Sierra Leone native Mohamed Sankoh scored a brilliant debut goal in Heracle’s 3-1 win over Excelsior in their Eredivisie tie on Saturday.

Last season, the 19-year-old played 22 matches while on loan at Vitesse and looks set to continue another loan outing in Holland.

The Sierra Leonean-Dutch striker recorded his first of the season in the 85th minute, assisted by Keersmaecker.

He scored two goals and bagged two assists in the Eredivisie last year. To date, he’s made two appearances in the German top flight.

 “It is very important for Mo to play regularly,” Stuttgart sporting director Fabian Wohlgemuth noted in a club statement confirming Sankoh’s loan deal. “With Heracles Almelo he has this option in a league he already knows from last season. We wish Mo and Heracles Almelo a successful season.”

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Bo Rangers head coach Alhaji Foray has named a 23-man squad for their CAF Champions League first-leg preliminary crunch decider against Liberian side LISCR Football Club on Sunday in Liberia.

Samuel Kanyon Doe Stadium to host the preliminary second leg between the two neighbouring sides for a place in the next round of the competition as the Southern Province side heads to the Liberian capital with renewed energy.

Kickoff on Sunday, August 27, 2023, at the SKD is at 16:00 hrs GMT.

• First-leg recap – Spoils shared between Bo Rangers and LISCR in the CAF Champions League

Sierra Leone champions Bo Rangers opened their CAF Champions campaign with a 1-1 draw against Liberian side LISCR in their first leg CAF Champions League preliminary in Bo.

Rangers scored an early goal through Mohamed Kabba in the 3rd minute, but they were unable to extend their lead. As a result, the visitors drew parity in the 34th minute through Christopher Jackson at the Southern Arena on Saturday 19, 2023. 

The last time Rangers played continental football, they were eliminated by Algerian side CR Belouizdad 3-0 on aggregate following a goalless first leg last September.

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Sierra Leone champions Bo Rangers opened their CAF Champions campaign with a 1-1 draw against Liberian side LISCR in their first leg CAF Champions League preliminary in Bo.

Rangers scored an early goal through Mohamed Kabba in the 3rd minute, but they were unable to extend their lead. As a result, the visitors drew parity in the 34th minute through Christopher Jackson at the Southern Arena on Saturday.

The reverse fixture will be played at the SKD in Liberia on Sunday, August 27, as both teams will be hoping to make the next stage of the competition.

The last time Rangers played continental football, they were eliminated by Algerian side CR Belouizdad 3-0 on aggregate following a goalless first leg last September.

Having won the Sierra Leone Premier League unbeaten after a run of 34 games, they will look to continue in that form later this afternoon against their Liberian counterpart.

Several sides have gained advantages to take into their second-leg clashes, while some face uphill tasks to keep their Champions League hopes alive.

Full CAF Champions League first-leg results

18.8.2023

KMKM SC 1-2 Saint George S.C.

CS Constantine 0-2 Étoile SS

19.8.2023

Bo Rangers FC 1-1 LISCR FC

APR FC 1-1 Gaadiidka FC

CS de Bendje 1-1 Bumamuru FC

African Stars 2-1 Power Dynamos FC

AS Real de Bamako 0-0 Coton Sport FC de Garoua

Djabal FC 0-1 Orlando Pirates

20.8.2023

Hafia FC 0-0 Génération Foot

AS Garde Nationale du Niger vs AS Douanes

Medeama SC 1-0 Remo Stars FC

UD do Songo 1-0 Green Mamba

Dragón FC 0-2 FCB Nyasa Big Bullets FC

Ahli Benghazi 4-3 Enyimba FC

Coton Sport Benin 0-0 Asec Mimosas

ASKO De Kara 0-1 AS FAR

FC Nouadhibou 2-0 Al Ahli Tripoli

CD Primeiro de Agosto 0-0 AS Vita Club

A.S. Otohô 1-1 Al Merrikh SC

ASAS/Djibouti Télécom 0-2 Young Africans

Jwaneng Galaxy FC 2-0 Vipers SC

The return leg fixtures will be from 24 August – when the first round of preliminary stages will be concluded.

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Sierra Leone native Isaac Babadi scored his first UEFA Champions League goal in PSV’s 4-1 win over Sturm Graz in their Third qualifying round, 1st leg on Tuesday.

The win means PSV Eindhoven is close to reaching the Champions League play-off round after a huge first-leg margin. They could face either or Servette. 

In front of the home fans at the PSV Stadion-Eindhoven, they rushed into a three-goal lead with goals from 18-year-old talent Isaac Babadi, Luuk De Jong brace in the 4th, 22nd and 32nd minutes, respectively.

The visitors pulled one back five minutes before the breakthrough of Jon Stankovic, but PSV retired their three-goal cushion in the 73rd minute through I. Sangaré. 

PSV will travel to SK Sturm Graz for next week’s r third qualifying round, 2nd leg at the Graz Liebenau-Graz Stadium, next week Tuesday. 

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PSV EINDHOVEN – UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE – SK STURM GRAZ – LUUK DE JONG – NOA LANG

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Sierra Leone’s Mogbwemo Queen suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat in their CAF Women’s Champions League opener to Senegal’s AS Dakar Sacré Coeur on Monday, August 7, in the Liberia capital.

Coumba Sylla Mbodji’s late goal sealed a last-gasp victory for AS Dakar Sacré Coure against debutants Mogbwemo Queens.

The Union of West African Federations UFOA zone A tournament kickoff on Monday, August 7, 2023, in Monrovia.

In the opening match, in front of her audience, the Liberian champions Determine Girls fell heavily 3-0 to AS Made of Mali.

In the second tie of the day, AS Sacré-Coeur de Dakar got the better of Sierra Leoneans Mogbewmo Queens by a single goal from Coumba Sylla Mbodji.

Coumba Sylla Mbodji from Sacré Cœur de Dakar and Oumou Koné from AS Mande was elected Woman of the Match “Women Of the Match”.

Pending their second outings, AS Maden and AS Sacré-Coeur de Dakar have 3 points each.

As for Mogbewmo Queens and Determine Girls, they respectively occupy 3rd and 4th place with 0 points on the clock.

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Sierra Leone’s Mogbwemo Queens fully charged to start their CAF Women’s Champions League campaign against Senegal’s AS Dakar Sacré Coeur on Monday, August 7, in the Liberia capital.

The Sierra Leone champions have announced their 22 women’s squad as they set to face Senegal’s AS Dakar Sacré Coeur.

After they won the maiden women’s title in Sierra Leone, they’re raring to show themselves in the continental stage competition against AS Dakar Sacré Coeur, AS Mande and Liberia’s Determine Girls in the qualifying race.

Having won seventeen top-tier matches, four draws, and one defeat as they scored fifty goals, without a doubt, the technical team is confident they can compete against the best in the region.

They also produce the best defensive record in the league conceding only fourteen, finishing six points above second position Kahunla Queens – eight points above third-placed Sierra Leone Police FC.

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