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Steven Caulker confirms Fatih Karagümrük’s exit

by FSL News | 30 Dec, 2022 | Football Africa, International, National Sport News Sierra Leone, Sport News

Sierra Leone skipper Steven Caulker has confirmed leaving Fatih Karagümrük four months after signing a two-year deal.

Caulker, 31, joined the Turkish side from Fenerbahce on a two-year deal in August.

He took part in a total of 7 matches, including 6 Super League and 1 Turkish Ziraat Cup, with the Karagümrük jersey this season, and scored 1 goal while staying on the field for 472 minutes.

“I terminated my contract this morning. It’s done -as I’m finished with Turkey. However, not sure about the future, but today I am travelling as I want to spend time with my family, ” Caulker told Football Sierra Leone.

“We have parted ways by mutual agreement with our football player Steven Caulker. We would like to thank Steven Caulker for his contributions to our club so far and wish him success in his future career,” the club said in their statement.

The 6ft 3 defender, who played an integral part in the Sierra Leone African Cup of Nations in Cameroon, will start a new club search in the coming days.

Last season, the Center-back spent the entire 2021–22 season on loan with fellow Süper Lig side Gaziantep – where he made 29 topflight appearances scoring two goals.

Fatih Karagümrük, managed by Italian legend Andrea Pirlo. They are currently 12th in the standing after fifteen Super league matches.

Caulker started his football career as a 16 old lad at Tottenham with the youth side in 2007.

Futbolcumuz Steven Caulker ile karşılıklı anlaşarak yollarımızı ayırmış bulunmaktayız. Kulübümüze bugüne kadar yaptığı katkılardan dolayı Steven Caulker’a teşekkür eder, bundan sonraki kariyerinde başarılar dileriz. pic.twitter.com/w0l8FTTuOb

— VavaCars Fatih Karagümrük SK (@karagumruk_sk) December 30, 2022

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Reading boss Ince reveals Tyrese Fornah injury setback

by FSL News | 28 Dec, 2022 | Football Africa, Players Abroad News, Sport News

Reading manager Paul Ince has revealed loanee Tyrese Fornah could be out for two or three weeks after sustaining a knee injury in training on Monday.

Paul Ince confirmed this while speaking to the Reading Chronicle during his post-match conference on Tuesday.

The Sierra Leone native has been instrumental for the Royals since his loan move from Nottingham Forest.

Fornah was not part of the Reading side that defeated Swansea City 2-1 on Tuesday due to a knock he sustained prior that would keep him out for weeks.

“Ty [Tyrese Fornah] got a knock on his knee. So, he could be two or three weeks out,” Ince noted.

He did that yesterday (Monday). Aesthetically, you look at the side. Now it gives you a bit more of a buzz. It gives me a selection problem, and that’s what you want as a manager.

Onwards and upwards. I’m very pleased, a great result, but we have to keep going.”

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Host Algeria to open CHAN against Libya at Baraki Stadium

by FSL News | 27 Dec, 2022 | African News, Football Africa, Sport News

Host Algeria will kick start the 2023 African Nations Championship in the opening game with a clash in Group A when the host neighbours Libya at the newly-built Baraki Stadium in Algiers on 13 January 2023 at 20h00 local time (19h00 GMT).

The two North Africans will open the seventh edition of the TotalEnergies African Nations Championship. And for the first time in history, eighteen countries will be competing.

Morocco’s Atlas Lions won the sixth edition at the Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium in Yaounde on 7 February 2021.

As a result, Morocco became the first team to win two consecutive titles in the competition history designed exclusively for home-based footballers.

See the eighteen teams in their respective groups.

Group A (Baraki Stadium): Algeria, Libya, Mozambique, Ethiopia
Group B (Stade du 19 Mai 1956, Annaba): DR Congo, Uganda, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal
Group C (Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium, Constantine): Morocco, Sudan, Madagascar, Ghana
Group D (Olympic Stadium, Oran): Mali, Angola, Mauritania
Group E (Olympic Stadium, Oran): Cameroon, Congo, Niger

Full Chan Fixtures attached

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Confirmed: Egypt U-20 AFCON 2023 Groups Revealed

by FSL News | 24 Dec, 2022 | African News, Football Africa, Sport News

The groups for the TotalEnergies U-20 Africa Cup of Nations 2023 completed on Friday night following the draw conducted in Cairo, Egypt.

Hosts Egypt were drawn alongside Mozambique, Senegal and Nigeria in Group A and Uganda, Central African Republic, South Sudan, and Congo in Group B

Group C – Alexandria Stadium: The Gambia, Tunisia, Benin, and Zambia will battle it out.

The TotalEnergies Egypt 2023 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations will take place from 19 February to 11 March 2023. The host cities are Cairo (Group A), Ismailia (Group B) and Alexandria (Group C).

The twelve-nation tournament will begin with a mouth-watering opening game between hosts Egypt and Mozambique on Sunday, 19 February 2023, at 16h00 local time.

Groups and venues :

Group A – Cairo International Stadium: Egypt, Mozambique, Senegal, Nigeria
Group B – Suez Canal Stadium: Uganda, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Congo
Group C – Alexandria Stadium: Gambia, Tunisia, Benin, Zambia

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Morocco up to 11th in latest Fifa World ranking

by FSL News | 23 Dec, 2022 | African News, Football Africa, Sport News

After a successful World Cup campaign, Morocco has moved from the 22nd position to become the 11th-best football team in the world, according to the latest FIFA ranking.

Morocco ranked 11 after their FIFA World Cup triumph to become the first African country to reach a World Cup semi-final.

They leapfrogged Senegal to become the top-notch African side in the latest and last FIFA Ranking for 2022.

It’s the third-highest ranking for an African team. In 1994, Nigeria ranked 5th, the highest position ever for an African nation. In July 2010, Egypt ranked 9th.

The ranking recognizes Morocco’s uplifting and brilliant performances during the 2022 World Cup, where the Atlas Lions triumphed to secure the fourth spot.

The Atlas Lions made history after qualifying for the semi-finals. The qualification made Morocco the first African and Arab country to make it so far in World Cup history.

Morocco’s performance made international headlines, impressing the media and FIFA.

Seven teams have risen by more than ten places in the #FIFARanking since December 2021 ⬆

But @EnMaroc are the year's highest climbers! 🇲🇦🙌

— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) December 22, 2022

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CAF boots Kallon with the four-match ban, hefty fine

by FSL News | 21 Dec, 2022 | Football Africa, International, National Sport News Sierra Leone, Sport News

Former Sierra Leone captain Mohamed Kallon has been given a four-game Inter clubs banned due to offensive behaviour towards match officials in Cairo.

Kallon’s side was dumped out of the CAF Confederation Cup by debutants Future FC after a heavy 4-0 defeat in Cairo in October.

Future FC went through to the next stage of the competition after a comfortable 4-0 second-round preliminary second-leg win over FC Kallon at the Air defence Stadium in Egypt on Sunday, October 16 2022. (6-0 Agg).

The Sierra Leone Football Association today confirmed that the Caf disciplinary board levied four CAF inter-club matches banned on FC Kallon coach Mohamed Kallon and the Team doctor Mr Chernor Cidy Bah, following match officials’ reports.

SLFA say, In addition to the ban, a financial sanction of 10,000 USD (Ten Thousand Dollars) each for their offensive behaviour toward match officials.

CAF added that the financial fine must be paid within 60 days of the date the decision was taken (28th November 2022).

According to the SLFA’s release, coach Kallon nor doctor Bah contested the officials’ reports.

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