Dr. Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai reiterated Sierra Leone’s dedication to promoting traditional sports across the continent, tying it to the broader agenda of continental unity A delegation from Sierra Leone, led by Dr. Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai, Executive Director of the National Sports Authority (NSA), and Chief Michael Mustapha, President of the African Traditional Games and Sports […]
Through recent years, Judo in Schools activities organised in the cities of Freetown, Bo and Kabala have been a tremendous success, empowering hundreds of young people and fostering the growth of the sport across Sierra Leone. The organisers have been hosting regular school judo training camps with over 50 children participating every three months. These
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Sierra Leone-born Foday Dumbuya combines classic British tailoring with West African influences to make the office—and the pitch—more stylish places. Originally published by Bloomberg and Mint Lounge. A constellation of celebrities and pop stars sat in the front row in February as fashion brand Labrum showed off its latest collection inside London’s Tate Britain museum. But it
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Photo Credit: Photo credit: Parker Diakite Kadiatu “KK” Kamara is Sierra Leone’s only female surfer. She is ranked as a top surfer in West Africa after coming in second place at her most recent competition in Liberia. She didn’t know she would make it this far. Statistically speaking, becoming a professional surfer wasn’t supposed to be
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A rising star from Mile 38, a small rural community in the Koya Chiefdom, northwestern Sierra Leone, has made a remarkable debut for the National Under-17 team as the first-choice goalkeeper, showcasing her talent and expressing her optimism for the future. The West African nation is hosting the Under-17 women’s team from neighbouring Liberia in
An asylum seeker who came to Australia to compete in the Commonwealth Games is helping the next generation of local athletes reach for their Olympics dreams. Abu Bakarr Kamara arrived on the Gold Coast in 2018 to represent Sierra Leonne in beach volleyball, guiding his team to the semi-finals before going down to the host
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Sierra Leone is top among eight other countries, including The Gambia, Ethiopia and Guinea-Bissau that have shown the most improvement in the 2022 Social Progress Index, although the rate of social progress has slowed significantly in recent years, according to the World Economic Forum. The International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation, which engages the foremost
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The DOHANEWS has reported that Germany’s Antonio Rudiger, also Real Madrid’s defender, has agreed to donate a portion of his World Cup winnings to help Sierra Leonean children receive life-saving surgeries. With the World Cup approaching, Rudiger says his contributions to the BigShoe charity is a “matter of honor” and that he would “like to
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The African Cup of Nations tournament has been brought to the people of Sierra Leone by Orange Mobile Company live, via the installation of wide screens nationwide. Sierra Leone’s return to the African Cup of Nations pitch after a two-and-a-half decade absence has sent the nation into a frenzy. However, despite the soccer fever, not
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The medical team of the Leone Stars has discovered that one of the players, Alhassan Koroma has been declared unfit for the tournament. Alhassan is said to suffer from an hamstring injury. As an alternative, the Technical staff of National Football Association, Leone Stars, has requested for Augustine Kargbo to join the squad to participate
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