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SIERRA LEONE FA TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGED MATCH FIXING AFTER 'IMPRACTICAL' 91-1 AND 95-0 SCORES(1)

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The Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) is examining the result of two matches that created a unimaginable absolute of 187 objectives.

 

The two second-level games saw Kenema-based Kahunla Rangers and Gulf FC of Kono vigorously rout their city rivals in Premier League qualifiers on Sunday.

 

Kahunla clobbered Lumbebu United 95-0, and Gulf FC whipped Koquima Lebanon 91-1, giving the two greatest triumphs kept throughout the entire existence of Sierra Leonean football.

 

Notwithstanding, the half-time scores were only 2-0 and 7-1 separately, and the two outcomes have been abrogated in light of doubt of match control.

 

"We can't hold on and see what is happening like this slip through the cracks," SLFA president Thomas Daddy Brima told BBC Sport Africa.

 

"We will send off a prompt examination and bring to book every one of those liable for this average quality.

Every one of those found blameworthy will be managed as per the SLFA regulations, and will likewise be given over to the country's enemy of debasement commission.

 

The CEO of Kahunla Rangers "firmly denounced unsportsmanlike way of behaving" and Lumbebu's senior supervisor said he was "not mindful of any match control.

 

In the interim, the executive of Koquima Lebanon guaranteed the match including his side was really a well disposed and authorities from Gulf FC declined to remark.

 

The SLFA said it would examine players and authorities from every one of the four clubs included, assigned match authorities and the Eastern Region Football Association.

 

The association added it "keeps zero resilience" against match control in the West African country, in consistence with the principles of world overseeing body Fifa and the Confederation of African Football (Caf).

 

Objectives stream after half-time

Both Kahunla and Gulf FC had similar number of focuses going to their last round of matches and were battling for Eastern Region's leftover spot in the public Super 10 League, which fills in as the last passing stage for the Premier League.

 

 

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