by FSL News | 29 Apr, 2019 | Players Abroad News
Youngster Mustapha Bundu has scored two goals in his last three games for AGF as they beat AC Horsens 3-1 on Sunday at Ceres Park.
The Danish Superliga side has secured their place in the league for next after five playoff wins.
Bundu was also named Man of the Match as goals from Youssef Toutouh, Mustapha Bundu and Alexander Ammitzbøl, were enough for the home team.
It means, for the first time ever, they have registered five consecutive wins in the history of Superliga. Sunday afternoon’s victory was their fifth win in the Superligaen playoffs.
Louka Prep pulls one back in the 69th minutes for the visitors but did not change the fact that AC Horsens is now without a victory in the last 10 matches.
The 32nd-minute goal was Bundu, 22, fifth in all competition a precious one helping his side remain in the top flight.
1-0: Yousseff Toutouh (27 ‘)
2-0: Mustapha Bundu (32’)
3-0: Alexander Ammitzbøll (45 + 2 ‘)
3- 1: Louka Prip Andersen (70 ‘)
Spectators: 9.086
MOM: Mustapha Bundu
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by FSL News | 29 Apr, 2019 | Players Abroad News
SKN St. Pölten attacking midfielder George Davies has returned to first team training after a three-month knee injury absence.
The 22-year-old has not played since returning from FC Riga loan spell in January, where he made over 20 appearances including Europa League qualifying matches in his nine months spell in Latvia.
“I was injured since Jan, a few weeks ago I just start training,” Davies confirmed his return to FSL.
The club further confirmed Davies is not fully fit to play in any of their remaining matches this season.
“He is training with the first team but currently not match fit. We don’t know if he can play a match this season.”
Davies was the first from Sierra Leone to win two trophies in Latvia the same season and in history.
He was a pivotal figure helping the Latvian side winning the Latvian top flight title and Latvian Cup.
They were defeated at home by FK Austria Wien 2-1 on Sunday in the Championship round.
He joined Austrian Football Bundesliga side, Pölten on a free transfer in July 2017 from German second league side; SpVgg Greuther Fürth on a three-year deal until 2020.
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by FSL News | 28 Apr, 2019 | Players Abroad News
Julian Gressel scored a 74th-minute winner for Atlanta United to condemned Kei Kamara’s winless Colorado Rapids to 1-0 victory at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Saturday. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
As a result, the Rapids’ season hit a new low following their fifth straight defeat to remain winless this season at the foot of the table.Brad Guzan made three saves for Atlanta to help Atlanta to their first home win.
Following previous heavy 4-1 away defeat to Chicago Fire, top striker Kei Kamara admitted that the start of this season has been tough for everyone at the club.
Rallying around his side for a revamp, however, this defeat means the Rapids now the second-worst team they tied the 2012 Toronto FC for the second-longest winless streak to start the season in MLS history.
The Sierra Leone international is Rapids’ top scorer with five goals since joining the club on December 11, 2018.
Colorado hosts Kamara’s former club Vancouver on Friday. Atlanta plays at Sporting Kansas City on May 5.
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by FSL News | 24 Apr, 2019 | International, National Sport News Sierra Leone
Ex-Sierra Leone captain Ibrahim Kargbo is among four Africans sanctioned by Fifa for match manipulation for life.
The retired former international was amongst 14 others in Sierra Leone on allegations of match-fixing.
The match in question was the 2008 African Nations Cup qualifier against South Africa which ended in a goalless draw.
Fifa statements read: “The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has found nine individuals – eight players/former players as well as one players’ agent – guilty of having been involved in match manipulation in violation of art. 69 par. 1 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code (Unlawfully influencing match results).W
“The following individuals have been banned from taking part in any kind of football-related activity at both national and international level (administrative, sports or any other) for life,” Fifa stated in their release.
In 2014, the Sierra Leone Football Association and the Ministry of Sport under former minister Paul Kamara said in a statement it had received “credible and tangible information” on the alleged involvement of the 15 in match-fixing.
The allegation has been under investigation in recent months following a FIFA investigation team to Sierra Leone.
The latest release from the world’s football body has confirmed Kargbo and the following names below have been sanctioned for life.
Mr Karlon Murray, Trinidad and Tobago
Mr Keyeno Thomas, Trinidad and Tobago
Mr Hellings Mwakasungula, Malawi
Mr Ibrahim Kargbo, Sierra Leone
Mr Kudzanai Shaba, Zimbabwe
Mr Séïdath Tchomogo, Benin
Mr Leonel Duarte, Cuba
Mr Mohammad Salim Israfeel Kohistani, Afghanistan
The Fifa’s document to Football Sierra Leone
It’s worth mentioning that In 2017, match-fixing charges against Ibrahim Obreh Kargbo in Holland was dropped because of a lack of hard evidence.
The PPO has not been able to gather enough evidence to continue the case against Ibrahim Kargbo.
“Even if someone confesses a murder, but this is not supported by other documentary evidence, the murder cannot be proven. One statement is not proof in criminal law,” the Public Prosecution Service noted.
“The KNVB has killed my career. I have never been afraid of the outcome of the investigation. What I did in my period with Willem II puts me among the best players.”
“My lawyer now has to make sure that the KNVB clears my name and that I get compensation,” Kargbo told footballsierraleone.net two years ago.
Kargbo’s banned in Holland came following alleged match-fixing claims in 2016 by the Dutch Football Association, who announced that they have discovered evidence of match-fixing involving the former R.W.D.M. Brussels player.
The Dutch FA (KVNB) claimed that Kargbo was linked to well-known match-fixer Wilson Raj Perumal, but according to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, there is insufficient evidence.
It was alleged that in August 2009 Kargbo, while playing for Dutch top-flight side Willem II, tried to fix a match against FC Utrecht.
The former Charleroi player, who at the time was still playing for English Non-league side Dulwich Hamlet has always denied wrongdoing.
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by FSL News | 24 Apr, 2019 | African News
Etoile du Sahel advanced to the CAF Confederation Cup semi-finals following a 2-1 victory over Sudan’s Al Hilal in their rescheduled quarter-final clash on Tuesday in the Egyptian City of Suez.
As a result, the Tunisian side advanced on a 5-2 aggregate win to sets up a semi-final clash against Zamalek.
Etoile, who have won the Confederation Cup twice won the first leg contest 3-1 at home.
Striker Karim Aribi scored the equaliser before he was sent off just before the break. His goal cancelled Waleed Bakhet, who put Al Hilal ahead in the 30th minute.
Wajdi Kechrida completed Etoile’s triumph after he scored the match-winner 10 minutes from time.
The tie was supposed to be played in Omdurman on 14 April but was delayed and moved to Egypt due to security concerns after the overthrow of Sudan’s former president Omar al-Bashir.
Etoile will stay in Egypt to face local giants Zamalek in Sunday’s semi-final clash whilst Sfaxien host new kids on the block, RS Berkane in Sfax.
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by FSL News | 23 Apr, 2019 | Players Abroad News
Abdul Buduski Sesay has completed a return to Finnish Kakkonen side JS Hercules on a one-year contract, after ignoring offers from elsewhere.
Sesay, 27, played for the Finish third-tier league side during the 2017 season before joining TP 47 the following season.
Confirming the news, Sesay said the decision to rejoined Hercules was an easy one.
“It was an easy decision considering all options available. I like this club, and I can’t wait to get started.”
“Everyone at the club knows me, and it feels like home at this club.”
The former Mladost Podgorica and Atlantis FC attacking midfielder will start the new season with Hercules against Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho on the 27 April.
On the international stage, Sesay has won six caps for Sierra Leone scoring twice.
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