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LFA US$1Million Has Elapsed
As FIFA Delegation Have Arrived
June
28, 2005
Football
here in Liberia is in the doldrums, as the standard of the
league itself is a pellucid example. Youth football
development has virtually collapsed as Liberia has only
been represented on the youth stage less than three
occasions in the last four years.
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National League Resumes AT ATS
June
23, 2005
The 2005 National Football League has resumed with two
matches scheduled to be held on Wednesday, June 22, at the
Antoinette Tubman Stadium (ATS) on Lynch Street.
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Lady Heads Basketball Federation
June
23, 2005
Madam Gbour Wilson will now head the Liberia Basketball
Federation (LBF). She takes over from Philibert Browne who
will officially leave the job next month during the
closing of the 2005 season.
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Athletes Complete 1st Phase Training For Morocco & Finland
Games
June
22, 2005
LTFF Yet To Receive US$82,095 Budget As Nyanplu Presents
14 Medals For National Meet Athletes of Liberia Track and
Field Federation (LTFF) have successfully completed the
first phase of a month-long training section ahead of the
World Youth Championship in Morocco and the World Senior
Championship in Finland
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In Nation Cup & World Cup Qualifiers, How It Happened
Around Africa?
June 21, 2005
The race for a place in the joint 2006 Nation Cup and
World Cup qualifiers continues on the African continent
over the weekend with many crunch duels which produced
some nerve breaking results.
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Lone Star Remain “Market Dog”
June
20,2005
The Liberian national team fell 2-0 to the Red Devils of
the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) at the Samuel Kanyon
Doe Sports Complex in Paynesville before the naked eyes of
the nation’s two foremost soccer greats, George Oppong
Weah and James Salinsa Debbah as well as former goalkeeper
Pewu Bestman.
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Liberia 0-2 Congo As the whistle goes to signal the
end of the game, the Liberian fans remain in their seats
in shock at the result. But they blame the government for
calling up only home-based players for the match. Congo
remain in fourth place in Group One with ten points while
Liberia are firmly rooted at the bottom with four points..
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Group One preview
BBC Sports
June
18,2005
Group One leaders Togo face an
awkward assignment away to second-placed Senegal this
weekend, as the Hawks pursue their first appearance at the
World Cup finals
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Sports Ministry Issue Stern Warning
June
18,2005
The Director of Public
Affairs of the Ministry of Youth and Sport, Mohamed V.
Kamara has issued the rules governing the match between
Liberia and the Republic of Congo on Sunday.
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Jerico-Led Lone Star Meet Congo Sunday
June
17,2005
The Lone Star of
Liberia will on Sunday face the Red Devils of the Republic
of Congo (Brazzaville) at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports
Complex in continuation of the 2006 African Nations and
World Cup qualifiers
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Sierra Leone win Peace Trophy, Liberia comes last
June
15,2005-
Sierra Leone have won the four-nation Peace Trophy
organized in Freetown by the Sierra Leone Football
Association (SLFA).
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More Football League Matches At ATS
June
15,2005-
The 2005 National Football League championship will
continue on Wednesday at the Antoinette Tubman Stadium
(ATS) on Lynch Street in Monrovia.
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Geofrey Miller Ready For Comeback
June
15,2005-
The Liberian international
midfielder Geofrey Miller will soon hit the pitch
following a long absence contributed by injuries.
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Who Is Frank Jerico Nagbe?
June
12,2005-
The man named by the Liberia Football Association
(LFA) to take charge of the national team is a household
name in Liberian football.
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Weah scores hat trick in farewell match
MARSEILLE, June 11 (SW) – Former World Player of the
Year George Weah scored a hat-trick in his parting match
held at the Stade Velodrome in Marseille on Saturday night
Also on BBC Sports
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Arcadia: Lone Star’s Lone Goal Hero
June
11, 2005
Although the Liberian national football team, the
Lone Star suffered a 4-1 loss at the hands of the Eagles
of Mali in Bamako recently, Arcadia Toe was the name on
the lips of Liberians.
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The End Of A Brilliant Career
June 10, 2005
…Liberian Soccer
Icon Bids Farewell
When George Weah enters the Velodrome stadium at Marseille
on Saturday to bid farewell to the sport that gave him
fame and wealth, he will receive a standing ovation from
thousands of soccer fans who are expected throng the
stadium to watch him play his last touch of an
extraordinary career.
Also: End Of The Road
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Lone Star Set For Freetown Adventure
June 10, 2005
The Liberia national team, the Lone Star have selected
twenty-two locally based players for a four-team
tournament in Freetown.
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Track & Field Want US$82,095
-For International Events
June 10, 2005
The
president of the Liberia Track and Field Federation (LTFF),
Mr. Henry O. Williams said his group is in need of
US$82,095 in order to compete in two major competitions
this year.
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Barrolle, Oilers Clash Without Key Players
June 10, 2005
The reigning but
struggling premier league champions Mighty Barrolle will
have LPRC Oilers as their first opponent on Friday in
phase two of the Liberia Football Association (LFA) 2005
National League.
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Liberian Players Rated High in Oman
June 10, 2005
After showcasing their talent in
the football nations of Qatar where Frank Seator is rated
as a clinical finisher, Indonesia where the likes of Sam
Chebli, Murphy Nagbe, Steve Mennoh and crew continue to
impress, another batch of young and promising Liberian
players have won the hearts of many in the Asian State of
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Officials Wrangle, Liberian Football Bleeds
June 7, 2005
Monrovia, June 6-In the
streets of the Liberian capital, Monrovia, a teenage
footballer defines the state of what used to be the
country’s leading sport with a formula: Liberian football-Oppong
= Disaster. He’s not the architect of this formula but it
is the word in Monrovia and the grim reality one faces.
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Liberia's World Cup Hopes Dented
June 6, 2005
The Lone Star, which paraded a miserable and inadequate
prepared side, has becomes a laughing stock amongst its
competitors having missed the glamorous event fours year
ago by the slimmest of chance.
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LONE STAR FOR FREETOWN WEDNESDAY
June 6, 2005
Despite falling 4-1 to the eagles of Mali on Sunday, The
Lone Star will travel to Freetown, Sierra Leone on
Wednesday to participate in a four nation tournament.
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Ben Wins Omani League Award
June 6, 2005
Ben Teekloh, whose made his senior national debut four
years when Lone Star ran football riots on the African
continent, has been voted the Best Foreign Player in the
Omani Professional Football League.
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Togo move clear
June 5, 2005
Togo beat Zambia 4-1 to move clear at the top of Group One
Togo beat Zambia 4-1 in Lome on Sunday to go top of Group
One of the 2006 World Cup qualifiers.
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Heavyweight collapses
Liberian is rushed to hospital
June 4, 2005
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LONE STAR READY FOR THE MALIANS
BAMAKO-June 3, 2005
The National Soccer Team of Liberia " The Lone Stars"
have refused to except that they are out of the ongoing
Nations Cup and World Cup qualifiers.
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Group One preview
BBC Sport
June 3, 2005
Togo host Zambia in a match that could help sort out the
top of Group One of the 2006 World Cup and African Cup of
Nations qualifiers this weekend.
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Lone Star Lands In Mali
Gets Poor Reception ,Bob Zoe Yet
To Arrive
June 3, 2005
The Liberia National team - the Lone Star - landed in the
nest of the Malian Eagles on Wednesday to sort things out
with their counterparts in continuation of the joint 2006
Nations Cup and World Cup qualifiers.
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Liberian heavyweight seeks first win
Enormous
potential
June 3,
2005
David started
boxing at age 11, eventually becoming Liberian national
champion. But his country had been overtaken by rebel
forces under the regime of dictator Charles Taylor. And
they wanted David on their team.
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Lone Star Name Men For Mali
June 2, 2005
The Joseph Sayon-led technical staff has named an 18-man squad for the
weighty duel against the Eagles of Mali at the Omni Sports
Stadium in Bamako. |
