Sierra Leone International Sullay Kaikai was on target as Cambridge United defeated Bristol Rovers 2-0 at the Abbey Stadium.

Its substitutes Fejiri Okenabirhie and Sullay Kaikai’s goals gave Cambridge their third win in four League One on Saturday.

Okenabirhie’s curling finish in the 78th minute opened the scoring before Kaikai wrapped up the points in stoppage time to consign Rovers to a first defeat of the season.

Despite the visitors having the best chance in the first half, the home side capitalised as they wrapped up their third win of the campaign.

As Rovers pushed for an equaliser in injury time, a Cambridge break in the 96th minute, led by Okenabirhie and George Thomas, left Kaikai with a simple finish.

Kaikai, 27, made 11 appearances for Crystal Palace after coming through their academy. He joined the League One side after he left MK Dons earlier this summer.

This is his second spell with Cambridge United, having made 30 loan appearances for the U’s in the 2014-15 season, scoring six times.

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Eastleigh and Barnet played to a 3-3 draw in their National League round three away contest as Sierra Leone International Idriss Kanu scored a brace on Tuesday.

Paul McCallum was on target twice as Eastleigh staged a remarkable comeback to draw 3-3 with Barnet in the National League.

Having led with goals from Sierra Leone International Idris Kanu and Danny Collinge in the 15th, 18 and 30th minutes, respectively, the Bees looked on course to maintain their 100% start to the season as they surged into a 3-0 lead after just 30 minutes.

Idris Kanu tapped in at the far post to get the ball rolling after 14 minutes, but four minutes later, it was two as Danny Collinge headed in his third goal of the season.

Kanu’s second looked to have wrapped the points up on the half-hour mark before McCallum got Eastleigh back in it on the stroke of half-time with a cool finish after a counter-attack.

Scott Quigley made the Bees sweat midway through the second half, and McCallum earned a point six minutes into stoppage time when he headed home.

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Sierra Leone International Issa Kallon scored a brace for Shanghái Port as they thrashed Qingdao Hainiu 5-0 on Tuesday in the Chinese Super League.

The winger recorded his fifth of the season in the 71st and 91st minute, as Shanghai Port delivered a stunning during the 2023 Chinese Super League (CSL) on Tuesday.

Qingdao’s Ma Xingyu scored an own goal in the 23rd minute, putting his team 1-0 down to Shanghai.

Shanghai’s momentum continued in the second half – in the 66th minute, Wu Lei found double their lead. Five minutes later, Issa Kallon slotted the ball into the net.

Towards the end of the match, Wu and Kallon both scored again, helping Shanghai make a clean sweep

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