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Craig Bellamy’s foundation under scrutiny following sudden closure of Africa academy
Craig Bellamy now works at Cardiff City as an Academy coach BYJAMES PEARCE - Liverpool Echo A charitable foundation set up by former Liverpool striker Craig Bellamy is being examined by the Charity Commission after the closure of its football academy in Sierra Leone....
Victor Mansaray open to Sierra Leone switch
Victor Mansaray - Photo credit - MikeRussellFoto by Chris Blakely@TheRealCBlakely Victor Mansaray, the Seattle Sounders fourth ever Homegrown Player, is open to playing for Sierra Leone if they come calling. The 20-year-old has been a member of the Sounders since...
2016 Sierra Leone Football.com Young Player of the Year nominees
Five players have been selected by sports journalists in Sierra Leone to compete for the Young Player of the Year award. Voting will end on 31st March 2017 and award will be presented in Freetown later in the year. The players selected are: Kwame Quee At 20 and a...
Afcon 2019: Qualifying draw in full
The Africa Cup of Nations will take place in Cameroon in 2019. By BBC Sport The qualifying draw for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations has pitted several former champions against one another. Cameroon, who qualify automatically as hosts, are in Group B alongside 1976...
Unanimous decision expands FIFA World Cup™ to 48 teams from 2026
(FIFA.com) 10 Jan 2017 The FIFA Council has unanimously decided in favour of expanding the FIFA World Cup™ to a 48-team competition as of the 2026 edition. World football’s supervisory and strategic body held its third meeting at the Home of FIFA in Zurich on 9 and 10...
The Premier League’s likely winners and losers from 2017 Africa Cup of Nations
Senegal’s Sadio Mané, Egypt’s Mohamed Elneny, Ivory Coast’s Lamine Koné, Algeria’s Riyad Mahrez and Ivory Coast’s Max Gradel will all be starring for their national sides at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations rather than playing in the Premier League. Composite: AFP;...
The Crux of Sierra Leone football crisis
23rd April 2016 By Rodney Edmond Michael 1 Timothy 6: 10 “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. And some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.” Isha Johansen, alias Isha Power or amongst the...
President Koroma warns officials to put house in order
President Koroma has warned that no one will be protected by Fifa By Mohamed Fajah Barrie, BBC Sport, Freetown President Ernest Bai Koroma has given Sierra Leone's football guardians until March 2017 to resolve their differences. President Koroma waded into the...
Sierra Leone Football.com Yearbook 2016
Sierra Leone Football.com presents Yearbook 2016. Highlights of events reported on for the year 2016. If you have missed any important reports here's your chance to catch up with links to stories provided. January Mohamed Bangura could quit Sierra Leone team -...
Questions over Sierra Leone’s Champions League entry
By Mohamed Fajah Barrie and Nick Cavell, BBC Sport South Africans Mamelodi Sundowns will begin the defence of their African Champions League title in the second round against either KCCA of Uganda or Angola's Primero de Agosto. A new format means there will be two...