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Sierra Leone's detection football tourney starts with a bang
by Alie Bittar @bittar32

Star Sport detection football tourney starts with a bang

The newly built Southern Arena is the venue for the Detection Tournament organised by the Star Sports Academy in Sierra Leone as they search for the next generation of football stars.

Sixteen teams will battle for supremacy – FC Kallon, East End Lions, Stars Sports Academy, Senegal’s Dream Foot, Academia from Guinea, Bo All Stars, Academie GFI, K and K, Africa Sports Academy from Liberia, Attouga Foot and six others listed to compete in an exciting football talent show in the presence of global scouts. 

The Detection football showdown got underway on Monday with a flurry of action that has seen day one already concluded at the Southern Arena Stadium.

Stars Sports Academy narrowly defeated K and K 1-0, FC Kallon outclassed their opponent Bo All Stars 3-0, and Senegal’s Dream Foot edged past Guinea’s Academy Sabou 1-0 as East End Lions played a 2-2 draw against Academie GFI on the opening day.

Matchday One results and day two fixtures are below. 

The competition will continue with four more exciting matches at the same venue on Tuesday.

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Detection Sports Tournament opening results
Detection Sports Tournament opening results
The competition will continue with four more exciting matches at the same venue on Tuesday.
The competition will continue with four more exciting matches at the same venue on Tuesday.
Sierra Leone Premier League seal 80k Leone Rock sponsor
by Alie Bittar @bittar32

Miners Leone Rock seal $80k Sierra Leone Premier Leone deal

Sierra Leone Football Association and the Premier League Board have secured an $80,000 dollar Leone Rock Metal Group deal for the upcoming season.

The deal is for refinement of the 2023/24 campaign after the League was renamed the Leone Rock Premier League as the first-ever sponsorship from a mining company, it was revealed on Monday in a joint presser at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Freetown.

The occasion was graced by the Minister of Sport, Augusta James Teima, the Sierra Leone Football Association VP 1 Harold Nat Johnson, members of the press and other dignitaries.

“The company supported the Sierra Leone Premier League season with $80,000 Eighty United States Dollars. The League is now officially known as the Leone Rock Premier League for the 2023/2024 season,” the miners have confirmed.

Additionally, according to the first female Minister of Sports, Madam Augusta Tema, Leone Rock Metal Group is the first mining company to set the record of a full sponsorship to the men’s top-tier football club competition.

She, therefore, thanked and appreciated the only reliable mining company for such a wonderful gesture.

The season will kick off on November 3rd – the winner will pocket 500 million Leones, and the runners-up will get 250 million Leones as per the Board’s announcement.

SLPLB say they’ll give each club 80 million Old Leones before kick-starting the season as a booster. 

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The League is now officially known as the Leone Rock Premier League for the 2023/2024 season
The League is now officially known as the Leone Rock Premier League for the 2023/2024 season
Sutura Kakay nets in Sheffield Wednesday U18's draw
by Alie Bittar @bittar32

Sutura Kakay nets for Sheffield Wednesday U18

Sutura Kakay was among the goals as Sheffield Wednesday Under-18s played to a 3-3 draw at Middlewood Road against Crewe Alexandra.

The visitors snatched a last-gasp equaliser in a six-goal thriller in their Professional Development League.

The midfielder joined the Sheffield Wednesday academy side as one of the 11 new prodigies to the club on two-year scholarship deals.

The young midfielder Sutura Kakay scored the Owls’ third after the break through a super strike in the 58 minutes to put his side 3-2 up. 

From 25 yards, he unleashed a stunning effort off the post – a goal that looked to have earned three points for the hosts.

Devlan Moses scored the host opener after just two minutes before the visitors hit back with two goals to overturn the deficit.

Caiden Remy-Dee draws parity for Wednesday on the half-hour mark. After the recess, Kakay gave his side a 3-2 lead with a stunner before Crewe’s last-minute equaliser through Railwaymen’s 94th-minute goal to snatch a point.

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Osman Kakay reaches Queens Park Rangers Century
by Alie Bittar @bittar32

Osman Kakay reaches Queens Park Rangers Century

Sierra Leone defender Osman Kakay has become the latest Queens Park Rangers player to make his 100th appearance for the club.

The defender started on the hence in their 4-0 defeat to Blackburn but was subbed on in the 74th minute to bookmark his century of appearances. 

It was a frustrating afternoon for the defender and his side as Blackburn Rovers ended a run of four straight Championship defeats to inflict more home misery on struggling Queens Park Rangers.

He has been at QPR since the age of eight, and the defender has progressed through the ranks as a first-team pivotal player.

The Sierra Leone international debuted his Hoops against Sunderland in the EFL Cup in September 2016 before enjoying a series of loan spells away from the club. 

In this campaign, he has made twelve appearances for the club under manager Gareth Ainsworth. 

International duty 

He skippered the Sierra Leone national team to a 1-1 draw against Benin on Saturday in Morocco as he made eighteen international appearances with the Leone Stars.

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Defender Osman Kakay has become the latest Queens Park Rangers player to make his 100th appearance for the club
Defender Osman Kakay has become the latest Queens Park Rangers player to make his 100th appearance for the club
Benin and Sierra Leone play out a 1-1 stalemate in a friendly
by Alie Bittar @bittar32

Benin and Sierra Leone play out a 1-1 friendly stalemate

On Saturday, Coach Amidu Karim started his Sierra Leone reign with a 1-1 draw with Benin at the Stade Khouribga in Casablanca, Morocco. (Photo Credit SLFA)

Sierra Leone drew with Benin 1-1 after Cheetah’s last-gasp 98th-minute leveller by Cedric Hountondjito to cancel out Odense Boldklub striker Mohamed Buya Turay’s first Sierra Leone goal since his debut in 2018 against Ethiopia. 

Odense Boldklub striker Mohamed Buya Turay opened the score line with his 32nd goal after he dribbled past his marker to slot home at the bottom right for his first Sierra Leone goal. 

It was a brilliant start for new provisional head coach Amidu Karim after back-to-back defeats for Leone Stars against Nigeria and Guinea-Bissau in their match day five and six of the Afcon 2023 qualifiers in June and September, respectively.

Sierra Leone’s keeper Ibrahim Sesay was brilliant through the full throttle of the match following his bravery with a couple of saves over 90 minutes.

Despite a slow start, Karim’s men capitalised on Turay’s 32nd-minute goal and held on to their lead at the break.

After the recess, Sierra Leone continued their brilliant defending as they grew in confidence and composure as they fought for every loose ball. It became intense as Benin rallied for an equaliser – tension mounted from both sides – the referee a couple of times had to intervene.

Cedric Hountondjito slotted in a cross from the left to beat the Leone Stars keeper Ibrahim Sesay for the first time in the match.

The Leone Stars will take on Somalia on Tuesday in their second friendly.

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Sierra Leone starting Eleven against Benin at the Stade Khouribga in Casablanca, Morocco.
Sierra Leone starting Eleven against Benin at the Stade Khouribga in Casablanca, Morocco.