after missing a lot of games last season.”
Last Saturday, Sullay Kaikai and Keshi Anderson were both in the scoresheet for the second week running as Blackpool defeat Port Vale 2-1in their pre-season tie.
The Seaside’s cruised to a comfortably 4-0 against National League North side Southport last week with KaiKai as one of the scorers.
The former Palace striker joined Blackpool from NAC Breda last July on a two-year deal with the option of further 12 months.
Kaikai, 24, was born in the London Borough of Southwark to parents hailing from Sierra Leone.
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by FSL News | 21 Aug, 2020 | Players Abroad News, Sport News
Mohamed Buya Turay scored his first goal as they claimed a 3-1 win over Wuhan Zall in the Chinese top-tier on Friday.
Xie Feng’s side registered their second victory in the ongoing campaign to move up to fourth on the standing.
Sierra Leone attacked broke the deadlock in the 26th minutes before Wuhan Zall responded with a goal from Lin Hang to level things up in the 44th minutes.
The host scored twice in the second half with goals from Yin Hongbo and Brazilan Marcao Amaral to wrap up the win.
Buya, who was subbed off in the 85th minute, has now recorded a goal and two assists in his last four matches.
Hebei China Fortune next outing is against Qingdao Huaghai on Thursday 27 in Group B of the Chinese Super League.
Photo: Mohamed Buya Turay (L) of Hebei China Fortune vies with Ming Tian of Wuhan Zall during the 6th round match between Hebei China Fortune and Wuhan Zall at the postponed 2020 season Chinese Football Association Super League (CSL) Suzhou Division in Suzhou, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Aug. 21, 2020. (Xinhua/Yang Lei)
by FSL News | 20 Aug, 2020 | Players Abroad News, Sport News
- August Kargbo, 21, was making all the headlines during his Serie C spell with Reggio Audace on loan last season for the right reasons.
- The young attacker will this weekend start official pre-season with Serie A FC Crotone behind closed doors due to the impact of Covid-19.
- Kargbo will be added to the list of Sierra Leoneans the likes of Mohamed Kallon, Kewullay Conteh, and Rodney Strasser with Serie A experienced if he makes the final FC Crotone final squad for the new campaign.
- His winning goal over Bari at the Mapei Stadium Città del Tricolore in the Serie C playoff final on July 22 was his tenth in twenty-four appearances on loan helping the club to gain promotion.
The striker, who enjoyed a hugely productive loan spell, under the stewardship of Massimiliano Alvini, will join the rest of FC Crotone side for routine medical test before pre-season commences.
Speaking ahead of his return, Kargbo said, “I’m focus, and prepared to start a new journey in the highest level of Italian football.”
“Giving 100% in training camp, listen and learn is my aim hopefully, things will go the way I am anticipating.”
“Last season, was like a breakthrough season. However, I am ready to learn new things in my career.”
“The Rossoblu has returned to the city on Thursday, August 20, and on Friday the players will be subjected to molecular and serological tests as per protocol,” the club announced.
The club further confirmed two friendly matches to be played on Sunday 30 August against Monopoli (Serie C) and on Wednesday 2 September against Vibonese (Serie C) at the Stadio Ampollino” in Villaggio Baffa.
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by FSL News | 19 Aug, 2020 | International, National Sport News Sierra Leone, Sport News
AFCON qualifiers Group L standings
- The continental football body, CAF has confirmed new dates for the resumption of the AFCON qualifiers in the race to Cameroon 2021.
- Sierra Leone was supposed to face Nigeria in matchday 3 and 4 in March before the Covid-19 pandemic.
- CAF Emergency Committee has confirmed that the ongoing qualifiers of the Total Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon 2021, will resume in November.
“For Cameroon 2021, the qualifiers resume on 9-17 November 2020 with the Day 3 & 4 matches, whilst the penultimate and ultimate matches take place on 22-30 March 2021,” CAF announced on their website.
CAF further stated that they are monitoring the situation closely and working with the relevant authorities with regards to hosting of the matches, and will make pronouncements accordingly in the event of developments that will affect playing a match at the designated venue.
Nigeria will host Sierra Leone before travelling to Freetown for the return fixture set for Freetown Siaka Steven Stadium.
Due to Covid-19, it is yet to be decided whether the match will still be played at the 22,000 seater Stephen Keshi stadium in Asaba.
The Super Eagles are leading Group L after their opening two victories against Benin and Lesotho. The Squirrels of the Benin Republic standing second followed by Lesotho.
The Leone Stars of Sierra Leone first from bottom in the race to earn a berth to Cameroon.
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