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Africa-Press – Liberia. <\/strong><\/span>Ansu Keita\u2019s tenure as the head coach of the Liberia National team has come to an end, following the decision by the Liberia Football Association (LFA) to terminate his contract without compensation for what they term as \u201cjust sporting cause.\u201d<\/p>\n

The LFA reached this agreement over the immediate termination of Keita\u2019s services as the head coach of the men\u2019s senior national team during an executive committee meeting on December 18.<\/p>\n

<\/a>In a communication dated today, December 29 (the same date Keita agreed to a two-year contract with the Football House), LFA Secretary-General Kollie A. Dorko stated that a majority decision was reached to immediately end the contract for sporting just cause without compensation.<\/p>\n

The LFA expressed gratitude to Keita for his contributions to football development and wished him the best in his future endeavors. However, they also announced the commencement of the search for a new coach, with the announcement expected in 2024.<\/p>\n

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Ansu Keita\u2019s tenure as the head coach of the Liberia National team has come to an end, following the decision by the Liberia Football Association (LFA) to terminate his contract without compensation for what they term as \u201cjust sporting cause.\u201d The LFA reached this agreement over the immediate termination of Keita\u2019s services […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":49575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[233,237,234],"class_list":["post-49576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-liberia","tag-liberia"],"yoast_head":"\nLFA Terminates Lone Star Head Coach Keita\u2019s Contract for Sporting Reasons - Liberia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ansu Keita\u2019s tenure as the head coach of the Liberia National team has come to an end, following the decision by the Lib ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/lfa-terminates-lone-star-head-coach-keitas-contract-for-sporting-reasons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LFA Terminates Lone Star Head Coach Keita\u2019s Contract for Sporting Reasons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ansu Keita\u2019s tenure as the head coach of the Liberia National team has come to an end, following the decision by the Lib ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/lfa-terminates-lone-star-head-coach-keitas-contract-for-sporting-reasons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Liberia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-30T09:17:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-30T09:26:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/liberia\/sites\/37\/2023\/12\/sm_1703915784.197918.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/lfa-terminates-lone-star-head-coach-keitas-contract-for-sporting-reasons#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/lfa-terminates-lone-star-head-coach-keitas-contract-for-sporting-reasons\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"LFA Terminates Lone Star Head Coach Keita\u2019s Contract for Sporting Reasons\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-30T09:17:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-30T09:26:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/lfa-terminates-lone-star-head-coach-keitas-contract-for-sporting-reasons\"},\"wordCount\":177,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/lfa-terminates-lone-star-head-coach-keitas-contract-for-sporting-reasons#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/liberia\/sites\/37\/2023\/12\/sm_1703915784.197918.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Liberia\",\"Liberia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/lfa-terminates-lone-star-head-coach-keitas-contract-for-sporting-reasons#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/lfa-terminates-lone-star-head-coach-keitas-contract-for-sporting-reasons\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/lfa-terminates-lone-star-head-coach-keitas-contract-for-sporting-reasons\",\"name\":\"LFA Terminates Lone Star Head Coach Keita\u2019s Contract for Sporting Reasons - 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