By Peterking Quaye, Liberia, Monrovia – News coming from World Football’s governing body, FIFA, is they have set aside US$100 million to insure the salaries of all players against injury on official national team duty. FIFA president, Sepp Blatter has said the worldwide policy should take effect on September 1 and will cover all games played on international calendar dates. The move will satisfy European clubs which have campaigned for help to pay the salaries of injured internationals. FIFA’s 208 member nations must approve the policy at their congress in May. The next congress is set to take place on... Continue Reading
By Peterking Quaye in Monrovia – Invincible Eleven (IE) were beaten at home 2-0 after full time in their home game against Wydad Athletic Casablanca of Morocco who seemed more organized and composed. The Moroccan won this competition in 2002 and are not new to this terrain. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) Confederations Cup is a unique platform for teams from African countries to compete for honours. The defeat means IE have lost for the second time to a side from Morocco. It can be recollected the Invincibles in the 1988 champions league lost 1-0 to Royal Armed Forces... Continue Reading
By Peterking Quaye – Liberia will make its debut participation at the Africa U-13 Football Tournament in Ghana come this April, 2012 . The Milo U-13 Football Tournament 2012 – Liberia’s selection for a representative to this year’s Milo Africa U-13 Football Tournament in Ghana came to an end yesterday at the ATS. After full 90 minutes of soccer hostility William Lee Bonner, beat arch rival school C William Brumskine by 3-1. Milo, a brand of Nestle, Nestle is sponsoring the team that emerges champion in the competition will be the beneficiary of the tournament as the players will be... Continue Reading
Harare, March 19, 2012: The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ (ECA) SportsUnited division, in partnership with the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA), announced a basketball exchange program that will send four Zimbabweans — three teenage girls and a coach — to the United States for twelve-days of dynamic activities as part of the new Empowering Women and Girls through Sports Initiative. The four are Mutsa Chiromo (a student at Arundel High); Francisca Sekete (Queen Elizabeth’s High); Rukudzo Matsekwa (Dominican Convent, Bulawayo) and Belia Zibowa – head coach of Zimbabwe Giants, the national women’s basketball team. ... Continue Reading
By Peterking Quaye – Chelsea Ghana’s sole survivors in the Pan African club competition hosted Liberia’s LISCR in the return leg of their first round encounter leading 2-0 from the first leg. Ghana does not have any team representing the country in Africa this season except for the Brong Ahafo side, and they had hoped the GFA would have considered that as they play the continental game on Sunday in Berekum. The much anticipated match which many Liberian hoped that LISCR FC was going to pull a surprise rather turned out to a whipping game against the Liberian team, receiving one... Continue Reading
