by FSL News | 5 Aug, 2021 | Football Africa, Players Abroad News, Sport News
Mustapha Bundu has been named on the bench for Anderlecht Thursday’s inaugural Europa Conference League play-offs against Albanian club Laçi at the Elbasan Arena.
The UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round draw was conducted at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland, on Monday, 2nd August.
Bundu, 24, played in the last 15 minutes of their home-opening pro-league 3-1 defeat to Union Saint-Gilloise on Sunday, July 25, July 15, but was left out of their next 1-1 draw with KAS Eupen the following Saturday.
The Sierra Leone international will be hoping he can play some part to impress the Belgian top-tier side technical and has not been a regular since his move from AGF on 7 August 2020.
The Belgian Jupiler pro side must overcome their Albanian counterparts in the doubleheader. The first leg is slated for 5th August in Albanian before the second leg on the 12th in Brussels.
A win for Anderlecht will set up a potential meeting with Dutch outfit Vitesse or Dundalk FC in the last preliminary round.
The first leg of the final preliminary round will then be played on August 19 in Brussels, and the return leg away on August 26.
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by FSL News | 5 Aug, 2021 | African News, Football Africa, Sport News
Former CAF President Issa Hayatou has been banned for a year from all football activities with a fined of 30,000 Swiss francs for a breach of FIFA’s ethics code, FIFA says on Tuesday.
The 74-year-old Cameroonian was facing corruption charges since 2014, even before losing his status as Caf president.
Hayatou was acting president of FIFA from 2015-16 when Sepp Blatter, now 85, was suspended amid a widespread corruption scandal.
“The investigation into Mr Hayatou’s conduct in his position as CAF president concerned his involvement in the negotiation, conclusion and signature of the memorandum of understanding and contractual agreement for the commercialisation of media and marketing rights of competitions organised by CAF with the company Lagardère Sports between 2014 and 2017,” a statement on the FIFA Website reads.
In its decision, following an extensive hearing, the adjudicatory chamber ruled that, based on information gathered by the investigatory chamber, Mr Hayatou had breached his duty of loyalty in his position as CAF president, by entering, in the name and on behalf of the confederation, into an anti-competitive agreement with Lagardère Sport which was detrimental and caused significant damage to CAF (both financially, in the amount of EGP 200 million, as well as to its reputation).
Consequently, the adjudicatory chamber found that Mr Hayatou had breached article 15 of the current edition of the FIFA Code of Ethics and sanctioned him with a ban from taking part in any kind of football-related activity at both national and international level (administrative, sports or any other) for one year. In addition, a fine in the amount of CHF 30,000 has been imposed on Mr Hayatou.
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by FSL News | 2 Aug, 2021 | Football Africa, Players Abroad News, Sport News
- Sierra Leone International Alhaji Kamara Danish side Randers FC has been drawn to face the winner between Turkish Galatasaray or Scottish St. Johnstone.
- The Turkish side will host the Scottish counterpart on Thursday, August, 5th before their rerun fixtures on the 12th of this month.
- The UEFA Europa League playoff draw was conducted at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland, on Monday, 2 August.
Kamara, who has scored two goals in his last Superligaen campaign, will be hoping to shake off his minor injury ahead of their first leg UEFA Europa League playoff round at Ceres Park on August 19.
He was replaced with F. Lauenborg in the 28th minute due to an injury he sustained in their 2-1 win over AGF Aarhus on Sunday.
Randers FC will host the first tie against either Galatasaray or St. Johnstone on August 19 before the return match on 26 August.
The teams were placed into ten ties, with the winners advancing to the group stage. The ties will be finalised on 10 and 12 August with the completion of the third qualifying round for the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.
Alhaji Kamara Randers FC Galatasaray St. Johnstone FC
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by FSL News | 31 Jul, 2021 | African News, Football Africa, Sport News
- Defending Champions Brazil beat Egypt 1-0 in their quarter-final match on Saturday to set up a date with Mexico while Spain’s remarkable 5-2 win over Ivory Coast see than battle hosts Japan in the men’s U23 Olympics semi-finals.
Matheus Cunha recorded the only goal for Brazil in the 37th-minute assisted by Everton’s Richarlison as they reached the semi-finals.
Ivory Coast was unable to contain Spain in the day’s other quarter-finals.
Japan will battle Spain in the tournament semi-finals after the hosts struggled past New Zealand in Kashima.
Three goals from Rafa Mir, including one to force extra-time, gave Spain a 5-2 victory over the Ivory Coast in a thrilling men’s Olympic quarter-final in Rifu. The Ivorians had led twice in the fixture at the Miyagi stadium.
At the International Yokohama Stadium, possibly the best match of all the Olympic Games. A hard-fought game by both teams and a real goal-fest with a total of 9 goals as Mexico beat South Korea 6-3 aggregate to reach the semi-finals.
by FSL News | 30 Jul, 2021 | Football Africa, Players Abroad News, Sport News
- Sierra Leone International Kei Kamara has agreed to join the Finnish Veikkausliiga side HIFK Helsinki, Football Sierra Leone.
- This will be his eleventh professional club since making his Columbus Crew debut in 2006.
He has one of the best striking MLS diaries after recorded 130 goals in 359 games, putting him fifth on the all-time MLS scorers list.
The fifth all-time MLS top soccer Kamara last season played for Minnesota United, his eighth different team in the US top-tier.
Kamara scored Sierra Leone vital goal in the 19th minute at the Stade Général Lansana Conté de Nongo that qualified the West African Nation to their first African Cup of Nations since 1996 last month.
The 36-year old forward also had a stint in the Premier League with Norwich City in 2013 and the English Championship side Middlesbrough in 2014 before returning to Columbus Crew in 2015.
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by FSL News | 29 Jul, 2021 | African News, Football Africa, Sport News
- Egypt and Ivory Coast have reached the quarter-finals of the men’s football tournament at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on Wednesday, while South Africa was crashed out following a third straight defeat.
- Egypt qualified for the Olympic football quarter-finals for the first time since London 2012.
The North Africans will play Brazil after a 2-0 win over Australia to secured second place in Group C ahead of Argentina, who played a 1-1 draw with group winners Spain.
Ivory Coast also qualified for the knockout stages as runners-up behind Brazil after they shared spoils with Germany 1-1 in Group D.
Egypt and Ivory Coast will be aiming to become the third African nation to win gold at the Olympic Games following Nigeria 1996 and Cameroon 2000.
Ghana won bronze at the 1992 Games while Egypt have finished fourth on two occasions, in 1928 and 1964.
Apart from their gold in Atlanta 96, Nigeria won both silver and bronze at the Olympics in 2008, and 2016 respectively.
Tokyo 2020 men’s quarter-final fixture schedule and kick-off times Saturday 31 July (all times local).
17:00 JST – Miyagi Stadium – Spain v Côte d’Ivoire
18:00 JST – Ibaraki Kashima Stadium – Japan v New Zealand
19:00 JST – Saitama Stadium – Brazil v Egypt
20:00 JST – International Stadium Yokohama – Republic of Korea v Mexico
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