{"id":20604,"date":"2023-07-31T17:59:46","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T17:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/leone-stars-and-qpr-osman-kakay-optimistic-about-new-season-ahead"},"modified":"2023-07-31T18:19:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T18:19:00","slug":"leone-stars-and-qpr-osman-kakay-optimistic-about-new-season-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/leone-stars-and-qpr-osman-kakay-optimistic-about-new-season-ahead","title":{"rendered":"Leone Stars And QPR, Osman Kakay Optimistic About New Season Ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Mohamed Foday Conteh<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Sierra-Leone. <\/strong><\/span>Leone Stars and Queens Park Rangers (QPR) side back, Osman Kakay revealed that he is optimistic about the new SkyBet Championship Season due to start this Friday 4th August, 2023.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"aswift_1_host\"><\/a>QPR will begin their 2023\/24 campaign at Watford on Saturday, August 5.<\/p>\n<p>The R\u2019s finished 20th with 50 points last season.The London-based club managed to escape relegation to the English third tier with just 4 points.<\/p>\n<p>Kakay was an integral part of QPR\u2019s team last season playing as a right wing back but the<\/p>\n<p>5 ft 11 in defender couldn\u2019t finish the season as he suffered a knee injury.<\/p>\n<p>Kakay has 10 caps for the Sierra Leone national team but missed out on an all-important AFCON Qualifier against Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\">Sierra-Leone<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mohamed Foday Conteh Africa-Press &#8211; Sierra-Leone. Leone Stars and Queens Park Rangers (QPR) side back, Osman Kakay revealed that he is optimistic about the new SkyBet Championship Season due to start this Friday 4th August, 2023. QPR will begin their 2023\/24 campaign at Watford on Saturday, August 5. 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