by FSL News | 2 Sep, 2018 | Players Abroad News
Sierra Leone attacking midfielder, Abdul Buduski Sesay, scored on Saturday for his Finnish Kakkonen side as they defeated Tampere United 2-0.
The midfielder took his tally across all competitions to three goals in fourteen appearances.
Sesay scored TP47 opener against Tampere United away from home in the 76th minute after a goalless first half.
The Sierra Leone International, who was initially named in Leone Stars 35-man squad for AFCON qualifiers against Ethiopia, Ghana said he was happy.
“I was happy because winning and helping the team is important considering our position.”
“We are going through a difficult season but we still have five games to turn our season around,” Sesay told Football Sierra Leone.
George Junior Tangko completed the victory for the struggling TP47 in the 80th minutes.
The win means they are second from bottom. However, they are still a contender to be relegated this season.
Meanwhile, Sesay is not part of the Sierra Leone team final list of players for the September 9 African Cup of Nations qualifier at the Hawassa international stadium.
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by FSL News | 2 Sep, 2018 | African News
The Algerian national head coach, Djamel Belmadi, has named his first 25-man squad ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier away to The Gambia on 8 September.
Uncapped midfielder Farid Boulaya who plays for FC Metz in the French Ligue 1 has been handed a first call-up.
Other names – who had been dropped by Belmadi’s predecessor Rabah Madjer – have earned a recall including the likes of Rais Mbolhi, Sofiane Feghouli and Safir Taider.
Carl Medjani, captain under Madjer, is not part of the new Belmadi squad with Zineddine Farhat and Ismail Bennacer also missing out.
The new Algeria coach has also dropped seven local players previously named by Madjer, which means there are no players from the Algerian league.
Belmadi attended two games in the local league and followed the performance of the several already-capped players who failed to convince him this time.
He promised to keep the door open for local players in the future.
A host of experienced players are named, including Riyad Mahrez of Manchester City, Yacine Brahimi of Porto and Islam Slimani of Fenerbahce.
Algeria are level with Benin at the top of Group D of qualifying for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations after an opening 1-0 victory over Togo.
Algeria squad:
Goalkeepers: Raïs M’bolhi (Ettifak FC, Saudi Arabia); Azzeddine Doukha (Al Raed FC, Saudi Arabia); Alexandre Oukidja (FC Metz, France);
Defenders: Aïssa Mandi (Real Betis, Spain); Ramy Bensebaïni (Stade Rennes, France); Rafik Halliche (Moreirense, Portugal); Mehdi Tahrat (Lens, France); Ilyes Hassani (Cherno More, Bulgaria); Ayoub Abdellaoui (FC Sion, Switzerland); Mohamed Farès (S.P.A.L. Italy); Mokhtar Belkhiter (Club Africain, Tunisia);
Midfielders: Nabil Bentaleb (Schalke, Germany); Saphir Taïder (Montreal Impact, MLS); Mehdi Abeid (Dijon, France); Adlène Guedioura (Nottingham Forest, England); Sofiane Feghouli (Galatasaray, Turkey); Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City, England); Rachid Ghezzal (Leicester City, England); Ryad Boudebouz (Real Betis, Spain); Yacine Brahimi (FC Porto, Portugal); Farid Boulaya (Metz, France); Yassine Benzia (Lille, France);
Forwards: Islam Slimani (Fenerbahce, Turkey); Baghdad Bounedjah (Al Sadd SC, Qatar); Hilel Soudani (Nottingham Forest, England).
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by FSL News | 1 Sep, 2018 | Players Abroad News
BK Häcken have confirmed striker Alhassan Crespo Kamara has left the club by ‘mutual consent’.
The striker, 25, only scored two goals in his last 14 appearances for the club.
Kamara told this medium that he will sign for a new club on Sunday.
“BK Häcken and Alhassan Kamara have agreed to break the contract and the player is, therefore, free to go to another club,” the club said on their website.
“BK Häcken thank Crespo for the time in the yellow-black shirt and wish him luck in the future.”
“Kamara is very dissatisfied with his playing time and we are dissatisfied with his performance so we ended up breaking his contract. There are no “hard feelings”, says club sports director Sonny Karlsson to the football channel.
Kamara joined the Gothenburg-based club in the summer of 2016, from Örebro SK and went on to play over 38 total Swedish matches for BK Häcken during his two-year stay at the club.
Meanwhile, Kamara is on the final list of 23 players named for Sierra Leone 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Ethiopia on 9 September.
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by FSL News | 1 Sep, 2018 | International, National Sport News Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone may be without skipper Umaru Bangura for their 2019 AFCON Group F qualifier against Ethiopia on 9th September due to his latest muscle strain.
Bangura, 30, confirmed the news that he is a doubt after speaking to the FC Zurich medical team.
“I am not sure I will be going to Ethiopia,” he said. “I played my first 90 minutes in last Sunday’s 1-1 draw with FC Basel and a day after, I started feeling pains in my right leg muscles,” he told Football Sierra Leone UK.
“During yesterday’s training, my right leg muscles still feeling uncomfortable, and because of the discomfort, I am out of our League game against FC Lugano today.”
“Presently under observation by the club’s medical team.” Bangura added, “I have also informed coach Keister about it.”
The former Dinamo Minsk recently recovered from an internal ligament rupture in the right knee.
He joined FC Zurich from Dinamo Minsk at the beginning of August 2016. So far, the 30-year-old Bangura has played 55 official matches, in which he has scored one goal.
FC Zurich have been drawn alongside Bayer Leverkusen (GER), Ludogorets (BUL), Zürich (SUI), and AEK Larnaca (CYP) in Group A of this year’s Europa League competition.
Football Sierra Leone understands that the club medical team are wary about further damage to their defender if he risks playing for Sierra Leone 10 days before they kick off their Europa League campaign.
Meanwhile, Bangura is not the only player doubtful ahead of Sierra Leone away AFCON match with Ethiopia on 9th September in Hawassa.
Coventry City striker Amadou Bakayoko, PSIS attacking midfielder, Ibrahim Conteh have both withdrawn from the 23-man squad named by the Sierra Leone coach.
Coach Keister still have a few days to name the trio replacement before next weekend cracker.
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by FSL News | 30 Aug, 2018 | African News
Morocco will represent UNAF at next year’s Total U-17 Africa Cup of Nations in Tanzania after finishing tops in the zonal qualifying series.
The Atlas Cubs maintained their unbeaten run, beating Tunisia 1-0 in the ultimate match on Tuesday in Monastir. In a highly tempered match that saw ten players cautioned (five from each side), Akram Nakach scored the only goal of the match on 21 minutes. It was the third victory for Morocco after previous wins over Libya in Algeria.
In the other match in Sousse, Algeria and Libya played to a 1-1 draw. Riad Rahmoun opened the score sheet for Algeria on 24 minutes before Abraheem Almost drew level nine minutes later.
After the round-robin matches, Morocco finished on nine points, Algeria on four points whilst Tunisia three points and a point.
Morocco will now join the likes of Uganda (CECAFA), Angola (COSAFA) and Cameroon (UNIFFAC) who have qualified alongside host Tanzania for next year’s finals. The remaining three slots will be known in a fortnight after the completion of the qualifiers for WAFU A (two teams) and WAFU B (one team).
Complete Results
Monday 20 August 2018
Tunisia 1-0 Libya
Morocco 5-2 Algeria
Friday 24 August 2018
Morocco 1-0 Libya
Algeria 2-0 Tunisia
Tuesday 28 August 2018
Tunisia 0-1 Morocco
Libya 1-1 Algeria
Final Standings
1- Morocco (9 points)
2- Algeria (4 points)
3- Tunisia (3 points)
4- Libya (1 point)
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by FSL News | 29 Aug, 2018 | African News
The Walias of Ethiopia will face ‘Les Hirondelles’ of Burundi on September 2, 2018, in an international friendly contest in Hawassa.
The test match will be played six days before Ethiopia’s showdown with Sierra Leone at the same venue in one of Group F African Cup of Nations qualifiers.
The Burundi match is part of coach Abraham Mebratu‘s preparation for Sierra Leone after the much talked about friendly with Eritrea did not materialize.
The Ethiopians are desperate for their first maximum points in the Group after a bad start away to the Black Stars of Ghana losing 5-0 in the qualifiers opener while Sierra Leone defeated the Harambee Stars of Kenya 2-1 in the other fixture in Freetown June 2017.
Cameroon 2019 Group F standings
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