
The former Columbus Crew forward was left out of the squad in the first call up following his previous decision to resign from international football on the issue that the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) "lacks respect for players".
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New England Revolution striker, Kei Kamara has received a late call-up to the Sierra Leone national team, Leone Stars for Saturday’s decisive Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Ivory Coast.
The former Columbus Crew forward was left out of the squad in the first call up following his previous decision to resign from international football on the issue that the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) "lacks respect for players".
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CLUJ-NAPOCA/HELSINKI/ISTANBUL/TEL AVIV (FIBA EuroBasket 2017) - The four host cities - Cluj-Napoca, Helsinki, Istanbul and Tel Aviv - received new landmarks on Wednesday, unveiling life-size #EuroBasket2017 hashtags, marking exactly one year to the tip-off of Europe’s premier basketball event.
At exactly midday (GMT+3) in the four cities, the giant hashtags were revealed in prominent locations, as one of the many promotional activities that will take place in the build-up to FIBA EuroBasket 2017, which will be played out from 31 August to 17 September next year. ![]()
After a historic Olympic Boxing Tournament at Rio 2016, with 13 gold medals awarded at the end of 16 days of competition and 273 bouts, AIBA President Dr Ching-Kuo Wu, AIBA Vice-Presidents and Commission Chairs convened in Lausanne for two days of meetings to reflect on events during the Olympics and the necessary reforms the organisation needs to undertake in order to build on the several groundbreaking changes implemented at Rio 2016.
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NEW YORK (August 31, 2016) – The Independent Review Panel has rescinded the fine and one-game suspension for the red card issued to Sporting Kansas City midfielder Roger Espinoza for violent conduct in the 87th minute of their match against the Philadelphia Union on August 27 (VIDEO).
Sporting Kansas City’s appeal was unanimously upheld by the Panel, which consists of one representative from the U.S. Soccer Federation, one representative from the Canadian Soccer Association and one representative from the Professional Referees Organization (PRO). ![]()
Tatyana FIROVA (center) in photo
The protection of clean athletes and the fight against doping are top priorities for the International Olympic Committee (IOC), as outlined in Olympic Agenda 2020, the IOC’s strategic roadmap for the future of the Olympic Movement. To provide a level playing field for all clean athletes at the Olympic Games Rio 2016, the IOC put special measures in place, including targeted pre-tests and the re-analysis of stored samples from the Olympic Games Beijing 2008 and London 2012, following an intelligence-gathering process that started in August 2015. ![]()
Algeria v Madagascar, 2016 Afrobasket U18 Women Final Round (EGY), Cairo(Egypt), Group Phase, 31 August 2016
CAIRO (2016 FIBA Africa U18 Women's Championship) - Debutants Madagascar earned their first ever win at FIBA Africa U18 Women's Championship as they hammered Algeria 55-27 on Wednesday. ![]()
5 Silvia Amadeu Veloso (MOZ) - Mozambique v Tunisia, 2016 Afrobasket U18 Women Final Round (EGY), Cairo(Egypt), Group Phase, 28 August 2016
CAIRO (2016 FIBA Africa U18 Women's Championship) - Mozambique have reached the Quarter-Finals of the 2016 FIBA Africa U18 Women’s Championship, and Silvia Veloso is setting high goals at the ongoing event in Cairo, Egypt. ![]()
The National U-19 boys’ Cricket team are in South Africa for the ICC Africa division 2 tournament in Benoni.
The week long tournament which is also the International Cricket Council Cricket World Cup Qualifier (ICC CWCQ) starts next month with the winner picking the sole slot for the 2018 Cricket World Cup which will be staged in New Zealand. ![]()
South Africa pace bowler Dale Steyn has stormed back to the number-one position in the MRF Tyres ICC Player Rankings for Test Bowlers after producing a match-winning performance in the Centurion Test that has helped his side complete a 204-run victory over New Zealand on Tuesday.
Steyn, who grabbed five for 33 in the second innings in what was his 26th five-wicket haul, finished with match figures of eight for 99 to regain the top slot. ![]()
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31 August 2016 – Supersport United defender Denwin Farmer can’t wait to get his first Bafana Bafana cap. The 19-year old has been called up to in the South African Senior Men’s National Team squad that will face Mauritania and Egypt in the 2017 Gabon Africa Cup of Nations qualifier and the 2016 Nelson Mandela Challenge respectively. ![]()
New England Revolution striker, Kei Kamara has received a late call-up to the Sierra Leone national team, Leone Stars for Saturday’s decisive Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Ivory Coast.
The former Columbus Crew forward was left out of the squad in the first call up following his previous decision to resign from international football on the issue that the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) "lacks respect for players". ![]()
Hon Nii Lantey Vanderpuje has urged the media to make the game of hockey like football by giving the game a wider coverage.
Addressing journalists at the Media Launch of the World Hockey League Round One at the Theodocia Okoe Hockey Stadium in Accra, he said Ghana has talented players who can place the nation among the best on the African continent and the world. ![]()
Mustapha Bundu
Sierra Leone’s youngster, Mustapha Bundu has signed a one-year loan deal with Danish top flight league side AGF with an option to extend his contract. The former Craig Bellamy Foundation (CBF) player’s deal came after he successfully underwent a week’s long trial with the Danish club. ![]()
Even before the 2018 World Cup gets under way, the Black Stars of Ghana will have the feeling of the atmosphere in Russia when the play the mundial hosts on Tuesday, September, 6 2016.
Ghana play Russia in an International Friendly to prepare both teams for major tournaments coming, for Ghana, it is due to their performance in previous tournaments that has advertised the nation as a top football nation in Africa. ![]()
Kaikai during Brentford unveiling ceremony yesterday
English Championship side, Brentford on Wednesday confirmed the loan signing of Sierra Leone and Crystal Palace winger, Sullay Kaikai. The 21-year-old winger completed the loan deal on the transfer window deadline day and he is expected to spend the rest of the season with the championship side. ![]()
NEW YORK (Tuesday, August 30, 2016) – D.C. United forward Patrick Mullins was voted Major League Soccer Player of the Week by the North American Soccer Reporters (NASR) for the 25th week of the 2016 MLS season.
With United in search of an important victory to keep its place above the red line, Mullins delivered in a big way on Saturday, scoring his first career hat trick in a 6-2 victory over the Chicago Fire at RFK Stadium. Since arriving at D.C. via trade from New York City FC in July, Mullins has scored five goals in five starts, coinciding with United's best play of the season. D.C. extended its unbeaten streak to six matches with the victory and continues to hold a slim lead in the race for the final postseason spot in the Eastern Conference (East #6, 32 points, 7-8-11 record). ![]()
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When Nigeria's U-20 women's team arrived in Canada for the first FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in 2002 (then a U-19 tournament), Akudo Iwuagwu was the youngest player in a very youthful Falconets squad. With over half of their players under the age of 18, Iwuagwu was just 15, but the striker was relatively experienced after having played in most of the side's qualifying matches. ![]()
The biggest sporting event in Ghana, the Millennium Marathon 2016 comes off this Saturday from the Black Star Square in Accra and back to the same point.
Ambassador Ashim Morton, brain behind the project revealed to the media the new official map and route that the runners will use for the 21k which has two cars at stake for both male and female Ghanaian winners with an impressive time. |
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