Author: Christopher C. Walker

MONROVIA – League leaders Monrovia Club Breweries dropped two valuable points in the ongoing Orange first division title race.

Monrovia – In the wake of the many controversies surrounding in the National County Sports Meet, Liberia Football Association (LFA) president Mustapha Raji is calling on the Ministry of Youth and Sports to turn over the operations of the National County Sports Meet to sporting federations and associations.

Monrovia – Popular Liberian musician, Maurice Tosh Gayflor, who goes by the stage name ‘CIC’ has bought a share in Liberia Football Association’s Second Division Club, Muscat FC.

Liberia narrowly lost 5-4 to Guinea in a Fifa women’s under-20 World Cup qualifier at the Stade du 28 September in Conakry on Saturday. Blanco FC striker Agatha Nimene, who scored a hat-trick during the first leg, opened the score in the first minute against the run of play following a Sylvia Pyne clearance. Fanta Danda Kamara, whose gender (like South Africa’s Caster Semanya) was questioned over the two legs, should have leveled for Guinea few minutes later but Determine Girls’ goalkeeper Jackie Touah had a finger tipped clearance for a corner kick. Nathaly Cisse leveled for Guinea in the…

Monrovia – Grand Kru County football team has been officially presented their trophy as champions of the 2019/2020 National County Sports Meet football version.

A 28-man Liberia female under-20 delegation arrived in Conakry, Guinea on Wednesday. On board an Air Côte d’Ivoire airbus, the delegation departed the Roberts international airport at 14:10 GMT (2:10 PM Liberian time) and arrived at the Gbessia international airport at 15:15 GMT (3:15 PM Liberian time). The delegation, which is headed by Liberia Football Association (LFA) executive committee member Quiwu Pepci Yeke, arrived at the Golf Hotel at 18:15 GMT, having been made to wait for almost two hours awaiting vehicles from the Guinea Football Association (Feguifoot). The delays forced the team to miss their afternoon planned recovery session…

Liberia’s Lone Star’s Under 17 Female team celebrating their 5-0 crushing of Niger in Niamey MONROVIA – Liberia walloped Niger 5-0 in a 2020 Fifa women’s under-17 World Cup qualifier at the Stade Général Seyni Kountché in Niamey on Sunday, January 26.

Referee-trainees and officials of the Liberia Football Association Monrovia – Forty-four persons have been certified as referees following the end of a beginners’ course conducted by the Liberia Football Association (LFA).

THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS: “It is with great sadness that I’ve learned of the passing of Basketball legend Kobe Bryant & his young daughter Gianna. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family, his wife and surviving children, the National Basketball Association – most especially the Los Angeles Lakers organization‬ for the loss of their loved one, friend and colleague.” – President George Weah Monrovia – Liberian President George Manneh Weah says the death of former Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant marks a sad day for the sporting world.

Monrovia – There’s a looming controversy over why the Ministry of Youth of Sports decided to suddenly change the fixture of the semifinals in the County Meet without the concern of the involved counties’ authorities. Many believe that the sudden change is an attempt to create an easy ride for Grand Kru County – a push they say President George Manneh Weah is allegedly quietly making. But the Ministry of Youth and Sports in a press conference on Wednesday, January 22, debunked the allegation, stating they possess the authority to change the fixture at will. “Matters not provided for under the rules…