Sierra Leone suffer back to back defeat in Amputee Nations Cup

Sierra Leone suffer back to back defeat in Amputee Nations Cup

The Sierra Leone Amputee national team suffered a back to back defeat 3-0 to Morocco and 1-0 to host Tanzania, respectively, at the JMK Park Stadium.

Having won their opener 3-0 on Sunday 28th November 2021 against their group A opponent Uganda Amputee National Team, Sierra Leone was edged out of the 2021 CANAF Amputees Nations Cup on Tuesday after the defeat to Tanzania.

As a result, they failed to progress further from Group A while competing against Morocco, Uganda and host Tanzania. They ended up in third place in the group following their only win over Uganda.

Hosts Tanzania, Morocco, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ethiopia, Gambia, Cameroon, Egypt, Ghana and Nigeria are the other teams taking part in the Canaf. 

Meanwhile, Ghana and Liberia will battle it out in this year’s final on Sunday 5th December at the Mkapa Stadium in Tanzania.

Liberia defeated host Tanzania 1-0 in the semifinals, while Ghana beat Angola 3-1

 The tournament doubles up as qualifiers for the 2022 Amputee Football World Cup to be held in Turkey. 

Tanzania, Angola, Ghana, Liberia are the top four teams that qualify for the World Cup to be held in October next year in Turkey.

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Trevoh Chalobah was injured in Chelsea 2-1 win over Watford on Wednesday night at Vicarage Road Stadium.

The In-form defender is a doubt for the Blues tough trip to West Ham, their fifth London derby of the season on Saturday, after limping off on Wednesday.

Chalobah, 22, was replaced by Hakim Ziyech an hour into the match, with the Moroccan scoring the match-winner for the visitors. 

The Sierra Leone-born has added to the Premier League leaders long injury list alongside notable absentees N’Golo Kante, Mateo Kovacic and Ben Chilwell, whilst Reece James missed the trip to Watford.

He appeared to have suffered hamstring after he moved into midfield in the second half before limping off.

The defender after the game posted on Twitter that God is in control and he will be back soon. “Jehovah is in control, back soon.”

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Reigning African champions Al Ahly will start their Club World Cup journey in the second round, where they will face CONCACAF Champions League champions CF Monterrey. 

The winner between giants Al Ahly and Mexico’s Monterrey will face Copa Libertadores champions, Palmeiras of Brazil, for a place in the final.

The tournament, which was initially scheduled to take place between December 9-19, 2021, has been rescheduled to February next year.

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Sierra Leone winger Mustapha Bundu scored his second goal for AGF as they shared 3F Superligaen spoils with Silkeborg IF at Ceres Park on Friday. 

AGF played to a 1-1 draw against Silkeborg as they failed to take maximum points to move closer to the top six in the 17th round of the Superliga.

Bundu, 24, who made his AGF second debut in September, scored in the 17-minute with a left-footed shot from inside the area.

The host was brilliant in the opening 20 minutes – most probably their best approach all season! Excellent pressure and total control on Silkeborg.

The visitors, on a few occasions, threatened with some good football looking for the equaliser. However, the AGF defence was awake as they held done to a first-half lead.

In the restart, Silkeborg IF was on the front foot mostly but could not take their chances until the 70th-minute when Rasmus Carstensen drew parity with his header.

Subsequently, both teams tried, but more goals did not come.

It was Bundu’s tenth league match in his second spell with the Whites. Bundu joined the cub on a season-long loan from Anderlecht on August 31st in a bid to revive his career.

The result means AGF stayed seventh on the log after their last two draws four points adrift off Silkeborg IF, who occupied fifth with 25 points. 

Match Facts

AGF vs. Silkeborg IF / 3F Superligaens Runde 17 i Ceres Park / 26.11 2021

17 ‘1-0: Mustapha Bundu

70′ 1-1: Rasmus Carstensen

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Caulker, 29, presently playing for Gaziantep FK on loan from Fenerbahce, will be a boost to coach John Keister’s side.

The former Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool centre-back, who was part of the Leone Stars training camp in Morocco, attestation were signed by the Sierra Leone government n Friday.

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“Playing for Sierra Leone became an obvious choice, an obvious decision. I played for England at the age of 20 when I made my debut playing for the first team, but since then, I have not played for England, I have been a part of some squads but not on the pitch,” Caulker explained while speaking to BBC Fajah Barrie in Freetown.

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“I am just happy to make the decision. I met with such love and warned love from all of the players. I feel at home – I visited Sierra Leone many times, I built a school in Kambia. My plan from the age of 19 was to give back to Africa, in particular Sierra Leone.”

Sierra Leone are in Group E after reaching the tournament after 25-years following a 1-0 win over Benin on June 16 at Stade Général Lansana Conté de Nongo. The TotalEnergies 2021 Africa Cup of Nations is the 33rd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

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