Asante Kotoko goalkeeper Felix Annan has set his sights on forcing his way into coach Kwesi Appiah’s first team plans against Sierra Leone in Kumasi. The youngster is hoping to impress the Black Stars technical team for a starting spot after earning his second call-up to the Ghana team. The Porcupine Warriors is one of
Al Ahly of Egypt secured a 2-0 win over ES Setif in the 2018 CAF Champions League semifinal first-leg game at the Al Salam Stadium in Cairo on Tuesday. The victory means the Egyptian top side grab a 2-0 lead on aggregate ahead of the second-leg match which will be played in Algeria in three
Ghana Black Stars head coach Kwesi Appiah has named his 23-man squad ahead of the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) doubleheader against Sierra Leone this month. The two West African nations will go head to head on the 11th and 14 of October in their quest to reach Cameroon 2019. The first match will be
The Malawi Football Association president, Walter Nyamilandu, has been voted to the Fifa Council during CAF General Assembly in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt on Sunday. Nyamilandu defeated South African FA president Danny Jordaan by 35 votes to 18 after two rounds of voting. The pair had been in a three-way vote along with former Tanzania
Dakar-born Lyon’s midfielder, Pape Cheikh Diop, (pictured) has pledged his international loyalty to Spain over his birthplace Senegal. The 21-year-old Dakar-born midfielder has confirmed he has been invited a few times in the past by the Senegalese Football Federation (FSF) to play for the Teranga Lions. “I have been called by Senegal several times, but
By Sahr Morris follow the writer @morrisjr88 Over the latest international ban warning from FIFA, some Sierra Leoneans have joyfully welcomed the said threat on various social media platforms. Some are of the opinion that only a ban would help to end the long-lasting impasse in the country’s most followed sport. Following ACC’s ultimatum that
Follow us on Twitter @football_sierra on Facebook & Instagram Football Sierra Leone Former Sierra Leone internationals and Ex-players donate $500 to the national U17 team that was purportedly stranded in Senegal. (Photo credit SLE HOC in Dakar Henry Nyandemoh.) It now appears that the team may not have stranded after all but it was a breakdown in
The Referees’ Association of Ghana (RAG) has handed lifetime bans to six more referees in the wake of an investigation into bribery, BBC Sport reports. It also banned 47 match officials for 10 years each, while another 14 were exonerated. RAG also confirmed the sanctions handed down by the Confederation of African Football (Caf) last
The writer Alie Bittar @bittar32 – Contact bittar@footballsierraleone.net The world football governing body Fifa has exclusively told Football Sierra Leone (FSL) that they are monitoring the situation in the country after the state’s anti-corruption agency issued a seven-day ultimate to the president Isha Johansen and secretary-general Chris Kamara of the FA to step down. “FIFA
Liberia president George Weah played in an international friendly for his country on Tuesday – at the age of 51. The former African footballer and Fifa World Player of the Year award, featured for 79 minutes of a 2-1 home defeat by Nigeria in Monrovia. Liberia arranged the friendly to retire their number 14 shirt,
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