Striker Mohamed Sankoh joins Vitesse Arnhem on loanĀ 

Striker Mohamed Sankoh joins Vitesse Arnhem on loanĀ 

Striker Mohamed Sankoh has signed for Dutch side Vitesse Arnhem on loan for the 2022/23 season.Ā 

The 18-year-old joined the VfB youth academy in the summer of 2020, but after spells with the U19 and U23 teams, he made a step up to the first-team squad.Ā 

“After four defensive reinforcements, Vitesse has also provided the front line with an impulse. Mohamed Sankoh is rented for one season from Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart. The eighteen-year-old attacker will immediately join the selection of trainer Thomas Letsch,” the Dutch top flight confirmed.

He recently signed a new deal with VfB Stuttgart until the summer of 2026.

This is Sankoh’s fifth club, his first was KRSV Vredenburch and Sparta Rotterdam. After five Spartan years, the attacker made the crossing to England at the age of almost 16, with Stoke City as his destination.

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Back-to-back Swedish Champions Malmo FF have completed the signing of former Allsvenskan’s golden boot winner Mohamed Buya Turay on a three-year and half-year deal.

“Mohamed Buya Turay is ready for Malmƶ FF. The 27-year-old striker most recently came from a game with Henan Jianye in the Chinese Super League and has signed a 3.5-year contract with MFF,” the club announced on Friday.

Before joining Longmen, he moved to China to join Hebei China Fortune after winning the 2019 golden boot and Swedish league with DjurgÄrdens in early November.

This is the sixth Swedish club since 2013 when he first played for Juventus IF, based in VästerÄs.

Turay, who last season played for the Chinese sideĀ Henan Songshan Longmen, is the second player from Sierra Leone to sign for the Sky Blue after Samuel Barlay.

Barlay signed for Malmö FF from Sierra Leonean East End Lions shortly after the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship. 

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New Bayern Munich acquisition Sadio Mane has expressed his delight after being named the 2022 African Player of the Year, emulating his idol El Hadji Diouf as the second Senegalese to win back-to-back awards.

The Senegalese forward was an instrumental figure in their historic first Africa Cup of Nations title in February. The former Liverpool attacker, also integral to the Teranga Lions’ qualification for FIFA World Cup in Qatar, beat strong opposition from his countryman Edouard Mendy and former teammate Mohamed Salah.

After scoring 23 goals for Premier League side Liverpool last season, Thursday’s award was Mane’s second following his 2019 Player of Year accolade held in Hurghada, Egypt.

“I am so excited to win this award. Some so many players deserved this award, but I have been chosen. I am honoured. I thank everyone for this,ā€ he told CAF Online.

Four honours for the Teranga Lions of Senegal with Sadio Mane named African Player of the Year, Aliou Cisse Coach of the Year and Pape Matar Sarr Young Player of the Year. Senegal is named National Team of the Year.

Nigeria’s Asisat Oshoala wins the record fifth African Player of the Year award. Wydad Athletic Club named African Men’s Club of the Year as Mamelodi Sundowns took home the Women’s Club of the Year.

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Sierra Leone U20 national team will face 2019 runners-up Mali, host Mauritia and Guinea-Bissau in Group A of the West Africa Football Union (WAFU) Zone A tournament.

The draw was held on Wednesday by Caf officials. In Group B, Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea, Liberia, and Senegal will battle for a place in the competition’s top two teams.

Mali were the runners-up in the tournament hosted in Guinea 2019 after a 2-0 defeat to winners Senegal. Sierra Leone suffered an 8-7 defeat to the Gambia on penalties to secure fourth place.

Sierra Leone edged into the semi-finals with a 3-2 win over host Guinea. A Suffian Kaloko brace ensured Shooting Stars make the last four at the September 28 stadium in Conakry, Guinea.

This year’s qualifiers will run from August 28 to 10th September and will be the first time Mauritania hosting WAFU Zone A tournament.

The two finalists in Mauritania will book their tickets to the U20 Africa Cup of Nation 2023 held in Egypt from February 18 to 12 March.

A total of twelve teams qualify to play in the final tournament, including hostĀ Egypt.

In the U17 category, set to be hosted in Mauritania, Sierra Leone will face host and neighbours Liberia.

The competition is expected to run from 1st to 10th October 2022, the two finalists are to compete in the U17 tournament in Algeria in 2023.

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The Confederation of African Football, CAF, has trimmed the final list of nominees for the CAF Awards 2022.

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Former Liverpool teammates – Egypt star Mohamed Salah will be up against the Senegal duo of Sadio Mane and keeper Edouard Mendy for the men’s Player of the Year award.

Zambia’s Grace Chanda will compete with four-time winner Asisat Oshoala of Nigeria and Cameroonian Ajara Nchout Njoya in the women’s category.

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Sierra Leone was eliminated by Senegal 4-2 on aggregate during the 2018 African Nations Championship qualifiers.Ā 

Sierra Leone was ineligible for the 2020 tournament due to a FIFA sanction.

Morocco won the last competition for the second time after overcoming Mali 2-0 in a thrilling final at Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium in Yaounde on February 7 2020, in Cameroon.

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Sierra Leone’s Songor Koedoyoma is the Covid 19 officer. Match commissioner Mis from Mauritania.

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