by FSL News | 30 Dec, 2018 | International, National Sport News Sierra Leone
January 26 New Sierra Leone Premier League Proposed Start Date.
The Sierra Leone government has decided to boost the country’s long-awaited top-flight football league with a mouth-watering and record-breaking cash injection.
The country’s Premier League Board will receive 2-billion Leones (approximately about $250,000) which is a massive unmatched by previous sponsorship.
The first Premier League Board to be set set-up in 2008 received “10,000 as sponsorship, Football Sierra Leone understands.
The Sierra Leone Premier League has been on hold for nearly five years due to a protracted power struggle at the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA).
Sierra Leone’s last edition of the Premier League was suspended through the season in 2014 because of the Ebola epidemic.
East End Lions was topping the 2014 campaign prior to its suspension.
“It is a great opportunity to get the country back to playing a domestic league after four years,” Chairman of Premier Board Lawyer Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai told Football Sierra Leone UK.
“The government is manifesting a great commitment to football and, youth employment.”
“It is hoped that the footballers and stakeholders will make the best out of this new dawn now in football.”
The country is still under suspension over alleged government interference.
The country’s anti-corruption commission (ACC) set aside the FA president Isha Johansen and secretary general Christopher Kamara pending an investigation into allegations of corruption which both deny.
The case is ongoing and, FIFA has said they will consider lifting the ban after the case against Johansen and Kamara is completed.
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by FSL News | 30 Dec, 2018 | Players Abroad News
Sierra Leone striker Sheka Fofanah and Al Nasr have parted ways by mutual consent four months after joining the Oman top-flight side.
Fofanah scored nine goals in fourteen appearances while playing for El-Merreikh of Sudan before he joined Al Nasr in Oman on a one-year contract.
“Officially: Al Nasr contract with the Sierra Leonean striker Sheka Fofanah is dissolved by mutual consent and wishes him success in his next professional career,” the club said in a statement.
Sheka, 20, started his career with local club Freetown City Council FC, before he was invited to trials with Swedish Champions IFK Norrkoping and later move to Denmark to signed for Danish 1st Division side Vejle Boldklub in 2016.
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by FSL News | 30 Dec, 2018 | African News
Algerian striker Baghdad Bounedjah has extended his stay with Al-Sadd, until 2024, the club confirmed on Saturday.
Bounedjah initially joined Al-Sadd in 2015 from Tunisian club Etoile du Sahel and, currently the top scorer of the QNB Stars League, with 29 goals from 15 games.
In addition, the striker finished as the top goalscorer of the AFC Champions League with 13 goals.
The Algerian international has impressively scored 50 goals this year across all competitions ahead of Lionel Messi, Christiano Ronaldo, Robert Lewandowski and Edison Cavani.
“This new contract with Al-Sadd makes me proud and happy. I’m really excited to offer more for the team after signing this contract, Bounedjah told clubs website.
“This makes me more committed to this great club, and I consider myself as one of its own,” he added.
“I want to express my gratitude to everyone at the club – the management, the players, the coaches – and also the fans, with whom I share a lot of love.”
“I am happy with the project of the club and I want to promise everyone that I will perform even better in the upcoming challenges. Our goal will be to win more titles.”
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by FSL News | 29 Dec, 2018 | Players Abroad News
Sierra Leone attacker Mohamed Buya Turay could leave St Truiden on loan, maybe this January, according to Voetbalnieuws.be.
The club’s most expensive player bought from Swedish side Dalkurd in the region of 1.7 million Euros, has been struggling for game time.
Turay has not been able to sustain a run of form for STVV since his first goal against Lokeren in August and has only played six times in all competition.
“It will be important for him to get back playing minutes, here or elsewhere, we’re going to take a look at that, a loan, maybe, yes.”
“Buya started well with a goal that brought us a point, after which he had a difficult period,” The club’s technical director Tom Van den Abbeele explained.
“He is a guy who has a lot of qualities, otherwise you are not a top shooter in Sweden, but it is also the first time that there is so much pressure on him.”
“The most expensive purchase in the history of STVV at times, you notice that this is not easy to deal with and that is currently the hardest for him.”
Before his move, the 23-year-old scored nine goals in 13 appearances for former club Dalkurd.
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by FSL News | 29 Dec, 2018 | African News
Holders Esperance of Tunisia were handed a favourable pool for the group stages of the African Champions League on when Friday.
The Tunisian club major rivals in Group B will be 1995 champions Orlando Pirates, of South Africa, while they also take on Horoya FC, from Guinea, and Zimbabwe champions FC Platinum.
Group A is likely to be more tightly-contested, containing South Africa’s 2016 winners Mamelodi Sundowns, Morocco’s 2017 champions Wydad Casablanca, Nigeria’s Lobi Stars and past holders ASEC Mimosas, from Ivory Coast.
Democratic Republic of Congo giants TP Mazembe will be confident of topping Group C which features three north African sides in Club Africain (Tunisia), CS Constantine (Algeria) and Ismaily (Egypt).
Egypt’s eight-time winners Al Ahly are the headline act in a Group D that will see them take on Simba SC (Tanzania), JS Saoura (Algeria) and AS Vita Club (DR Congo).
The group stage begins on Jan. 11-13 and will be completed by mid-March.
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by FSL News | 29 Dec, 2018 | African News
Egyptian giants Zamalek are paired against Moroccan champions Ittihad Tanger in the third round of the competition, following Friday’s draw in Cairo.
The Cairo-based outfit, are eyeing their first Confederation Cup title.
The double-header is for a place in the group stage of Africa’s secondary club competition.
The Morrocan side was eliminated from the African Champions League’s first round after losing to Algeria’s JS Saoura 2-1 on aggregate.
Zamalek, on the other hand, secured a comprehensive 7-2 aggregate win over Chad’s CotonTchad to advance to the Confederation Cup third round.
The White Knights are the only Egyptian representative left in the competition after Masry were eliminated following a 2-0 aggregate defeat by Burkina Faso’s Salitas earlier this month.
Ahly, Zamalek’s Cairo rivals, are the only Egyptian side to win the Confederation Cup, having lifted the trophy in 2014.
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