Africa Cup of Nations 2022

BBC Sport Africa Holders Algeria have drawn former winners Ivory Coast in the group stage of the delayed 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon next year. At a star-studded ceremony in Yaounde on Tuesday, Algeria were drawn in Group E where they will also face Sierra...

East End Lions' Atto Mensah & Simon Awuah in the 80s By Mohamed Fajah Barrie The history of Sierra Leone football can’t be written without mentioning the role Ghanaian players played to help develop the country’s most loved sport. The decision of many Ghanaians to...

The front of the new headquarters of Sierra Leonean club Bo Rangers By Mohamed Fajah Barrie BBC Sport Africa, Sierra Leone Most football clubs have suffered hugely since the pandemic began - with some in Europe losing hundreds of millions of dollars while others in...

Sierra Leone's Kei Kamara was released last year by MLS side Minnesota United By Mohamed Fajah Barrie BBC Sport Africa, Sierra Leone Sierra Leone star forward Kei Ansu Kamara says he is excited to join Finnish side HIFK Helsinki as a free agent. The 36-year-old, who...

The draw for next year's rescheduled Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon will be held on 17 August. The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has sent out letters to football associations inviting them for the draw that had been due to held on 25 June. Both the finals...

Algerian coach Djamel Belmadi is lifted in the air by his players after he led Algeria to the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations title By Mark Gleeson Football Writer, South Africa For the first time in more than a half century there will be a significant majority of African...

Sierra Leone take the final spot of the much delayed Africa Cup of Nations qualifier

Striker Kei Kamara scored a first half penalty as Sierra Leone secured a place at the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time since 1996, following a 1-0 victory over Benin in Conakry on Tuesday. The qualifier had twice been postponed due to coronavirus-test issues....

Sierra Leone coach John Keister unveiled on Friday his 26-man squad that will face the Squirrels of Benin for their crucial Group L decider. The match will be played on Monday, June 14th at Lansana Conte Stadium in Nongo, Guinea. The two teams will be battling for the...

Sullay Kaikai is set to make his Sierra Leone debut in a crucial Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Benin By Mohamed Fajah Barrie BBC Sport Africa, Sierra Leone Sullay Kaikai says appearing consistently for Blackpool for the last two seasons has allowed him to...

The final Africa Cup of Nations qualifier between Sierra Leone and Benin will be played on 14 June but has been moved from Freetown to the Guinea capital Conakry. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) issued a final ruling on the match confirming that the game...

African football will long remember 24 May 2021. Early that day, over a dozen CAF employees, many of them senior executives, learnt that they had lost their positions. No warning had been given. No explanation was provided.  By Philippe Auclair This sweeping...

Isha Johansen will not stand for re-election as president of the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) in Saturday's elections. By Mohamed Fajah Barrie BBC Sport Africa, Sierra Leone Her decisions to withdraw from the polls will bring an end to her eight-year stint...

By Mohamed Fajah Barrie BBC Sport Africa, Sierra Leone The Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) is seeking approval to finalise the details to host the postponed Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Benin. The SLFA has opted not to go to the Court of...

Having been informed by the football body that they will take on the Squirrels in June, the West Africans have questioned the decision The Sierra Leone Football Association has declared they will appeal against the decision of the Confederation of African Football to...

The CAF Organising Committee for the Africa Cup of Nations has decided to postpone the AFCON 2021 qualification match between Sierra Leone and Benin to the next FIFA international window in June 2021. The match was scheduled to be played yesterday, 30 March 2021 in...