Muctar Koroma Blog

By Muctar Koroma. Coach John Keister has been named the sports personality of the year 2019 in the all works of life (AWOL) award nights held at the prestigious Bintumani conference center in Freetown.  Coach Keister was nominated alongside the Sierra Leone swimming association and Mohamed Buya Turay.  Receiving his award Coach John Keister said he felt happy to be crowned as the sports personality of the year by AWOL. I am excited to receive the sports personality of the year by one of the most respected awards body in our Country.  He thanked the president of the Sierra Leone football association, Isha Johansen,  for giving him the opportunity to contribute in the development of football in the country.  Coach Keister won the 2018/19 Sierra Leone premier league unbeaten with East End Lions and was crowed best coach in the Salone premier league awards. He’s currently the coach of East End Lions and assistant coach of the Sierra Leone national team (...

By Muctar Koroma. The General Manager of FC. Kallon, Tunde Scott has confirmed that they will take action against the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of  East End Tigers, Victor Lewis.  This assertion was made as a result of rumors on social media that they have lost the case at the players' status committee.  He said they haven’t received any ruling from the panel that Baimba Sesay has been given the clearance to play for FC. Johansen.  FC. Kallon's Tunde Scott disclosed that they have no issues with the president of the Sierra Leone Football Association(SLFA)- Isha Johansen whose team is in contention to secure the services of the last season premier league goal machine - Baimba Sesay. “I was part of the panel that the players’ status committee of the SLFA invited to investigate the matter.  Baimba Sesay was also part of the people interviewed by the panel. Baimba, made it emphatically clear to the panel that he wants to play for FC.Kallon” said Tund...

By Muctar Koroma  Edmond,  started as he meant to go on, by registering a couple of hard-hitting challenges during the opening exchanges, and he finished the match with some impressive statistics at his name.  In total, Edmond Michael made seven clearances of the ball, won five tackles,  four crosses, made two interceptions and, as a result of all that, earned the Man-of-the-Match prize from the Salone premier league board.  The Leone stars gem  earn 69 percent of votes. Considerably more than his fellow nominees, Joseph Kanu  and Isaac. The man of the match award  winner takes home a brand new smart phone with a one millions top up credit card. Old Edwardian FC have secured four point out of two matches played in the Sierra Leone premier league.  

By Muctar Koroma. Victoria Conteh has been appointed as the head coach of Sierra Leone premier league club East End Tigers. She's the first woman's ever to be appointed as coach to a top flight male football team in Sierra Leone. Victoria Conteh, a Confederation of Africa football (CAF) Instructor and also a holder of A-class license in football coaching.  Coach Victoria, before her appointment was the coach of Sierra Leone U-17 women's team. She was head coach also for the Sierra Leone Police female team and part of FC. Johansen Technical team.  Coach Victoria has worked and gained experience from Ghanaian world cup winning coach Sallas Tetteh and former Leone stars coach John Kiester.  On her unveiling to sport journalists Victoria Conteh, said she's happy to be the first woman coach to coach a male premier league club in Africa. “I am committed to work with Tigers players and it management. Football is my life” she said.   She said her...

By Muctar Koroma.    The head coach of Kenema Kamboi Eagles FC, Alhaji Foray has said they are determined as a team to win the 2019/20 Sierra Leone premier league.   Kamboi Eagle’s has kicked start the new premier league seasons in a good spirit winning two out of two.   Speaking ahead of their match with Anti-Drugs Strikers, coach Foray says he is very impressed with the performance of his lads after two matches played so far.  He said good preparation is responsible for their winning start to the season.   The flying coach believed that the five Ps in football is helping him deliver the result the club management and supporters are eager for.  Coach Foray disclosed that they are going to approach all matches in the premier league with a winning mentality.  He said the match against Freetown, base club Anti-Drugs Strikers FC, wouldn’t be underrated because last season they were only able to squeeze four-point from them....

 Muctar Koroma After a poor start to the 2019/20 Sierra Leone Premier League season, head coach of East End Lions John Kiester, says he is confident his side will turn around the poor run of results in the season.  Kiester's side has struggled to win a game in their opening two clashes; losing one and drawing one. The gaffer believes that the league is still young for his side to turn things around with the coming games. Speaking at their training ground, the league champions coach said two matches aren't enough to do any assessment on his lads’ new football season because they have a long way to go. “It's always going to be difficult after winning a league and come back because other teams are prepared and determined to get you off the top," he said. Coach Kiester, revealed that on their first game he didn’t think they were that prepared to face Port Authority FC, which they lose by one goal to zero.   He said they didn’t realize what the mat...

~Muctar Koroma Yes she is bold and assertive. But she should know that everyday she comes to the public  square and talks like a woman who has no access to the bedroom she belittles herself too. She once told us the man and his office had been hijacked. She wanted us , men, to speak out and chase away the abductors. She thought she was being courageous.   Well perhaps she was courageously announcing the impotence of her husband. And her lack of guile to cover family shame. Today she has said it was a mere employee who banished her to the sidelines for four long years. Tomorrow she will tell us more tales  She once told us that one woman was wasting monies given to  her to help the poor. I actually like her.  She is outspoken.  But there is a thin line between courage and rascality. Husbands relatives should be respected.  Kicking them around like rubber balls and serving them up to the public for ridicule is not good home management  ...

By Muctar Koroma The Sierra Leone Premier League Board has on 30th November 2019 officially launched the 2019/20 football league season at the Radisson Blu hotel.  Presenting his board plans for the premier league, the astute and dynamic league  board chairman Lawyer Aliue Vandi Koroma said he's determined to take football to another level and called on the football membership to support the growth of the game.  He said part of their new role out plan is the introduction of man of the match award for all games to be played in the premiere  league across the country.  The legal luminary revealed that they  have not received any money yet  from the government as support to  kick start the league but said they are hopeful to get funds from the central government. “seventy-five million Leones have been   distributed among the fourteen premier league clubs” lawyer Vandi Koroma disclosed   Barr...