Author: LIB Sports24
Liberia is expected to face Togo in a 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers in Lome on September 6, 2024. But with bearly five days to the away fixture, the Liberia Football Association is yet to release the names of oversea based players called up by Coach Mario Marinica. LFA president Mustapha Raji said, he doesn’t know the Liberian national team is departing the country for Lome to honor the first leg with the Hawks, as the 25 home based players called up last month continue intensive at the SKD Sports Complex in Paynesville, According to Raji, the government of…
After two matches against two champions from Zanzibar and Iraq, FC Fassell will on Saturday takes on a local Egyptian club in Cairo. The ’Soccer Missionaries’ were held to a 1-1 draw in their first friendly by Jeshi la Kujenga Uchumi Sports Club, commonly known as JKU on 22 August 2024. Five days later, coach Ivan Minnaert’s side came from behind twice to pull a 2-2 draw with the Iraqi champions, Al Sorta. FC Fassell’s third preseason friendly comes up tomorrow against Egyptian club side El Raja at the Jewel Sports Park in Cairo. El Raja Sporting Club is based…
Devine Roosevelt Teah started in Hammarby’s 6-1 away win over third tier side IFK Stocksund in the Swedish Cup. It was the first start and fifth appearance for the 18-year-old Liberian midfielder. Teah’s journey began at Hammarby with an eight minutes performance against Gothenburg in July. The former Nimba FC midfielder sealed a permanent deal with the Swedish topflight in April. He has a contract up to 2027.
Liberian international Sampson Dweh and Oscar Dorley will feature in this season UEFA Europa league Phase (formerly group stage). Defender Dweh helped Viktoria Plzen secured their spot by defeating Scottish club Hearts in both legs, advancing with a 2-0 aggregate. The Liberian center-back continues his impressive form, having played every minute of Plzen’s matches so far this season. Slavia Prague, the Club side of midfielder Oscar Dorley failed to reach the group stage of the Uefa Champions League, despite a 2-1 home win against French side Lille on Wednesday. Praha lost 3-2 on aggregate. They were defeated 2-0 in France last…
FC Fassell forced Iraqi side, Al -Shorta to a 2-2 draw on Tuesday evening in Cairo, Egypt . Goals from striker Mark Yallah and winger Musa Jabateh sealed the draw against the double Iraqi topflight Champions. The game was the second of a 21-day pre-season camp in Egypt for rejuvenated FC Fassell. They played Zanzibar Premier League Champions JKU to a 1-1 draw last week, with Yallah again on the score sheet . Belgian Coach Ivan Minnaert continues preparation for the start of the Liberian First Division league. Minnaert has expressed delight in the quality of the squad at his…
Watanga FC took their CAF Champions League preliminary home match in the backyard of their opponents, MC Algers of Algeria. The decision didn’t go down well with sympathizers of the club in Liberia. Following the outcry and mockery, Watanga listed two reasons to back the move. 1. That the club had planned pre-season friendlies in North Africa, as such, they didn’t want to travel to the north twice which would have been expensive for the club to handle. 2. That the friendlies and two CAF Champions League matches against MC Algers would have been used to expose their players to scouts…
Guinean Club 𝗔S de 𝗕𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗔 has announced the signing of Liberian female U-20 midfielder Hawa Fatouma. Midfielder Fatouma joined the Guinean side from newly promoted Liberia Upper Women’s League club World Girls FC. She signed a season-long loan deal with an option to be fully contracted. Hawa traveled with Senior female pro in Guinea for a pre-season tournament and her performance caught the attention of Bolonta. She will be ready to play in the Guinean Women’s League for the first time. Fatouma popularly known by Liberian football followers as ‘Ball-Passer’ will become the first Liberian female player to play in the…
Dominic Savice guided Paynesville FC to a home and away victory over Cameroon’s Fovu de Baham in the first round of the 2024-2025 CAF Confederation Cup . It’s the first time in history for a Liberian Coach to achieve such feat in continental club football. Paynesville won eight-man Fovu De Baham 4-0 a fortnight ago at the SKD Stadium, the first time for a Liberian team to secure such win in a caf competition. Many football pundits , including sports journalists didn’t give Savice and his side any credit due to their man advantage against the Cameroonians, with some still…
The defending Liberia Basketball Association (LBA) First Division Champions had it easy against their Sierra Leonean counterparts. Mighty Barrolle beat Sierra Leone’s Champions, Forcians 56-35 points in an international friendly on Saturday at the SKD Basketball Gymnasium. The Rollers won all four quarters of the match. It was 12-9 points win for Coach Asad Fadel’s team in the first quarter. Forcians improved during the second quarter, losing 22-21 points. The third and fourth quarters ended 37-29 and 56-35 points respectively. The match was part of both clubs’ preparation for the 2024 FIBA Africa Zone-3 Club Championship.
Paynesville FC have beaten Cameroon’s Fovu Baham 1-0 in the return leg of the CAF Confederation Cup preliminary Round . The Liberian Cup winners (Paynesville) won the first leg 4-0, qualifying on 5-0 aggregate. Coach Dominic Savice ‘s side becomes the first Liberian club to collect back-to-back wins a competition. Fovu endured a turbulence registration process for the Qualifiers, as they could only registered eight players for the first leg in Monrovia. They had 16 players for the return leg at the Ahmadou Ahidjo stadium in Yaounde , Cameroon. Paynesville will now face Stade Malien of Mali in round two of the…