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LFA National Soccer League Ends in
Grand Style -Several Garner Awards
January 20, 2003
The 2002 Liberia
Football Association national soccer tournament officially
climaxed Saturday with several teams, players, officials,
sports administrators, deserving institutions and
individuals snatching awards in various categories.
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out for a month with knee ligament damage
January 17,2003
George Weah, currently captaining Al-Jazirah of the United Arab Emirates,
has been sidelined for a month with knee ligament damage
sustained when he was tackled from behind.

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Kotoko Dares Mighty Blue Angels
January 9, 2003
Unlike a few other Liberian clubs
that failed to participate in last five CAF Competitions, Mighty Blue Angels joins the
enviable crusade of flying Liberia’s flag in this year African Cup Winners Cup Competition.
Also:
Asante Kotoko factfile
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Following Caf's US$1,500 Fine &
3-Yrs Ban:
LPRC Oilers Suffer Double Blows
January 8, 2003
A fortnight
ago, the Confederation of African
Football re-enforced a 3-years suspension and fined LPRC
Oilers football team US$1,500 for its failure to participate in the 2000 CAF Champions'
League Monrovia

In Greek League: Oliver "Machine
Man" Makor Shines - Nets in 2 Goals for Club
January 8, 2003
Liberian international midfielder Oliver "Machine Man"
Makor is still shining in the Greek first division league,
where he plies his professional football trade.
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Following Long-Term Knee Injury:
Musa Shannon Happy Over Recovery
January 8, 2003
Hopes For A Better Future
One of Liberia's international strikers, Musa Shannon, who
plied his professional trade in the US Major League Soccer
last season, has expressed happiness over his full
recovery of a knee injury.
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Despite Weah's Achievement: Why
Players Fall
Out in Europe - And Head for Lesser Known
Leagues
In 1988 when Arsene Wenger, then a coach of AS
Monaco, signed on Liberian international striker George
Oppong Weah from Tonnerre Klara Club of Cameroon, based
upon a recommendation from French coach Claude LeRoy,
little did the world know that a soccer gem had entered
professional soccer, and would one day rule it.
Also
Prince leaves paradise island for
Club African
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Nigeria bid
for 2010
Fifa announces the six African
countries that have declared an interest to host the 2010
World Cup, with Nigeria making a late entry.
January 6, 2003
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LNOC Distributes Sports Equipment
January
5, 2003
Monrovia
In its effort to make sporting federations,
associations, universities, affiliates as well as military
and paramilitary institutions develop, the Liberia
National Olympic Committee (LNOC) over the weekend
distributed some athletics and sports equipment.
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LFA Prexy Returns for Studies Abroad
- Extends Invitation to Johnson & Wales Dean
January 3, 2003
Following a marathon meeting with first and
second division President, the President of the Liberia
Football Association (LFA) Edwin Snowe has returned to his
base in Denver, Colorado the United States of America,
where he is studying sports management and entertainment.
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PROLA Calls for Natl. Sports
Conference
- Concerns Over Clubs
International Participation
January 3, 2003
The Promoters of Liberia
Athletes (PROLA) is calling on authorities of the Ministry
of Youth and Sports to convene a National Sports
Conference if the standard of sports in the country is to
be upgraded.
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CAF Re-Enforces LPRC OILERS 3-Yr
Suspension
January 1, 2003
Monrovia
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has
re-enforced the 3-year suspension imposed on LPRC Oilers
in 2000 when the club withdrew from the 4th edition of the CAF Champions' League.
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