Ambassador of sport Sierra Leone

AMBASSADOR OF SPORT SYMPATHISE WITH THE FAMILY OF FORMER PLAYER LAMIN CONTEH

The sport ambassador office Sierra Leone will like to join all family in deep sorrow following the death of our legend Lamin Conteh who pass away on Thursday 5th May 2022 in Kenema.

It was a shocking news, we will like to express our deepest sympathy to his family and the whole sierra Leone football family.
We hope that, our words of support may help bring the football association and his family a little peace and solace in this time of sadness.

May his soul rest in perfect peace.

AMBASSADOR OF SPORT SYMPATHISE WITH THE FAMILY OF FORMER PLAYER LAMIN CONTEH - AMBASSADOR OF SPORT SL The sport ambassador office Sierra Leone will like to join all family in deep sorrow following the death of our legend Lamin Conteh who pass away on Thursday 5th May 2022 in Kenema. It was a shocking news, we will like to express our deepest sympathy to his family and the whole sierra Leone football...

Sierra Leone fixture for Afcon 2022 qualifiers

SIERRA LEONE SPORTS AMBASSADOR PAYS COURTESY VISIT TO THE NEW SWIMMING SECRETARIAT.

The Sports Ambassador of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Mr. Charlie Wonnie Bio Jnr, visited the new Swimming Association secretariat at 66 Kroo Town Road in Freetown last Friday, 9th April 2022, as one of his responsibilities to enhance a positive relationship with sporting disciplines for the smooth operations of sports in the country.

“This is our new home in which we will be staying for the next two years. As you know we were given short notice to relinquish the office space at the Siaka Stevens Stadium due to the renovation project without any form of support whatsoever from the MOS/NSA, but as a responsible discipline with a hardworking Executive Committee we were able to secure this edifice for about 3,000 dollars”, said the Public Relation Officer I, Mr. Reginald Brian O. Sawyerr, while welcoming the Sports Ambassador to the new office.

He ended by introducing some of the Executive members present viz, President Mr. Mohamed Abdul Turay, Vice President, Mr. Phillip M. Bangura, Secretary General, Mr. Abdul Turay, and the PRO II, Ms Lydia K. Tucker.
The Vice President of the Association and the Secretary General both articulated their happiness and the SLSDWA’s huge honor to have the Sports Ambassador in their midst especially as he was the first visitor to the swimming den.

“We feel extremely delighted to have you as our first personality from the Government in our new office. Over the years we have had a good working relationship with you and we are looking forward to continue in the same direction for the good of sports and the athletes and officials involved,” Mr. Mohamed Abdul Turay, President of the Sierra Leone Swimming Diving and Water Polo Association, addressed the Sports Ambassador.
In his response, the Sports Ambassador of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Mr. Charlie Bio Jnr, heaped praises on the judicious leadership of the Sierra Leone Swimming, Diving and Water Polo Association saying, “I have no doubt in your Executive as I have worked with most of them before in various capacities and I know what they are capable of doing.”
“Swimming is one sporting discipline that I will make sure I do everything within my powers to garner the necessary support from not only the NSA, the Ministry of Sports and the NOC but from other institutions so that your two years working plan will be implemented successfully,” he promised. “I have come and I have seen for myself what your team can do and so I will take the message out there that the Sierra Leone Swimming, Diving and Water Polo Association has one of the most structured edifices within the Sporting Association in Sierra Leone”, he ended.

The Secretary General Mr. Abdul Turay took the Sports Ambassador on a tour around their new home to inspect its fully furnished waiting room with a 65 inches LG Smart TV specifically put for the athletes viewing and education, a new 5G TV Box and a WIFI router providing 24 years internet services, a new refrigerator and other facilities that befits an office representing their International Federation in Sierra Leone
Thanking the Sports Ambassador for coming was the PRO II, Ms Lydia K. Tucker in the occasion which was published live on the SLSDWA page. Photos were taken to highlight the occasion.

The Ambassador of sport charlie Bio jr has on Monday 14th February 2022 apologies to leone stars players about the suitcase saga in which he describe the situation as unfortunate and crude. He said the suitcases were given to ehance players movement during the Afcon tournament.

Amb.Bio jr thank the players for their diligent service to the nation at the just concluded African cup of nations and said the suitcases should have serve as souvenir to the players as appreciation for a job well done.

He continue to say his office and the ministry of sport are aware of the debate this issue has caused within the football but assured them of government support as the 2023 Afcon qualifiers.

AMBASSADOR OF SPORTS CHARLIE JUNIOR BIO ENGAGES THE TURKISH AMBASSADOR TO SIERRA LEONE ON SPORT DEVELOPMENTS

The Sport Ambassador in the Ministry of Sport Charlie Junior Bio has on Thursday 17th February, 2022 held a meeting with the Ambassador of Turkey to Sierra Leone Madam Sibel Erkan.

The purpose of the engagement was to see where both Sierra Leone and Turkey will share platform in sport developments.

Making her statement, the Turkish Ambassador to Sierra Leone Madam Sibel Erkan appreciated the developmental talk between two sporting nations. “As an Ambassador, I love sport and I believe that the two countries will benefit greatly in collective work from football, athletic, volleyball, swimming and among many others, she said.”

Ambassador Erkan added that this initiative will see young people in Sierra Leone to have better skills in sports.

Responding to the Turkish Ambassador, the Sport Ambassador in the Ministry of Sport, Charlie Junior Bio thanked the Turkish Ambassador to Sierra Leone for her commitment to sports development in the country. He added that this bilateral relationship will expose young Sierra Leoneans in sport to embark in both local and international platforms.

This is one of the many engagements the Turkish Ambassador and Sport Ambassador will embark on.

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FIFA, CAF Presidents Pay Courtesy Call on Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio, Promise to Improve Football Infrastructure to Host the African Cup of Nations

Presidential Lodge, Freetown, Wednesday 5 May 2021 - President of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association, FIFA, Giovanni Vincenzo Infantino and the Confédération Africaine de Football, CAF President, Dr Patrice Motsepe, have called on His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio and promised to improve on the country’s football infrastructure to be able to host the African Cup of Nations.

Sierra Leone’s Minister of Sport, Ibrahim Nyelenkeh, welcomed the delegation from the football world governing bodies, saying that it was history in the making that the country was hosting the sitting presidents of FIFA and CAF for the first time.

“I am not surprised. You must have heard about government’s assiduous strides and relentless efforts at developing and supporting football from the grassroots to the national level,” he noted, adding that the present government had supported sport, particularly football, more than all others in the history of Sierra Leone.

While introducing the visitors, the President of Sierra Leone Football Association, SLFA, Isha Johansen, said that their visit was as timely and historic as it was meaningful to the country. She thanked them for choosing Sierra Leone as one of their three Africa nation tours, the others being Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia.

FIFA’s President Infantino told the gathering that it was an honour and a pleasure to be in Sierra Leone, saying that they were very committed to helping and supporting Africa shine in the world.

“We know how important football is in Africa. Football is talent, football is passion in Africa. In Sierra Leone, in particular, football is not just a game, football is life. I think the time has come where we have to move forward and look into the future.

“FIFA and CAF stand for due process, for integrity, for democracy and to make sure that we can once again put aside all negativities that have tarnished the image of football in the country in the last few years. Let us move to promote a positive and united approach because we need unity in this country,” he urged.

The Swiss and Italian national, who has been president at FIFA since 26 February 2016, also called on all stakeholders to work together to make football very attractive and a way of life. He said everyone needed to work together for the development of the country, particularly in Sierra Leone where football was much more important.

CAF’s President Motsepe first thanked President Bio for his honesty, integrity and brotherly exchange of ideas, before calling on all to work together and with him in the best interest of football and a beautiful country.

He confessed that the President represented a new breed of leadership not just for Sierra Leone but for Africa, adding that the country had also produced exceptional football players and expressed hope that it would continue to produce great players. He pledged CAF and FIFA’s commitment to supporting Sierra Leone with the requisite infrastructure to host the African Cup of Nations in the not-too-distant future.

In a brief statement, President Bio welcomed the Presidents of FIFA and CAF to his beautiful country, noting that football remained a fashion that the people of his country loved and cherished.

“It is one of the uniting forces in Sierra Leone. We are very polarised when it comes to politics, but when it comes to football you can see the passion, you can see the joy. It is a different Sierra Leone, especially with football,” he assured.

He also stated that normally when passion clashed, there were always bits of challenges, but emphasised that the country looked forward to an SLFA leadership that would move the country as a nation. He advised that the people should not be deprived of the game that every Sierra Leonean loved.

President Bio further stated that besides the politics of football and the few challenges with regard to infrastructure, the people of his country were friendly and good. He called on the leadership of the two world football governing bodies to invest in the infrastructure of the game in the country.

“On behalf of the government and people of Sierra Leone, I want to thank you and would like you to come again. Thank you for coming and you are welcome to Sierra Leone,” he concluded

The Minister of Sports Ibrahim Nyelenkeh and the Ambassador of Sports Charlie Wonnie Bio trained with the SL U-17 Boys today at the Bo - Kenema highway Stadium

The Afcon qualifying for 2022 a draw match between Sierra Leone and Nigeria it was a fantastic match kudos to our boys from 4 - 0 down to 4 - 4 all the game was played at Benin City Edo State Nigeria

Leone star in Binin city Edo State Nigeria