By Peterking Quaye (Lead sport journalist) & Pawala Jahyan – The Final of this year’s edition of Soccer for Peace –Global Peace Games-Liberia will come to an end in the Liberian capital Monrovia ahead of Tuesday’s Presidential Run-off amidst boycott from the opposition Party. One of Liberia’s traditional teams will have an opportunity to rewrite many soccer pundit script as a written off team in Liberia, they will come face to face with latter soccer revolutionary team owned by Robert Sirleaf, son of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. The match is seen by many as a repeat of the 2010/2011 LFA... Continue Reading
By Shout-Africa Gambia Correspondent – Reliable sources have informed this paper that the Ministry of Youth and Sports in consultation with the Gambia Football Association yesterday agreed to terminate the contract of Paul Put, coach of the senior national football team, and that of Franco Cresintini, an Italian goal keeper trainer. The move, according to sources, is due to Paul Put’s failure to let The Gambia qualify for the African Cup of Nations final which is due to be staged next year in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. Sources also told this paper that another reason for Put’s sacking was his... Continue Reading
By Peterking Quaye,Lead sports Journalist – Draw for the 2013 African Nations Cup qualifiers released by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Sunday: First Round: Seychelles v Swaziland Sao Tome and Principe v Lesotho Ties to be played over two legs. Team mentioned first plays at home in the first leg. Second Round Ethiopia v Benin Rwanda v Nigeria Congo v Uganda Burundi v Zimbabwe Algeria v Gambia Kenya v Togo Sao Tome and Principe or Lesotho v Sierra Leone Guinea Bissau v Cameroon Chad v Malawi Seychelles or Swaziland v DR Congo Tanzania v Mozambique Central African Republic... Continue Reading
By Peterking Quaye, Lead sport Journalist – Mauritius have announced their withdrawal from the preliminary competition for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil. Consequently, the team’s scheduled qualifying matches against Liberia on 11 and 15 November 2011 have been cancelled, with the Liberians automatically advancing to the next round, which is due to begin in June 2012. FIFA announced the 189th-ranked Mauritius’ withdrawal without specifying reasons. Mauritius, who were chosen to host the 2013 FIFA Congress, were drawn to play Liberia in a home-and-away series on November 11 and 15. Liberia now join a group with Senegal, Uganda and Angola, which will be... Continue Reading
By Peterking Quaye, Lead sports Journalist – Another career stoppage has hit one of Nigeria’s finest soccer coaches Samson Siasia. From the information monitored by Shout-Africa, indicates that the executive committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) ratified the decision to sack the coach on Friday. The coach was sacked purposely for failing to take the country to the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. This comes after the NFF’s technical committee recommended the dismissal of the former international. Siasia came under huge pressure after the Super Eagles failed to qualify for the continent’s flagship tournament. The 44-year-old Siasia was a... Continue Reading
