Freetown, Wednesday 16 June 2021. His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has welcomed the country’s national football team after they defeated the Squirrels of Benin in the African Cup of Nations qualifier in Conakry, Guinea. Leone Stars were welcomed at the National Stadium by the President himself, a large number of government officials and Sierra Leoneans from across the …

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE FROM SLFA PRESIDENT SLFA PRESIDENCY CANDIDATURE WITHDRAWAL Dear football family, Dear friends, Dear Sierra Leoneans, 01 June 2021 As a recently elected FIFA Council Member, I will be required to play a higher level and more active role as a Global Ambassador for football and for FIFA. Building on several years of experience in using football as …

Wednesday 5 May 2021 President of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association, FIFA, Giovanni Vincenzo Infantino and the Confédération Africaine de Football, CAF President, Dr Patrice Motsepe, have called on His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio and promised to improve on the country’s football infrastructure to be able to host the African Cup of Nations. Sierra Leone’s Minister of …

13 April 2021 Dear football family, dear beloved nation On the 30th March 2021 the entire nation at home and globally was gripped with excitement and anticipation in the build-up to the Sierra Leone versus Benin encounter in the CAF African Nations Qualifiers in Sierra Leone. The events leading up to the announced postponement of the match until June 2021 …

Sierra Leone Paralympic Athletes Juan Faith Jackson and Sorie Kargbo have won two silver and bronze medals in the Tunis 2021 World Para Athletics Grand Prix which took place from Thursday, March 18th to Saturday, March 20th, 2021. Faith Jackson picked up the third position in the women’s F46 Javeline throw and second in the 100M T46. Kargbo won a …

By Sorie Fofana. SLFA delegates are set to elect a new President in Makeni on the 26th and 27th February, 2021. So far, the process of electing a new SLFA President has not been a bed of roses. It appears that, the 5-member Electoral Committee is finding it very difficult to conduct a free, fair and credible election. In 2013, …