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Sluggish Super Eagles Managed To Soar In 2-1 Clash Victory Over Ambitious Sierra Leone

by Joseph Odoekwu

The Super Eagles of Nigeria managed to get a 2-1 victory over Sierra Leone in their first AFCON 2023 qualifier ...

Sierra Leone Boxing Association To Host Boxing Zone 2

by Sports Intelligence

February 2, 2022

By Hawa DAUDA Sierra Leone Boxing Association is set to host fifteen African countries in the Zone two tournament in ...

Sierra Leone Fight Back To Share Points With Cote d’Ivoire

by Sports Intelligence

January 16, 2022

The Sierra Leone team showed character and determination as they fought back to hold Cote d’Ivoire 2-2 in a Group ...

AFCON 2021: Sierra Leone Compel Defending Champions Algeria To Goalless Draw

by Joseph Odoekwu

January 11, 2022

AFCON defending champion Algeria began the defence of their Africa Cup of Nations title with a goalless draw against a ...

Tokyo Paralympics: Secondary School Girl And Youngest Paralympian To Clash With World Power In Javelin

by Tokyo Paralympics

September 2, 2021

Youngest athlete at the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics Juan Faith Jackson of Sierra Leone will be facing the test when she ...

Youngest athlete at the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics Juan Faith Jackson of Sierra Leone will be facing the test when she meets World Class athletes in the final of the F46 Javelin throw on Friday September 3 by 7pm Japanese time.

According to reports from SLE NPC Media,15-year-old Juan Faith Jackson will face 27-year-old Hollie Arnold of Great Britain, in a clash that may look like the David and Goliath battle.

The 27-year-old has dominated the F46 javelin in recent years, having been crowned world champion on four occasions and with one Paralympic gold already in the bag from Rio five years ago.

Also, in the final against Juan is Holly Robinson of New Zealand (NZL) who is age 26 years. She has finished second to Britain’s Hollie Arnold at the Paralympics, World Championships and Commonwealth Games in the past, and goes into this Games as the top-ranked athlete.

Juan Jackson of Sierra Leone was able to qualify to the Tokyo 2020 dung the World Athletics Grand Prix held in Tunisia in March this year. She told the press that she is focused and determined to make her mark for Sierra Leone.

The Freetown Secondary School for Girls JSS 3 Pupils rounded up her training and is now under the guidance of her coach for mental alertness to take on the world Stars .

The other Africa that will be competing alongside Juan is Boukoufa Achoura from Algeria who will be bringing her experience from her world championship in Dubai.

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