Muctar Koroma Blog

By Muctar Koroma  Cordiality is rare in sports but Amidu Karim did not hesitate to call John Kiester "A good coach". The FC. Kallon Coach was speaking of the nemesis the East End Lions side brought on him after they won the last League whilst they (FC Kallon) secured the second spot in the league.  The Lions, and the Cavallies  coaches cannot afford to be obsessed with one another in any case, even if a measure of rivalry is inescapable. Each coach has a broader task ahead of him.  East End Lions encounter with FC. Kallon in the  Challenge cup on Sunday, December 1, 2019. Might give some insight in to the future of these teams.  East End Lions won the 2018/19 premier league unbeaten.   Coach Keister's wish to open up another phase of his time at Lions with a win over Kallon. East End Lions has put pen to paper for some good and young players with prospect to add more pace, energy and tempo to its squad.  During the transfer window...

By Muctar Koroma Sierra Leone's male U-20 team, the Shooting Star, on Friday November 29, 2019 fulfilled their twin ambition with their final group game at the ongoing WAFU U20 championship. The shooting stars secured a 3-2 win over hosts Guinea in the keenly contested game played in Conakry. Goals from Daramy Sesay and double from Suffian Kalokoh turned out to be a perfect  Friday’s encounter as the Shooting Stars zoomed into the semi-final of the  West Africa football union  U20 Championship. Before Friday’s game, Coach Abubakarr Toasta Kamara had confessed that the game against the host was most crucial for the shooting stars who earlier defeated Mauritania and lost to Senegal in their opening match. “This is our most important match of the tournament so far. There would be no looking back. We are playing the host team but our minds are made up to go all out. Only a win can guarantee us a place in Semifinal. Said coach Toaste “Of course, we noticed a few th...

By Muctar Koroma Ahead of the commencement of the Sierra Leone's Premier League, the Referee's Manager at the Sierra Leone Football Association(SLFA), Mohamed Bowen Freeman, has disclosed the number of Referees that will officiate in this year's league. He said   that out of a pool of one hundred Referees who were available during the last Premier League, the Referees Department has selected fifty Referees to  officiate this season's league matches. Twenty-five center Referees and Twenty-five Assistant Referees.   He said football fans would see female Referees officiating games in the 2019/20 Premier League season.  " We have four female Referees, two Assistants and two center Referees. These female Referees performed extremely well in the just concluded Referees training conduct at the Siaka Stevens Stadium." Said Freeman. He also revealed that the Referees are well prepared, committed and motivated to give their best in the new  league s...

Muctar Koroma  They are often  as tasteless as cliches. That  one size fits all presumptuousness. I don't read motivational books. Life doesn't lend itself to generic prescriptions.  But sometimes I look into my life and bring up something.  Something I think worked a little magic with me. You  can defeat money and its seductiveness that breeds eternal competition.  Money is vulnerable  You defeat money by giving out more than you accumulate or store. Imagine a young  man Mamadi who makes 30 million and uses it to build a motherless babies home.  He tells no one he did it. He quietly hands it over to an existing charity. He has no house. He has built no house of his own. Mamadi lives in a rented apartment.  Months after a friend invites him for housewarming. Friends gather. His friend is being congratulated. Other friends are praising his friend and mocking all others who havent built a house. Beneath the congratulations...

You are on your own unique journey,  on a unique life  path,  in a unique set of life circumstances.  No one has same set of life cards. There is nothing to compare and no one actually to compare with. You will soon be gone. So  try and create the best possible life experience for yourself and enjoy it. Embrace moderation. It helps you to breathe, and helps  you to rise when you fall Understand the big picture and you will envy no man. The worst life is that lived to impress others. But dont be a loafer.  Set realistic life goals..and go after them thoughtfully and happily,  like a good sportsman. Transient anger is good. Bitterness is poison.  But always  remember the bigger picture Those who have died have only gone ahead.  Seek long life,  but know .... "It's no mean happiness to be seated in the mean" - Shakespeare  Those who will  live the longest will have to  bury all their classmates,  al...

By Muctar Koroma On Friday 15th November, 2019 in a meeting held at the football association Secretariat the new premier league board has  announced the date of 4th December ,2019  for the start of the new season.  All 14  PL clubs received  ten balls from the board. The league will  be preceded by a curtain raiser between champions East End Lions and league runners-up FC Kallon, in a match billed on the model of the English premier league.  The newly appointed  premier league board chairman is lawyer Alliue Vandi and the only female in the  board is  Barrister  and renowned radio broadcaster Nicky Spencer Coker.   Fourteen teams  from across the Country will participate in this season's premier competition.  BO Rangers, the big money spenders have continued their spending and rebuilding process. The management of the club are hopeful they can win the league with the huge money already spent on player...