British-born Harry Varley set for SFEF’s coaching program
“Our role as a coach is to create problem solvers. The players should leave our program with the technical skills and decision making ability to allow them to independently find solutions to the complex problems that make up a 90 minute game of football.”
SLFA ‘B’ Licence coach training commences
On Thursday, September 21, the Sierra Leone Football Association commenced a two-week License ‘B’ coaching training at their SLFA Secretariat at Kingdom, Freetown. SLFA affirmed that the training is mainly to enhance the capacity of grassroots coaches selected from across the country as part of the strategic plan of the SLFA Technical Department for the development of […]
Sierra Leone hit new low in latest Fifa ranking
Sierra Leone’s Leone Stars have plummeted four places from 120 in July to 124 in the latest Fifa men’s ranking for September released on Thursday. John Keister’s side suffered a 2-1 defeat to Guinea-Bissau as they wrapped up the African Cup Nations qualifiers. Despite Sierra Leone’s early goal, the Djurtus Wild Dogs of Bissau defeated Sierra Leone […]
Dreams FC reject FC Kallon’s Southern Arena request
Ghanaian club Dreams FC have rejected FC Kallon’s request to play their CAF Confederation Cup second round second leg at the Southern Arena. Dreams won the first leg by 2-1 at the Accra Sports Stadium on Saturday, and the return fixture was billed to be played at the Southern Arena in Bo City. In a communique seen […]
Bo Rangers suffer a heavy Champions League home defeat
Sierra Leone Champions Bo Rangers suffered a 3-1 home defeat to Algerian side CR Belouizdad in the first leg of the second preliminary round of the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League on Sunday at the Southern Arena. Rangers started well and capitalised in the 11-minute as Abu Komeh opened his CAF Champions League account. However, the Algerian side regrouped and started passing […]
Sierra Leone end AFCON campaign with Guinea-Bissau defeat
The Djurtus Wild Dogs of Bissau defeated Sierra Leone 2-1 on Monday at the Estádio 24 de Setembro to wrap up the AFCON 2023 qualifiers. Coach John Keister’s side started brightly as they capitalised on an early six-minute chance scored by Dundee‘s striker Amadou Bakayoko, assisted by Emmanuel Samadia. However, the home side, Guinea-Bissau, rallied from a goal […]
FC Kallon set for Dreams Confederation Cup first leg
Sierra Leone CAF Confederation Cup representative for the 2023/24 competition, FC Kallon, departed Liberia for Ghana to face Dreams FC in the Second round first leg on Friday. The Accra Sports Stadium is set to host the contest between the two West African clubs. Having reached the competition’s second round without kicking a ball following the withdrawal of AS […]
CAF green light Southern Arena to host Bo Rangers, LISCR tie
The Confederation of African Football has temporally approved the Southern Arena in Bo City, Sierra Leone, to host Bo Rangers Champions League first league preliminary this month. Sierra Leone Champions will kick off their TotalEnergies CAF Champions League campaign against Neighbours Liberian side LISCR FC in the first round of preliminary. The Southern Province outfit […]
