LNOC boss Browne gives prize to one of the female winners, with veep Cummings looks on
Olympic Day Run Ends Successfully
Published: 04 July, 2008
The vice president for technical affairs at the Liberia National Olympic Committee (LNOC), Mr. Charles Cummings has described the just ended Olympic Day Run as very successful.
Antoine Hey says he may want to return to club management
An executive of the Liberia Football Association (LFA) is urging national team coach Antoine Hey to reconsider his decision to resign from coaching the Lone Star.
Wonder kid Relishing New Campaign
Published: 30 June, 2008
Mamadu Dukuly partakes in drills on practice ground
Barely five months since he was unearthed and unveiled to the football arena by Dorley F.C., Mamadu Dukuly dubbed by many of his playmates as Samir Nasri has all but said that he is hungry to get his first chance in a competitive league.
Manager Neufville: Provide Insurance for Lone Star Players
Published: 27 June, 2008
Bench F.C. Manager Neufville
In wake of Lone Star skipper Murphy Nagbe injury woe, oldtimer outfit Bench F.C. manager Thomas Neufville alias Fabio has sounded a clarion call to the government of Liberia and football authorities to provide a comprehensive insurance package for Lone Star players.
Mr. Aaron Nawuoh displays the Olympic Day Run T-Shirt
Hundreds Set For Olympic-Day Run Saturday
Published: 26 June, 2008
Reports from the Liberia National Olympic Committee (LNOC) speak of massive registration for this year's edition of the annual Olympic Day-Run, which comes on Saturday, June 28, 2008.
A one-day awareness campaign on the spread, effects and prevention of HIV/AIDS was held last Friday, June 20, 2008 with a parade from the B.W. Harris High School on Broad Street, to the Sports Commission.
A parade signifying the danger HIV/AIDS poses to the growth of a human person desirous of being an athlete takes place this morning at 9:00 AM beginning at the B.W. Harris Episcopal High School on Broad Street, and ends at the Sports Commission
Participants from the sporting federations and associations forming the umbrella organization of the Liberia National Olympic Committee (LNOC) have recommended to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) through the LNOC for a periodic workshop/symposium on the Olympic Movement due to its educative nature.
Tulay utters the 10th round and LINCA boss Freeman presents cash prize and award to Famatta Tulay
Famatta Tulay Reigns in Cycling Tour
Published: 18 June, 2008
Famatta Tulay showed off her cycling credentials by winning last weekend's Liberia National Cycling Association (LINCA) Female cycling tour held in Stephen Tolbert Estate, outside Monrovia ahead of over four dozens other young female cyclists.
The Lone Star delegation in photo with President Sirleaf
President Sirleaf Appreciates Lone Star
Published: 18 June, 2008
MONROVIA, President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has commended Liberia's national football team, the Lone Star, for bringing a sense of unity among Liberians. She has also pledged to provide scholarships for the local-based players of the team to enable them further their education.
LINHA to Certificate Coaches
Published: 17 June, 2008
LINHA president J. Mason Saweler
The Liberia Handball Association (LINHA) will on Wednesday certificate coaches from schools that underwent the handball seminar held in April, 2008 at the open-air Sports Commission on Broad Street.
Ben Teekloh steers Liberia forward as he beats Senegal’s Ibrahima Faye Photo by Sando Moore
Classic Lone Star Earns Another Draw!
Published: 16 June, 2008
MONROVIA, A classic Lone Star team put up a spirited fight yesterday to turn a 2-0 deficit into a 2-2 draw against 2002 World Cup quarter finalist, Senegal, just 13 minutes from full time.
Flashback: Stephen Mennoh and a Gambian fight for possession and Francis “Grandpa” Doe
Lone Star 2010 Campaigns On Tenderhook
Published: 13 June, 2008
Looking at outpouring on the analysis book it seems virtually that Liberians hope would be extinguished on Sunday when their beleaguered Lone Star engage Senegal at the refurbished Samuel Kanyon Doe sports stadium.
Gray: I Abandoned Trip To Identify with Football Victims
Published: 12 June, 2008
Asst. Minister Murvee Gray
Assistant Youth and Sports Minister Murvee Gray last weekend abandoned the Lone Star trip to Algeria in a bid to identify with the families of those who lost their lives on Sunday June 1, 2008.
A week following a unanimous endorsement for a second four-year term, the leadership of the Liberia National Olympic Committee (LNOC) will this Saturday, June 14, 2008 hold a one-day symposium highlighting several aspects of the Olympic Games.
The Promoters of Liberian Athletes (PROLA) has backed German Coach Antoine Hey decision by dropping Francis Grandpa Doe and Dioh Williams from the Lone Star.
Liberians in ecstatic mood after their team level the score line
MYS, Lone Star Campaign C'ttee Strategize
Published: 10 June, 2008
The Minister of Youth & Sports Etmonia Tarpeh has announced that actions are planned to stop a repeat of the June 1, 2008 stadium incident which left ten people dead and several wounded.
2010 Campaign C'ttee Plans Big Welcome For Lone Star
Published: 09 June, 2008
New Liberian coach Antoine Hey
Despite the 3-0 thrashing from the Algerian “Desert Warriors” in the ongoing World Cup and African Cup of Nations qualifiers, Liberia's Lone Star will be given a befitting honor this Wednesday by the 2010 Campaign Committee.
Coach Hey: Dioh and Doe Will Never Be Part Of My Program
Published: 06 June, 2008
Flashback: Stephen Mennoh and Gambian skipper Ebrima Sillah fight for possession
Liberia's newly contracted German-born Coach Antoine Tony Hey has vowed that players Dioh Williams and Francis “Grandpa” Doe will never be part of senior national team as long as he remains head coach.
Members of the Olympic family and invited guests have concluded what is described as successful and well attended an all-night retreat organized by the Liberia National Olympic Committee (LNOC).
The refurbished SKD stadium with its electronic scoreboard
FIFA Launches Investigations Into SKD Incident
Published: 04 June, 2008
The world governing body of football FIFA (Federation of International Football) has launched an immediate investigation into circumstances last Sunday that led to the death of nine (9) football fans at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex.
LFA Admits Problems At Gambia Game
Published: 03 June, 2008
The Liberian Football Association (LFA) believes overcrowding at one entrance led to the deaths of several fans at a 2010 World Cup qualifier against Gambia.
COMIUM Denies Fueling Football Stampede
Published: 03 June, 2008
COMIUM boss Monie Captan
MONROVIA, COMIUM has termed as rubbish rave speculations which claimed that the GSM Company over-printed tickets for last Sunday's World Cup and African Nations Cup Qualifiers game between the Lone Star of Liberia and the Scorpions of Gambia.
Disabled Sports Day Held in Buchanan
Published: 03 June, 2008
The Head of the Rehabilitation Department at the Monrovia Rehabilitation Center (MAC) at the JFK Hospital has cautioned the public not to discriminate against the Disabled Community.
The Liberia National Cycling Association, over the weekend conducted a day long cycling seminar for its cyclists along with motor bikes riders in the country.
Stephen Mennoh and Gambian skipper Ebrima Sillah fight for possession Photo by Sando Moore
Liberia Hosts Gambia To a Draw
Published: 02 June, 2008
MONROVIA, A full house of soccer fans at the refurbished Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex in Paynesville City yesterday were despondent after Lone Star earned a 1-1 draw with The Gambia, in the opening match of South Africa 2010 qualifying matches. After a long spell of dismal seasons the Liberian Lone Star again failed to return to winning ways.
L-R: Some Lone Star players George Gebro, Dulee Johnson, Momo Blamo, Jimmy Dixon, C
JNJ: Lone Star Will Make It Sunday
Published: 30 May, 2008
One of Liberia's former foremost soccer tacticians and player, Josiah N. Johnson (JNJ), has expressed confidence that Liberia will beat Gambia in the opening qualifiers of the 2010 African Nations Cup and World Cup, at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex.
Minister Etmonia Tarpeh presents trophy and prize to recent cycling tour winner William Johnson and LINCA boss Jerry Freeman
LINCA to Hold Seminar
Published: 28 May, 2008
The Liberia Cycling Association (LINCA) which has experienced steady progress, over the recent months will on Saturday hold a one day seminar for its members along with motor bike riders in the country.
LNOC president Philipbert Brown and LBF boss Gbuor Wilson
LNOC Holds All-Night Retreat May 30
Published: 27 May, 2008
An all night retreat organized by the Liberia National Olympic Committee (LNOC) takes place on May 30, 2008 at the Baptist Seminary on Robertsfield Highway.
L-R: George Gebro, Dulee Johnson, Momo Blamo, Jimmy Dixon, Coach Hey, and Dioh Williams.
Libya Hosts Liberia Today for Test Match
Published: 27 May, 2008
Following the end of nearly two weeks of training in Morocco for the African Nations Cup and World Cup qualifiers, the Lone Star Senior Football Team arrived in Libya Sunday to honor an invitation for a friendly with its Libyan counterpart today.
SWAL Launches Membership Drive
Published: 26 May, 2008
Membership Committee Chair Francis Phillina
The Sports Writers Association of Liberia (SWAL) has launched its 2008 membership drive. The drive is the first under the new leadership headed by Numenie Williams.
Lone Star Moves to New Camp in Morocco
Published: 26 May, 2008
The Liberia national football team currently training in Morocco last Wednesday, May 21, moved to a new camping site, sports authorities here have disclosed.
Starlets in River Cess Play in Harsh Condition
Published: 23 May, 2008
RIVERCESS COUNTY, The architect of football promotion in Liberia late President Samuel Kanyon Doe once said that “posterity will never forgive us if our generation fails to capture the events of our time which will inevitably shape the course of national destiny”.
Youth and Sports Minister Etmonia Tarpeh addressing students at SKD Complex
LNOC Commences 'Talent Identification' At SKD
Published: 22 May, 2008
The Liberia national Olympic Committee (LNOC) on May 16, 2008 began its 'Talent Identification” at the main bowl of the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex with an athletic competition among 25 (Twenty-five) schools in various events.
MONROVIA, The Chief patron of Sports President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf will this morning lead hundreds of Liberians at an open-air formal launching program of the “Mobilization Committee” for Liberia's participation in the joint 2010 World Cup and African Cup of Nations campaign.
Another Jibe For National Team
Published: 16 May, 2008
Coach Antoine Hey
The Liberia National football Team has received another jibe, a fortnight to their first competitive game with Gambia under German Manager Antoine Hey.
The jubilant Liberians with their 3rd place trophy and a Line-up of some of the Liberian participants in the tournament
Lone Star-Holland Wins Trophy
Published: 15 May, 2008
The football squad of the Liberian community in the Netherlands Lone Star Holland has won a 3rd place trophy in a one- day football tournament in the Dutch City of Eindhoven.
Flashback: Kids in the 50 meters sack race organized by LNOC
25 Schools Set For Kids Athletics Battle At SKD
Published: 15 May, 2008
The main bowl of the refurbished Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex in Paynesville will host one of the largest athletic event in recent time, when 25 schools converge to kickoff a three-day kids athletics competition.
LNRCS Undertakes US $ 6,000 Basketball Court
Published: 07 May, 2008
View of the basketball court
The Liberia National Red Cross Society (LNRCS) is currently undertaking the construction of a US$6,000 basketball court on the outskirts of Sanniquellie the provincial city of Nimba County.
Coach Hey, the Problem Is in Monrovia
Published: 05 May, 2008
National team coach Antoine Hey is wrong for throwing the china at the foreign-based players because some of them have not been available for the last two international engagements.
One of Liberia's iconic martial artists, the late Nabile Hage will be remembered for his long years and dedicated services rendered to the Liberia Karate-Do federation (LKF).
Two Early Boosts to Lone Star's 2010 Campaign
Published: 02 May, 2008
Authoritative news reports received by the Daily Observer yesterday said the senior national football team's joint World Cup and African Nations Cup qualifiers campaign have received two early positive responses.
Coach Hey Administers Third Test Today
Published: 01 May, 2008
Coach Antoine Hey
Liberia's national head coach Antoine Hey will today administer his third test and friendly match ahead of selecting a squad for the German training camp this month.
