https://www.liberianobserver.com/ Liberia's First Independent Daily en Sun, 28 Apr 2024 16:27:17 +0000 Thu, 16 Mar 2023 11:24:01 +0000 https://www.liberianobserver.com/gianni-infantino-re-elected-unopposed-fifa-president .... Infantino is confirmed in office by acclamation at the congress of world football’s ruling body in Kigali, Rwanda. Gianni Infantino has been re-elected as president of FIFA for four more years, after running unopposed at the congress of world football’s ruling body. The 52-year-old… fa620c78-c31a-4b2d-81b4-fc53a9e6174a Thu, 16 Mar 2023 11:24:01 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/liberia-u-17-womens-team-conakry-honor-wcq-second-leg A 29-person Liberia Football Association (LFA) delegation left Monrovia on March 17 for Conakry, Guinea to honor a 2022 FIFA women’s under-17 second round World Cup qualifier, LFA disclosed on Thursday. The second leg takes place at the Lasana Conté Stadium in Conakry at 16:00 GMT (4:00… kokoianthony@gmail.com (Anthony Kokoi) f5c4c3ff-a219-4365-94dc-495acdc75f18 Fri, 18 Mar 2022 12:30:27 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/caf-champions-league-oilers-suffer-2-0-defeat-morocco Liberia league champions LPRC Oilers on Sunday suffered a 2-0 defeat against Moroccan top side Raja Athletic Club in the first-leg of the CAF Champions League second preliminary round at the Marrakech stadium in Morocco. Raja scored two first half goals through Houssine Rahimi and… kokoianthony@gmail.com (Anthony Kokoi) 234febd6-3ffc-4941-9ebe-d96e42252750 Mon, 18 Oct 2021 00:40:35 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/jungle-water-inc-announces-8-teams-pre-season-football-tourney Another pre-season tournament is set to kickoff this weekend with eight teams from both 1st and 2nd divisions competing for the title. Dubbed the "Jungle Water Cup," it is the maiden edition of the tournament organized by Jungle Water Group of Investments, a Liberian owned business that… kokoianthony@gmail.com (Anthony Kokoi) 7a5ce1e6-e194-4aca-bc6b-f904a53ffec0 Mon, 18 Oct 2021 00:30:00 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/caf-decide-skds-fate-week The Confederation of African Football (CAF) will on Friday, October 15 commence a three-day re-inspection exercise of the SKD Sports Stadium. A release from the Liberia Football Association, published on Wednesday, October 13, says the continental football governing body has accepted its request to carry out an independent stadium re-inspection visit to reevaluate and verify the current status of the stadium ahead of Match Day 5 & 6 of FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 African Qualifiers scheduled for November. The re-inspection visit was initially scheduled for 12-13 September, “but the LFA requested it to be canceled following the Ministry of Sports’ honest communication that the SKD playing pitch, which was the subject of rejection during CAF’s previous Inspection visits, wasn’t ready.” During this inspection, a final decision will be reached by CAF regarding the approval of the stadium for Liberia’s qualifier home matches with Nigeria and the Central African Republic. CAF Stadium Inspector, Ivan Bayige Kintu of Uganda, is assigned the task of the three-day inspection and will be in Monrovia on Friday, 15 October after a stop in Nigeria for a similar purpose. The Ministry of Youth and Sports, along with the Liberia FA, has been carrying out a series of works on the playing pitch for the past weeks, but only CAF, through its inspection team, will determine whether the playing pitch is now playable for Liberia’s home games in November. kokoianthony@gmail.com (Anthony Kokoi) 51eb627e-5799-4156-bdd7-75418dca3867 Thu, 14 Oct 2021 03:19:18 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/caf-awcon-liberia-begin-preparation-face-senegal Liberia’s senior women’s national football team commenced training on Wednesday, September 29, ahead of the 2022 CAF Women’s Cup of Nations qualifiers. The female Lone Star are due to host the Lionesses of Senegal on October 20, in the first-leg before travelling to Dakar for the second… kokoianthony@gmail.com (Anthony Kokoi) 375aea2c-86e5-462e-a8af-883d2fb4ea4e Fri, 01 Oct 2021 03:38:39 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/oilers-depart-caf-champions-league-return-leg-togo Liberia's first division champions, LPRC Oilers, traveled to Togo on Thursday, September 16, for this weekend’s CAF Champions League, where they will face Togolese champions Asko De Kara in the return-leg. The delegation is said to comprise 30 persons including players and officials.… kokoianthony@gmail.com (Anthony Kokoi) 20df07b8-9576-4771-8057-872bb48b9a20 Fri, 17 Sep 2021 12:55:21 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/sherman-ends-2021-malaysian-super-league-13-goals Kpah Sherman, for the second consecutive season, finished as Kedah Darul Aman FC’s top scorer in the league despite missing out on the league’s golden boot. The 2021 Malaysia Super League ended on Sunday, September 12, with the defending champions Johor Darul Ta'zim retaining their title… kokoianthony@gmail.com (Anthony Kokoi) 7a65a2fc-080d-4f24-ad64-83e9f20eea06 Wed, 15 Sep 2021 01:51:47 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/wcq-nigeria-maintain-top-spot-group-c-defeat-cape-verde-2-1 Nigeria maintained their lead atop Group C of the 2022 FIFA World Cup African qualifiers following a 2-1 win against Cape Verde on Tuesday, September 7, at the Estádio Municipal Adérito Sena in Cape Verde. The Super Eagles came from behind after the Blue Sharks broke the deadlock in the… kokoianthony@gmail.com (Anthony Kokoi) 570c9027-d7cc-443b-a4bc-42275c7d5d50 Wed, 08 Sep 2021 00:30:00 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/rashida-kamara-joins-armenian-club-noravank-sc Liberia women’s division league reigning best defender, Rashida Kamara, is set to continue her football journey to Europe after joining Armenian women’s championship club Noravank SC. The 22-year-old Sierra Leonean defender arrived in Armenia on Thursday, September 2, to complete the… kokoianthony@gmail.com (Anthony Kokoi) 42829f23-d8ee-44e3-9ab7-e233dbfd9fcb Wed, 08 Sep 2021 00:30:00 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/cafwcl-qualifiers-determine-girls-end-campaign-2-0-victory Liberia women’s division champions Determine Girls ended their campaign in the WAFU Zone A CAF Women’s Champions League qualifier with a 2-0 win against Cape Verde champions Seven Stars. Pauline Agbostu and Guinean international Bountou Sylla scored a goal apiece in each half as they… kokoianthony@gmail.com (Anthony Kokoi) 46797417-5b47-4423-a5ae-f0ffd657852b Fri, 03 Sep 2021 14:47:38 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/angeline-kieh-arrives-us-football-scholarship-campbellsville-university Liberia’s reigning women's division MVP Angeline Kieh has arrived in the United States on a football scholarship at the Campbellville University (CU). CU is a private Christian university in Campbellsville, Kentucky, United States. The university was founded as Russell Creek Academy, a… kokoianthony@gmail.com (Anthony Kokoi) ecb25aac-5bed-467b-8b18-d6c6fc0d11bc Fri, 03 Sep 2021 14:30:34 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/sherman-continues-scoring-streak-malaysia Malaysia-based Liberian striker Kpah Sherman continues to have a decent spell with his club, Kedah FA, in the Malaysian Super League. Sherman was on the score sheet again for the fourth consecutive match on Saturday, August 28, when he netted Kedah’s lone goal in their 1-0 win against… kokoianthony@gmail.com (Anthony Kokoi) 5920d1bc-10a8-4d34-905d-b8fcfd744b8c Mon, 30 Aug 2021 01:03:17 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/2022-world-cup-qualifiers-we-can-make-positive-impact -- Lone Star Senior Coach Butler Liberia senior men’s team coach Peter Butler remains optimistic that the Lone Star can make an impact in round two of the 2022 FIFA World Cup African Qualifiers. Addressing a news conference on Friday when he named his 22-man squad for his first two… kokoianthony@gmail.com (Anthony Kokoi) ede59a6d-a2a9-4064-81a7-4364a4a8892e Mon, 30 Aug 2021 00:26:53 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/skd-stadium-banned-hosting-world-cup-qualifiers LFA takes LFA takes ‘serious exception’ to CAF’s decision The past months have been hectic for the Ministry of Youth and Sports relative to renovation works on the Samuel Kanyon Doe (SKD) Sports Stadium to meet up with the minimum requirements to host international matches. It followed an… kokoianthony@gmail.com (Anthony Kokoi) aefbfc3d-3926-4c53-a4bb-ee18aa97347e Thu, 26 Aug 2021 02:10:16 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/lfa-awards-ceremony-pushed-october-2 The Liberia Football association has postponed its 2020/21 Awards night from August 28 to October 2, 2021. The decision was reached by the Executive Committee during its meeting on August 2. According to a communication sent to clubs regarding decisions reached at the meeting, the LFA… kokoianthony@gmail.com (Anthony Kokoi) f1c1da19-e2da-4d56-8879-702bd1d4c293 Mon, 16 Aug 2021 00:15:00 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/malaysian-super-league-kpah-sherman-scores-tenth-league-goal Involved in the build up from the middle of the pack, striker Kpah Sherman on Friday, August 13, scored the opening goal for his team Kedah FA in their 4-2 loss against Selangor FC in the Malaysian Super League. Sherman collected the ball from the center circle, provided a pass to his… kokoianthony@gmail.com (Anthony Kokoi) 7967216e-1917-4df3-9c60-9fff009cbb2d Mon, 16 Aug 2021 00:14:10 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/caf-womens-champions-league-qualifiers-end-road-determine-girls-after-2nd-defeat Liberia women’s division champions, Determine Girls, saw their journey in the WAFU A Zonal qualifiers foe the CAF Champions league come to an end on Tuesday afternoon, after they fell to Mali women’s division champions, AS Mande, 4-0 at the Adérito Sena Stadium, Cape Verde. The Liberian… kokoianthony@gmail.com (Anthony Kokoi) a3e637c5-0ba7-4357-ac30-5cc82e1b2816 Wed, 28 Jul 2021 22:12:59 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/amy-lasus-transfer-determine-girls-delayed Juba Super Star and captain of South Sudan’s Women’s National Team Amy Lasu's arrival date to Liberia for the completion of her move to Liberian champions Determine Girls has been pushed to August due to the international transfer window. Both Determine Girls and Juba Super Stars in June… kokoianthony@gmail.com (Anthony Kokoi) 6c881a1c-8c69-48f5-ba7f-3ee6448aff6f Tue, 13 Jul 2021 01:00:51 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/k-newly-promoted-2nd-division-football-club-cece-united House Deputy Speaker and Representative of District#2, Grand Kru County Fornati Koffa on Friday, July 9, provided a cash amount of US$1,000 (L$170,000) to newly promoted second division club Cece United Football Academy as appreciation for the team’s recent progress. Cece United,… kokoianthony@gmail.com (Anthony Kokoi) a7b23d7c-5340-42e4-bed4-7e4981e65db9 Tue, 13 Jul 2021 00:55:07 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/2021-liscr-unification-cup-set-kick-tuesday The second edition of the LISCR Unification Cup, a pre-season tournament hosted by first division club LISCR FC, will kick-off on Tuesday, July 13, the club has confirmed. The tournament will run from July 13-15, 2021. Unlike the inaugural edition that featured 18 clubs from various… kokoianthony@gmail.com (Anthony Kokoi) 71728904-3dbb-4be9-b916-503b7e67068e Fri, 09 Jul 2021 21:07:05 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily https://www.liberianobserver.com/back-back-champions-lprc-oilers-win-7th-league-title LPRC Oilers have been crowned 2020-21 Orange First Division champions for the second time in a row after 9-0 thrashing of Nimba FC in Ganta, Nimba County on Sunday, May 30. Coach Cooper Sannoh and his boys had to wait for the last match-day as they were just a point adrift of the 2016… kokoianthony@gmail.com (Anthony Kokoi) eb9b6139-5af1-4c3c-a3b2-76ae26aeda72 Tue, 01 Jun 2021 18:41:18 +0000 Liberian Observer - Liberia's First Independent Daily