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Keshi Flies With Togo
June
30, 2004-It's ironic that while the Eagles were
being grounded in Luanda, a member of the triumvirate
that steered the team's sinking Korea/Japan ship safely
to shore, Stephen Keshi was enjoying a rare performance
by his new team, Togo, who slashed Senegal's Terranga
Lions 3-1 in a group One match in Lome.
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NPA Pythons Wins Basketball
Championship
June
30, 2004 The Deadly Pythons of the
National Port Authority (NPA) is the new basketball
national champions of Liberia.
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Kromah Unveils Squad For Togo
June
30, 2004 The national coach of Liberia has
unveiled his foreign legion for the match with Togo.
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Zizi Roberts To Face The Knife
June 30, 2004-
The Lone Star striker and defender Zizi Roberts is on the verge
of undergoing a medical operation in the United States of
America.
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Lone Star Coach Rejects Alvin Kie
June 30, 2004Liberian
international striker Alvin Kie has been left out of the
national soccer team's squad that will face the Togolese
national team at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex in
Paynesville on Sunday, July 4, 2004.
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Coach Kardala Must
Resign
Says Murphy Kanneh;
As
Izetta Receives More Punches
June 29,
2004
A former official of the Invincible Eleven (IE),
Murphy Karnneh, is calling for the resignation of the Technical
Director of the National Soccer Team, Coach Kardala Kromah,
before the team's next match against Togo on July 4 in the joint
African-World Cups qualification series.
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Moulton Denies His Removal
June 27, 2004-The former goalkeeper of Invincible Eleven
(IE) says he is still in charge of the club.
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Journalist Cautions LFA, Sports
Ministry
June 27, 2004-The Liberia Football Association
(LFA) and the Ministry of Youth and Sports have been called upon
to begin a vigorous public awareness campaign to help reduce or
avoid the occurrence during the match between the Lone Star of
Liberia and the Eagle of Mali when thousands of Liberians threw
various objects at each other following the winning goal.
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Minor Clubs In League Actions
June 26, 2004-The first phase of the Liberia
Football Association (LFA) premier league has just been
concluded, with Mighty Barrolle finishing at the top.
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Major Changes to take place in IE
June 24, 2004 -Invincible
Eleven Majestic Sports Association is a club saddled
with myriad of problems, ranging from financial to
material. Leaders of the Club have time and again tried
solving the problems that what it seems that the
problems keeping
continuing.
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Sports Writer Association of
Liberia (SWAL) and the Sports Minister at odds
June 24, 2004 -Sports
Minister Barnes has come under sharp criticisms from the
President of the Sports Writer Association of Liberia (SWAL),
Mr. Isaac Yeah and other members of the association for
what they termed as her own "personal interest".
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Weah selected for Arthur Ashe
Courage Award
June 23, 2004 - Liberian-born UNICEF Ambassador
George Weah, Africa's all-time greatest soccer star who
has, at great risk, worked tirelessly to help his
war-torn country, will receive the prestigious Arthur
Ashe Courage Award .
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Sports Ministry Loses L$40,215
June 22, 2004 - Following the match
between the Lone Star of Liberia and the Eagles of Mali
in the 2006 African Cup of Nations and World Cup
qualifiers, the Ministry of Youth and Sports has
reported a shortage of L$40, 215,00
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IE Sacks Head Coach
June 22, 2004 - There are reports that Invincible
Eleven has fired coach Raymond Moulton and replaced with Navarro
Seekie after a poor showing last weekend.
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Bangalu Advocates Reforms At LFA
June 22, 2004 - The President of second division
side Devereux has launched another attack on the Liberia
Football Association (LFA). Mr. Jerron Cole Bangalu says this is
intended to bring reforms at the LFA.
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Willie Assures Liberia's Olympic
Participation
Ahead of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, the
Chef de Mission for Liberia is confident that the country will
take part in the festival.
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Liberia plans another spoiler
June 18, 2004 - Liberia goes into action Sunday
in far away Port Noire against Congo-Brazzaville Red Devils
clinching to soaring anticipations after that lone goal victory
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Liberian Athletes Threaten to
Boycott Olympic Games
June 17, 2004 A group of Liberian athletes
have threatened to boycott the forthcoming Athens
Olympic if the expelled Liberia National Olympic
Committee (LNOC) former boss, Clemenceau Urey is not
reinstated.
Mr. Clemenceau B. Urey
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National Football League Heats Up
June 17, 2004
-More soccer actions are scheduled to take place at the
Antoinette Tubman Stadium (ATS) as the National League
reaches its crucial stage.
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Top Clubs Chase JNJ's Son
June 17, 2004
- The son of a veteran of Liberian soccer, Josiah Nimely
Johnson, popular known as JNJ, is being chased by top
clubs in the Liberian Premier League.
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Olympic Preparation Worries
Athletes
June 17, 2004
-Three Liberian track and field athletes have stated
their displeasure over the level of preparations for the
2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greens.
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Doe finally gets Lone Star call
June 16, 2004 Liberia-born
striker Francis Doe has finally been given an
opportunity to highlight his skills at the bigger stage
– the 2006 World Cup and ANC Qualifiers.
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Doe Scores Three
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Tuesday, June 15, 2004) -
Francis Doe scored three goals in leading the Thunder to
the 6-1 win over Inferno, while Zafer Kilickan, Semir
Mesanovic and Aaron Paye also scored for the Thunder in
the victory.
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4 Professional Players Left Out
June 15, 2004-As the national soccer team the Lone
Star leaves for Congo Brazzaville tomorrow to honor her
international assignment in the joint qualifier - the
nation cup and the world cup - there are signs that four
Liberia professional Players may not show up for the
match in Brazzaville.
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TARLEY AGAIN LEADS THUNDER TO
VICTORY
St.
Paul, MN (June 14, 2004) – Melvin Tarley continues
to create goals for the Minnesota Thunder. Tarley scored
the game-tying goal in the 77th minute and assisted on
Marco Ferruzzi’s winner in the 81st to send the Thunder
to a 2-1 victory over the visiting Seattle Sounders.
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Weah to receive award in US
June 14, 2004-Liberian football legend George
Weah is the recipient of the Arthur Ashe Courage Award
for his human rights work in Africa.
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Big Honor Await James Debbah
June 11, 2004 It is often said, "Give a man his
flowers while he is still alive." The contributions of
James Salinsa Debah, the man known in Liberian soccer
arena as the 'celebrated star', to his motherland are
being recognized some people and organizations in the
country.
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Premier League Clubs Return To ATS
June 11, 2004-The
2004 National Football League is scheduled to continue
at the Antoinette Tubman Stadium (ATS) on Lynch Street.
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New IE President In The Making
June 11, 2004-Within
days, the vacuum created by the departure of Mrs.
Kadiattu Diarrah-Findley from the helm of the Invincible
Eleven (IE) would be filled.
It has been reliably learnt that Isaac Nyenabo, Comptroller
of the Ministry of Finance, is poised to be the next
President of IE.
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Following Lone Star - Mali match:
MYS Nets Over L$2 Million as Gate-Intakes
June 10, 2004-The national soccer squad, the Lone Star, did not only put
smiles on the faces of the Liberian people, but they also
netted millions of Liberian dollars as gate-intakes
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PROLA
Condemns LFA Boss
June 10, 2004-The Promoters
of Liberia Athletes (PROLA) says it condemns in the strongest
possible term statement by the LFA Acting President, Cllr. Izetta
Wesley, which negated the contributions and efforts of Liberian
Foreign-based players towards Lone Star's recent victory over their
Malian counterparts on Sunday, June 6, in the joint World Cup and
African Cup of Nations Qualifying series played at the SKD Sports
Complex.
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Lone Star Given
Executive Luncheon
Lone Star Lunches At Executive Mansion
June 10, 2004-The Acting Chairman of National Transitional
Government of Liberia (NTGL), Wesley Momo Johnson, hosted a luncheon
Wednesday at the Executive Mansion for the Lone Star.
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Liberian is named A-League "Player
of the Week"
June 9, 2004-Minnesota
Thunder forward Melvin Tarley was named A-League "Player
of the Week" after scoring three goals in two victories
last week.
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How They Performed Against Mali
June 9, 2004 The Lone Star of Liberia defeated
the highly rated Eagles of Mali on Sunday in a 2006
African Cup of Nations and World Cup qualifier.
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June 9, 2004
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June 9, 2004
While smiles are still beaming on the faces of Liberians
and they are still discussing the Sunday thrashing of
the Eagles of Mali, comments coming from official sports
circles are less complementary of the professional
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LFA Chief Scribe, Match Commission
Blunder In IE/Barrolle Violence Match
June 8, 2004
The recent match between the nations two traditional
soccer arch-rival Mighty Barrolle and Invincible Eleven
seems to have left an indelible imprint on the minds of
the sporting public, as some have begun speaking out
against the violence blaming it on the FA Secretary
General Yanquoi Bosay and the Match Commissioner of the
day, Daniel Forkpah.
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How Lone Star Clipped
Aigles'
Wings
June 7, 2004
Monrovia -
From the Antoinette Tubman Stadium (ATS) to the Baptist
Seminary and to the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex was
all it took for the Liberian national soccer team, Lone
Star to clip the wings of Mali's Aigles.
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Another Liberian Steps To The Fore
In Minnesota
June
7,2004-Just as Johnny Menyongar carried the
offensive load during the opening games of the season,
his countryman and teammate, Melvin Tarley, has taken
the scoring baton and run with it.
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Lone Star Shoots Down Mali's
Eagles
June
7,2004The Lone Star of Liberia has begun the journey
to the 2006 African Cup of Nations and World Cup finals
on a fine note by pulling a slim but vital victory over
the Eagles of Mali.
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World Cup qualifying
round-up
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sink Mali in one of Sunday's five 2006 World Cup
qualifiers, plus the rest of the weekend action
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Group One action
Senegal beat Congo 2-0 in Dakar on Saturday to top
Group One of 2006 World Cup qualifying.
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LIBERIANS IN NIGERIA MOURN SOCCER
LEGEND
 June 4,2004
Boye “Dino Zoff” Cooper, former Liberian
celebrated national goal keeper has died on the Oru
Refugees Camp amidst the wailing and tears of grief -
stricken refugees at the Oru Refugees Camp. The
legendary Boye Cooper died from a brief illness during
the early hours of Thursday, June 3, 2004 at precisely
1:36 A.M.
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Probable Line-up:
Mali vs. Liberia
June
4,2004
Apart from Dioh Williams, Ben Teekloh, Sunday Sie
and Alex Langford, the rest were part of Liberia's team
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Pros Dangle Between Selfishness &
Nationalism -Govt.
say it hands are dry
June
4,2004-It
is only two days before the Liberia Lone Star soccer
squad engages its Malian counterpart – the Eagle of Mali
on Sunday, June 6 at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports
Complex.
The
public is wondering whether all nine of the professional
players that the Liberia Football Association extended
invitations would come down to beef up the team and pull
a victory on Sunday.
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Liberia in tricky kickoff Sunday
June
3,2004-Liberia’s Lone Star kick-start the expedition
to Germany 2006 this weekend playing host to Mali - a
team that parades a heap of solid European-based stars.
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Four Pros Land In Monrovia
June 3,2004-At least four of the remaining seven
players invited for the Lone Star of Liberia have landed
in Monrovia.
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Karn
Fears For Lone Star
June 3,2004-Ahead of the match with Mali on Sunday,
the soccer promoter stressed the need to make available
Liberian players that are actively involved in soccer
around Africa, particularly in Ghana and Cameroon.
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As Malian Secretary-General
Arrives Today:
Team Due Saturday On
Chartered Flight
June 2,2004-
The Malians are not taking their encounter with
Liberia lightly. The General Secretary of the Malian
Football Federation (MFF), Mr. Traore, is expected to
arrive in the country today at ahead of his country's
crucial match with the Lone Star in the joint-qualifying
rounds of the Africa Nations Cup and World Cup
competitions.
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Apology Demanded From LFA For
Sunday's Violence
June 2,2004-The Promoters of Liberian Athletes (PROLFA)
is demanding an apology from the Liberia Football
Association (LFA) for the violence that took place at
the Antoinette Tubman Stadium (ATS) on Sunday.
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Five Pros Expected Wednesday
June
2,2004-
At
least five out of the nine players invited for the
Liberian national team Lone Star from abroad are
expected in the country on Wednesday
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Football League Matches Continue
At ATS
June 1,2004
Despite the disastrous match between Mighty Barrolle and
Invincible Eleven (IE) on Sunday, the National Football
League is expected to go
ahead.
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Barrolle-IE Clash Ends In Chaos
June 1,2004
The league encounter involving bitter archrivals Mighty
Barrolle and Invincible Eleven (IE) experienced a
chaotic end at the Antoinette Tubman Stadium (ATS) on
Sunday.
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