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Watanga FC suffered their third defeat of the season in a 1-0 home loss to LPRC Oilers in match day 3 of the 2024-25 Liberian League Season.The reigning Champions have now gone three games without a win in the League, losing all games in the process without scoring a single goal.Before this game, Watanga FC had suffered defeats to Discoveries SA and LISCR FC, respectively.Watanga FC is having a difficult start to the seasons which many footballs followers claims is fatigue the reason.The reigning champions had a great pre-season before their CAF Champions League qualifiers campaign with the Algerian champions,…

Interim coach Thomas Kojo has called up 31 players to begin training on Wednesday evening in preparation for the upcoming CHAN qualifiers against Sierra Leone. The coach was appointed recently as interim head coach and will lead the team in the upcoming 2024 African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifiers and the remaining matches of the 2025 AFCON qualifiers The Lone Star will face Sierra Leone in the first round of the CHAN qualifiers, with the first leg scheduled for 25-27 October and the second leg between 1-3 November. Later in November, the team will play Togo at home and Algeria away…

LFA Referee Committee has with immediate effect suspended three (3) match officials for a period of 6 Match Days following complaints of their performance after just two rounds of matches in the new season. Those affected are Elite Referees Emmanuel Mensah, who was in charge of Discoveries and champions Watanga game at the weekend and Joel Doe, Assistant Referee #1 in the season opener between Watanga and LISCR on Wednesday, 16 October. Intermediary referee Peterson Leway, who served as Central Referee in Women’s Upper League fixture between Shaita and Real Muja on Sunday was the other official affected. Following separate…

Newly promoted first division club, Discoveries SA has won their first two league games of the 2024-25 league season. Discoveries FC, a team that loves keeping the ball defeated both Black Man Warrior and Watanga FC to collect their first 6 points in the Liberian 1st Division 2024/25 season. After doing well last season, they are known for their way of playing, where they focus on holding onto the ball. They won a close game 1-0 against the reigning champions Watanga FC on October 20th and also beat Black Man Warrior FC 3-2 in their first Division 1 match. Both…

Watanga FC’s head coach, Cooper Sannah, has returned to the Liberian national team as an assistant coach, supporting Thomas Kojo. Coach Sannoh previously served as an assistant to Coach Keita in 2023 before both were ousted by the Liberian FA for reasons related to 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 – Result. Liberia is set to compete against Sierra Leone on Sunday in the AFCON Championship qualifiers, a tournament for domestic players from African nations. Kojo has chosen Cooper as his deputy, aiming to retain many of the players that worked under coach Mario – He will leverage their recent national team experience…

Africa-only Ballon d’Or winner George Weah was honored for being invited at the Parc des Princes in France by PSG President and CEO Nasser Al-Khelaïfi with a personalised jersey during their Tuesday UEFA Champions League game against PSV. The Former Paris Saint-Germain striker George Weah (138 matches, 55 goals in all competitions between 1992 and 1995) was the capital club’s special guest for the UEFA Champions League Matchday 3 clash against PSV Eindhoven (1-1), at the Parc des Princes. The Liberian, who won the French Ligue 1 in 1994 as well as the Coupe de France in 1993 and 1995…

In recent decades, few bilateral relationships have been as transformative and beneficial as that between the People’s Republic of China and Liberia. As we reflect on this enduring partnership, it is essential to acknowledge and laud the significant contributions that China has made to Liberia’s infrastructure development. Over the past twenty years, China has consistently demonstrated its commitment to Liberia’s progress through various key projects that have profoundly impacted the nation’s socio-economic landscape.One of the most notable examples of China’s involvement in Liberia is the Jackson F. Doe Memorial Hospital. Located in Tappita, Nimba County, this hospital is a testament…

On October 21, H.E. Yin Chengwu, Chinese Ambassador to Liberia, met with the delegation led by Mr. Lou Wenjian, Vice President of China-Africa Development Fund (CADF).The two sides exchanged views on the implementation of the strategic consensus reached by the two heads of state and the outcomes of the FOCAC Summit.SOURCE: China Embassy Liberia

Minister Ngafuan Chairs 28th Statutory Meeting of The Africa GROUP 1 Constituency Panel Meeting.At IMF/ World Bank MeetingsWashington DC: On the sidelines of the 2024 Annual Meetings of the World Bank/ International Monetary Fund, Liberia’s Finance and Development Planning Minister, Hon. Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan has called for an increase in the employment of Africans at the World Bank.Hon.Ngafuan made the call when he chaired the 28th Statutory Meeting of the Africa Group 1 Constituency Panel Meeting of the World Bank Group, held on Tuesday, October 22, in Washington DC.The Panel meeting was called in preparation for the meeting of the…

Washington, DC – Liberia’s Finance and Development Planning Minister, Hon. Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan has invited the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) and other Development partners to Liberia for more transformative projects that will align with the country’s National Development Plan, the ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development (AAID).He made the request on the sidelines of the 2024 Annual Meetings of the World Bank/ International Monetary Fund during a meeting held with the President of ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID), Dr. George Agyekum Donkor.According to him, as Minister of Finance and Development Planning, he will play a frontier…