Benin promises each player $ 30,000 if they stop Leone Stars and make the Africa Nations Cup
Each Benin player will receive a bonus of $30,000 if they stop hosts Sierra Leone tomorrow and qualify for the 2021 AFCON in Cameroon, officials said. Benin need at least a draw in Freetown against hosts Sierra Leone to go through to the tournament proper. The Super Eagles denied the Squirrels that on Saturday courtesy […]
President Bio promises Leone Stars players $10,000 each and land if they beat Benin and qualify for Africa Nations Cup
The first gentle man of the Republic of Sierra Leone, President Julius Maada Bio, has promised to give each player hundred million leones (100,000,000) and a plot of land if they qualify to the 2021 Africa Nations Cup in Cameroon. . Sierra Leone national men’s team will play against the squirrels of Benin today […]
Jubilation sweeps Freetown and Conakry as Sierra Leoneans celebrate Leone Stars’ qualification for the Africa Nations Cup
Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone was agog with jubilation as thousands of people, especially youths, streamed into the streets to celebrate, after the national team, Leone Stars made everybody proud by beating Benin in the Africa Nations Qualifier in Conakry to make the final competition of AFCON 2022 As soon as the match, which […]
Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio Visits Leone Stars Training, Congratulates them on their performance in Nigeria
Siaka Stevens Stadium, Monday 16 November 2020 – His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has visited the Sierra Leone national team, training at the Siaka Stevens Stadium in Freetown, to congratulate them on their 4-4 draw with the Super Eagles of Nigeria in the on-going Afcon 2021 qualifiers. The President praised the team for what […]
Update on Niger vs Sierra Leone Friendly
Monday October 12, 2020 Leone Stars has ended its second and final training session this evening in high spirits ahead of its friendly encounter against the MENAS of Niger at the Stade Général Seyni Kountché. The match is going to kick-start at 6:45 tomorrow in Niger whilst in Sierra Leone, 5:45 will be the time. As part of […]
SPORTS MINISTER ASSURES OF GOVERNMENT’S CONTINUED SUPPORT TO LEONE STARS
On the 19th, October 2020 during a Press Conference held at the Home Suite Hotel, officials of the Ministry of Sports and the Sierra Leone Football Association updated media practitioners about the friendly encounters with Mauritania and Niger respectively. In his submission, Minister of Sports, Ibrahim Nyelenkeh, apologized to member of the Fourth Estate for […]
SLFA REFUTES SPORTS MINISTER’S FALSE ACCUSATIONS
QUALIFYING FOR AFCON… LEONE STARS RECEIVE PRESIDENT BIO’S PROMISE
A cheque of Le 4.1 billion was handed over to the Chairman of the National Sports Council by President Julius Maada Bio who also presented a conveyance to each of the 41 players and officials of the Leone Stars team during a dinner in honour of the players, hosted by the First Lady Madam Fatima […]
Ministry of Sports in partnership with China Aid launches the rehabilitation project of Sierra Leone’s only national stadium
Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Sports in collaboration with China Aid has today, February 25, 2022, launched the rehabilitation work of the National Stadium in Freetown. The project which is worth USD 40 million will facilitate the rehabilitation and extension of the country’s only national stadium, work is expected to be completed in two years. According […]
President Bio appoints Antonio Rüdiger as Brand Global Sierra Leone Football Ambassador
Yesterday, Friday 28 January 2022, President of Sierra Leone – Dr Julius Maada Bio pronounced Antonio Rüdiger as ‘Brand Global Sierra Leone Football Ambassador’ and handed him the country’s diplomatic passport, at a ceremony attended by family members, well-wishers and government officials held in State House, Freetown. Antonio Rüdiger is a Sierra Leonean-German professional footballer […]