{"id":32720,"date":"2024-06-06T17:55:08","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T17:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/sierra-leone-defeats-djibouti-in-2024-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers"},"modified":"2024-06-06T18:00:44","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T18:00:44","slug":"sierra-leone-defeats-djibouti-in-2024-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/sierra-leone-defeats-djibouti-in-2024-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers","title":{"rendered":"Sierra Leone Defeats Djibouti in 2024 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Sierra-Leone. <\/strong><\/span><b>The Leone Stars of Sierra Leone secured a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Djibouti in their 2026 World Cup Qualifier match on Wednesday.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>After a cautious opening, the home side took the lead through Curtis Davies\u2019 strike in the 12th minute. They maintained pressure but failed to extend their advantage before a controversial moment in the 34th minute. A penalty awarded to Djibouti was converted by Gabriel Dadzie, sending the teams into halftime level.<\/p>\n<p>The second half saw a similar pattern with renewed attacking intent from both sides. Augustus Kargbo restored Sierra Leone\u2019s lead in the 51st minute. They held on despite defensive pressure from Djibouti to secure all three points.<\/p>\n<p>This win lifts Sierra Leone\u2019s hopes of progressing in the qualifiers, while Djibouti remains without a point after two matches.<\/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>Africa-Press &#8211; Sierra-Leone. The Leone Stars of Sierra Leone secured a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Djibouti in their 2026 World Cup Qualifier match on Wednesday. After a cautious opening, the home side took the lead through Curtis Davies\u2019 strike in the 12th minute. They maintained pressure but failed to extend their advantage before a controversial [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":32719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[291,293,292],"class_list":["post-32720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-sierra-leone","tag-sierra-leone"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sierra Leone Defeats Djibouti in 2024 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers - Sierra Leone<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Leone Stars of Sierra Leone secured a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Djibouti in their 2026 World Cup Qualifier mat ...\" \/>\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\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/sierra-leone-defeats-djibouti-in-2024-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sierra Leone Defeats Djibouti in 2024 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Leone Stars of Sierra Leone secured a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Djibouti in their 2026 World Cup Qualifier mat ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/sierra-leone-defeats-djibouti-in-2024-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sierra Leone\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-06-06T17:55:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-06-06T18:00:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2024\/06\/sm_1717684158.883887.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\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\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/sierra-leone-defeats-djibouti-in-2024-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/sierra-leone-defeats-djibouti-in-2024-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Sierra Leone Defeats Djibouti in 2024 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-06-06T17:55:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-06T18:00:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/sierra-leone-defeats-djibouti-in-2024-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers\"},\"wordCount\":152,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/sierra-leone-defeats-djibouti-in-2024-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2024\/06\/sm_1717684158.883887.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Sierra-Leone\",\"Sierra-Leone\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/sierra-leone-defeats-djibouti-in-2024-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/sierra-leone-defeats-djibouti-in-2024-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/sierra-leone-defeats-djibouti-in-2024-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers\",\"name\":\"Sierra Leone Defeats Djibouti in 2024 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers - Sierra Leone\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/sierra-leone-defeats-djibouti-in-2024-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/sierra-leone-defeats-djibouti-in-2024-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2024\/06\/sm_1717684158.883887.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-06-06T17:55:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-06T18:00:44+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The Leone Stars of Sierra Leone secured a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Djibouti in their 2026 World Cup Qualifier mat ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/sierra-leone-defeats-djibouti-in-2024-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/sierra-leone-defeats-djibouti-in-2024-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/sierra-leone-defeats-djibouti-in-2024-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2024\/06\/sm_1717684158.883887.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2024\/06\/sm_1717684158.883887.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"Sierra Leone Defeats Djibouti in 2024 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/sierra-leone-defeats-djibouti-in-2024-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sierra Leone Defeats Djibouti in 2024 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/\",\"name\":\"Sierra Leone\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sierra Leone Defeats Djibouti in 2024 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers - Sierra Leone","description":"The Leone Stars of Sierra Leone secured a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Djibouti in their 2026 World Cup Qualifier mat ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/sierra-leone-defeats-djibouti-in-2024-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sierra Leone Defeats Djibouti in 2024 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers","og_description":"The Leone Stars of Sierra Leone secured a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Djibouti in their 2026 World Cup Qualifier mat ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/sierra-leone-defeats-djibouti-in-2024-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers","og_site_name":"Sierra Leone","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2024-06-06T17:55:08+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-06-06T18:00:44+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2024\/06\/sm_1717684158.883887.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/sierra-leone-defeats-djibouti-in-2024-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/sierra-leone-defeats-djibouti-in-2024-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Sierra Leone Defeats Djibouti in 2024 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers","datePublished":"2024-06-06T17:55:08+00:00","dateModified":"2024-06-06T18:00:44+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/sierra-leone-defeats-djibouti-in-2024-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers"},"wordCount":152,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/sierra-leone-defeats-djibouti-in-2024-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2024\/06\/sm_1717684158.883887.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Sierra-Leone","Sierra-Leone"],"articleSection":["all news","sport"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/sierra-leone-defeats-djibouti-in-2024-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/sierra-leone-defeats-djibouti-in-2024-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/sierra-leone-defeats-djibouti-in-2024-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers","name":"Sierra Leone Defeats Djibouti in 2024 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers - Sierra Leone","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/sierra-leone-defeats-djibouti-in-2024-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/sierra-leone-defeats-djibouti-in-2024-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2024\/06\/sm_1717684158.883887.jpg","datePublished":"2024-06-06T17:55:08+00:00","dateModified":"2024-06-06T18:00:44+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The Leone Stars of Sierra Leone secured a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Djibouti in their 2026 World Cup Qualifier mat ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/sierra-leone-defeats-djibouti-in-2024-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/sierra-leone-defeats-djibouti-in-2024-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/sierra-leone-defeats-djibouti-in-2024-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2024\/06\/sm_1717684158.883887.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2024\/06\/sm_1717684158.883887.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080,"caption":"Sierra Leone Defeats Djibouti in 2024 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/sierra-leone-defeats-djibouti-in-2024-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sierra Leone Defeats Djibouti in 2024 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/","name":"Sierra Leone","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}