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Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong> <\/span>Two Sierra Leonean match officials have received appointments from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to officiate CAF Confederation Cup Match No. 125 between USM Alger of Algeria and OCS Olympique Club Safi of Morocco.<\/p>\n

The fixture is scheduled to take place on Saturday, 14 February 2026.<\/p>\n

Referees appointed for the match are:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Center Referee: Sulaiman Santio Kamara<\/p>\n

\u2022 Assistant Referee: Mamoud Alie Conteh<\/p>\n

The appointment marks another significant milestone for Sierra Leone football and underscores CAF\u2019s growing confidence in the quality and professionalism of the country\u2019s match officials at the continental level.<\/p>\n

The Sierra Leone football family congratulates the referees on this prestigious assignment and wishes them success in the execution of their duties.<\/p>\n

Find more news and analyses on Lesotho<\/span> on the Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Lesotho. Two Sierra Leonean match officials have received appointments from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to officiate CAF Confederation Cup Match No. 125 between USM Alger of Algeria and OCS Olympique Club Safi of Morocco. The fixture is scheduled to take place on Saturday, 14 February 2026. Referees appointed for the match […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":66595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[245],"class_list":["post-66596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-lesotho"],"yoast_head":"\nSierra Leone Referees Assigned to CAF Champions League - Lesotho<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"-article-header-tag"> Africa-Press - Lesotho. 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