by FSL News | 30 May, 2019 | International, National Sport News Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone will not be part of this year’s WAFU Cup of Nations that is expected to run from 28 September to 13 October 2019 in Senegal.
The home-based Leone Stars were eliminated in the last edition by Nigeria following a 2-0 defeat in the preliminary round in September 2017 at the Cape Coast stadium in Ghana.
The West African Football Union body, have not included Sierra Leone due to its pending Fifa suspension.
For the first time, a North African nation Morocco will be participating in the tournament. Home-based Atlas Lions will face Liberia in the first phase of the competition.
The draw for the 2019 WAFU Cup of Nations was held at the Radisson Blu Sea Plaza Hotel in Dakar on Wednesday 29 May.
Host Senegal will kick off their campaign against Guinea Bissau on 28 September. All matches will be taking place at the Stade Lat Dior in the beautiful city of Thies.
On the same day, defending champions Ghana taking on The Gambia.
According to WAFU, there will be no groups in this year’s event with each team playing a minimum of two matches.
There will be two games each day before a rest day on 2 October and then the Cup final on 13 October.
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WAFU draw for the 2019 Cup of Nations in Senegal
by FSL News | 29 May, 2019 | Players Abroad News
Sierra Leonean veteran keeper, John Trye was in action as Scarborough got their Canadian top-flight league campaign off to a winning start.
Scarborough SC defeated CSC Mississauga 3-1 at Birchmount Stadium in the season’s opener for the east Toronto team in the Canadian Soccer League Sunday.
The club’s new acquisition Eduardo Jesus Gonzalez opened the scoring for Scarborough in the 30th minutes with a free kick from 25 yards that beat CSC Mississauga goalkeeper Artan Zatifi. It was 1-0 at the break.
Player-coach, midfielder Zoran Rajovic doubled the home team lead driving the ball from inside the box before slotting in past Zatifi to make it 2-0 at the 70th-minute mark.
Neven Radakovic ensures they secure victory with the third goal for Scarborough, scoring from a rebound for a 3-0 in the 78th minutes.
A consolation goal for the visitors as Mississauga’s Morgan Copeland found the net past the Sierra Leone keeper John Trye in the 86th minutes, a 3-1 score at the final whistle.
“I was pleased after the final whistle. It is always good to be on the winning side,” Trye told FSL News.
“Hopefully, this is a new season we can go a step further. The last two seasons we lost in the finals.”
Scarborough next outing will be against SC Waterloo at Birchmount Stadium on Sunday, June 2.
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by FSL News | 27 May, 2019 | International, National Sport News Sierra Leone
The Sierra Leone Football Association president, Isha Johansen and her Sec-gen Chris Kamara have been found innocent, of all charges, in a Freetown Court after seven months of Fifa suspension.
Sierra Leone was disqualified from the qualifying campaign for next month’s Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt following last year’s Fifa suspension.
Almost two years, the pair were facing corruption charges by Sierra Leone’s Anti Corruption Commission.
The embattled SLFA boss Johansen and Sec-Gen Chris Kamara have always denied any wrongdoing.
Today’s verdict has cemented the way for Johansen to regain control of the federation and for the FIFA ban on the country to be lifted.
Fifa said in October last year that they will consider lifting Sierra Leone’s suspension from international football after the corruption case against the country’s FA President Isha Johansen and Chris Kamara end in court.
“Fifa will wait for the completion of the trial before further measures can be considered, including the lifting of the suspension, if deemed appropriate,” said a Fifa statement.
Sierra Leone’s Anti-corruption boss Francis Ben Kaifala accepted defeat on his twitter post. He posted:
“We lost! Now is time to take a deep breath and review the judgment for next steps. That is what due process is! Kudos to country.”
The ruling has brought an end to the trial which has been running for nearly two years.
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by FSL News | 26 May, 2019 | International, National Sport News Sierra Leone
After a long wait, a court verdict in the alleged corruption case involving the suspended president of the Sierra Leone FA Isha Johansen and her Sec-Gen Chris Kamara is expected on May 27.
Sierra Leone’s Anti-corruption boss Francis Ben Kaifala confirmed the date in his twitter post to end weeks of uncertainty over the verdict which will bring an end to the trial which has been running for nearly two years.
The ACC in a bid to stop corrupt Sierra Leoneans on several occasion has maintained that there are no exceptions with regards to the ‘rule of law’ in Sierra Leone.
The embattled SLFA boss Johansen and Sec-Gen Chris Kamara have both denied any wrongdoing.
It has been seven months since the Fifa Bureau Council suspended Sierra Leone on allegations of government interference.
Fifa conveyed the International suspension on the 5th October 2018 and two weeks after reiterated that the country hold-up will continue until the alleged corruption trial against SLFA head Isha Johansen and sec-gen Chris Kamara come to an end.
Johansen, who was elected as SLFA boss unopposed on 3 August 2013, has faced with internal bitter power struggle.
Uncertainty will still surround Sierra Leone football as it is unclear what decision the world football body will take after judgment.
However, the Sierra Leone government will re-engage Fifa following judgement Ben Kaifala told Football Sierra Leone last month.
CAF disqualified Sierra Leone from the 2019 African Nations Cup qualifiers (Group F) due to the pending suspension.
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by FSL News | 25 May, 2019 | African News
Ghana’s Football Association (GFA) has confirmed that Black Stars coach Kwesi Appiah has named Andre Ayew as the permanent captain of the team.
The GFA says it comes after a meeting of top officials from the Normalisation Committee which is running Ghanaian football.
29-year-old Ayew replaces Asamoah Gyan as the national team’s captain.
Gyan, who captained the Black Stars for a record seven years, has been named “General Captain.”
He has been included in Ghana’s provisional squad for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations finals in Egypt.
Kwadwo Asamoah has been named Ghana’s deputy captain.
It follows an eventful week for Asamoah Gyan who quit the national team over the captaincy issue, only to reverse his decision after speaking to the country’s president, Nana Akufo-Addo.
Ghana will play in Group F alongside Cameroon, Benin and Guinea-Bissau at the Nations Cup which kicks off in Egypt on 21 June.
by FSL News | 23 May, 2019 | International, National Sport News Sierra Leone
Ron Gandy Williams after surgery at the Korle-Bu teaching hospital, in Accra, Ghana.
Kamboi Eagles striker, Ron Gandy-Williams has thanked fans and donors for their support during a difficult time for him.
The Eagles top scorer in the Sierra Leone Premier League suffered serious injury against Central Parade at the Kenema City field on the 12th of May.
The attacker will face a lengthy spell out until a further X-ray indicated that his fractures have been completely healed, and returned to normal.
He was diagnosed with a mandibular fracture and underwent surgery at the Korle-Bu teaching hospital, in Accra, Ghana on Tuesday.
“Thank you for all your support and contributions it means a lot to me,” Williams message to fans and donors.
“I just want to express my profound gratitude to everybody that contributed towards funding my treatment in Ghana.”
“If it wasn’t for them, I don’t know what would have happened to me. God will richly bless them for me. I pray that they will succeed in all there undertaken.”
“The funds donated were championed by the Kamboi Eagle management. They appealed on my behalf rallied around good philanthropists to raise the requested funds for my surgery,” he explained.
The former Mount Aureole SLIFA player was also thankful to staffs of Korle-Bu teaching hospital, in Accra.
“I also want to thank the entire maxillofacial department comprising of specialist that showed me great care and attention before and after the surgery.”
“They saved me from death. They gave me another chance to live. They showed me the way when I seemed lost.”
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