Sports

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

Two of the highest spending teams in the Sierra Leone Premier League will face each other on Saturday. East End Lions will host Bo Rangers in what promises to be an epic encounter between two possible title contenders.

Bo Rangers will take great pride and inspiration from their performance against FC Kallon last weekend. They will come into this fixture heads held high to face an already bruised East End Lions side.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

Chelsea center back, Antonio Rudiger, has donated £101,000 (Le1 billion) to the Sierra Leone government as his support to the country’s Free Quality Education program.

Rudiger who was born in Germany to Sierra Leonean parents said he was proud to support the country in its drive to provide education for children.

Rudiger made the presentation to President Julius Maada Bio in the United Kingdom on the margins of the ongoing UK-Africa summit.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

Some 16 volleyball clubs across Sierra Leone are in Bo for the first ever national inter club championship. Eight male and eight female clubs have been drawn from 4 regions of the country.

A total of 192 athletes are taking part in the weeklong championship which started on Monday.

Mohamed Benson Bawoh, a commissioner for Volleyball referees, said this is the biggest national event the volleyball association had undertaken in the country.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

Sierra Leone Female U-20 national team lost to their Senegalese counterparts 1-0 on Saturday. The loss means Sierra Queens have it all to do to turn the tie around by defeating Senegal in the second leg of this fixture.

This fixture is a preliminary qualifier for the FIFA Female U-20 World Cup which will be played in Panama and Costa Rica later this year.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

Twenty-six teams are bracing up to compete for four spots in next season’s premier league. A press statement from the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) has confirmed that the preliminary qualifiers of the playoff will start on Tuesday, 21^st January.

16 teams were submitted from the East, West and Southern regions of the country from which four have been seeded as automatic qualifiers for the final phase of the playoff which will start on the 25^th January.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

Ahead of its clash with Bo Rangers on Sunday, the coach of FC Kallon, Amidu Karim, has said he is optimistic about his team’s chances of winning all three points in Bo.

Karim was speaking at the post match press conference following his team’s stalemate with FC Johansen on Wednesday evening.

“I am very optimistic that we are going to take the three points that we are going for and come back to town,” he said.

By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay

East End Lions were stunned on Thursday afternoon by league minnows Anti-Drugs, when they were beaten 1-0 in Freetown.

Mohamed Koroma’s 33-minute goal was enough to win the match for Anti-Drugs.

This is their second win of the season; the win has now given them 8 points after 6 games.

The match was played at the Approved school.

The Lions will go back, lick their wounds and prepare to face Bo Rangers next week at the Siaka Steven Stadium.