| |  Liberia Home Page | | | | Arcadia Coming In Tears |  The Liberian international striker Arcadia Martin Toe is expected in the country soon.
The player is currently based in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where he has helped some other Liberian players to settle.
He is coming at a time the Liberian national football team, Lone Star, is getting ready to battle the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon in the third round of qualifying matches of the 2008 African Cup of Nations qualifiers.
During a telephone conversation this week, Arcadia said his pending trip to Monrovia was prompted by the recent death of his mother and a baby daughter whose mother is the female striker Miatta Johnson alias Rivaldo.
Notwithstanding, the forward did not rule out the possibility of justifying his inclusion on the Lone Star if given the chance by head coach Frank Jericho Nagbe.
Arcadia has played just once for the national team and that was during the combined 2006 African Nations Cup and World Cup qualifiers.
He scored the consolation goal for his country that lost 4-1 in Mali against the Eagles.
Arcadia happens to be one of the country’s most traveled players having played in numerous Asian leagues.
SOURCE: The News
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| | | | LIBERIAN DELEGATION RETURNS HOME | Liberia’s delegation has returned from attending the 50th anniversary celebration of the Confederation of African Football CAF) in Khartoum, Sudan.
The President of the Liberia Football Association (LFA), Cllr. Sombo Izetta Wesley, Vice President for Administration, Pennoh W. Bestman and the Secretary-General, George Williams represented the country at the festival.
The Liberian delegation also participated in the CAF congress, which ended in Khartoum on 11 February with President Issa Hayatou receiving unanimous support from 50 national associations present to seek fresh mandate in 2009 and guide Africa through the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
The resolutions from the National Associations was a culmination of a two day congress which also coincided with the colorful 50th anniversary celebrations that marked the birth of CAF in Khartoum, Sudan in 1957.
Hayatou acknowledged the confidence of the CAF members have shown in him and promised to continue serving the African body with dedication and commitment as he has done before. The members appreciated that CAF had grown in strength and stature and were organizing numerous football competitions and activities.
The CAF congress which started in Khartoum on Saturday, February 10, was attended by FIFA President Sepp Blatter and other invited guests who graced the two day gathering.
Hayatou said it was a big battle to bring World cup to Africa in 2010 and thanked Blatter for being on the forefront to achieve the feat. He said Africa was determined to stage a successful World cup.
He urged CAF members to use the opportunity to promote football in their various countries as well as benefiting from the business potential that the event will provide.
Blatter reiterated his commitment to remain a staunch ally of Africa in all development programs and said he was confident that South Africa will stage a successful world cup.
During the Congress, some legendary players were honoured by CAF on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee for their outstanding contribution to African football. The honoured legends were: Roger Milla (Cameroon), Laurent Pokou (Cote d’Ivoire), Abedi Pele (Ghana), George Weah (Liberia), Kalusha Bwalya (Zambia), Augustine Okocha (Nigeria), Hossam Hassan (Egypt), Rabah Madjer (Algeria), Lucas Radebe (South Africa), Badou El Zaki (Morocco), Mahmoud El Khatib (Egypt), Pierre Kalala (RDC) and Tarek Dhiab (Tunisia).
CAF also honoured several journalists who have also contributed to the growth of football in Africa. They are: Pathee Diallo (Guinea), Messang Gnamey (Togo), Hedi Hamel (Algeria), Joe Aggrey (Ghana), Faouzi Mahjoub (Tunisia), Lay Diaw (Senegal), Nejib Selmi (Morocco), Mamadou Kaloga (Mali), Fekrou Kidane (Ethiopia), Paul Bassey (Nigeria), Mark Gleeson (South Africa), Abel Mbengue (Cameroon), Emanuel Maradas (Chad), Madam Denise Rethaker (France) and Jacques Ferran (France).
The CAF president honoured Sudan’s President Bashir al-Bashir of Sudan with CAF highest ranking honour which is CAF Order of Merit in Gold , other recipients for the Awards are head of states of CAF founding fathers -Egypt, Ethiopia, South Africa and as well as those contributed to the development of Football in their country and at the continental level which are: Dr Mike Adenuga JNR ( GCON ) Globacom Chairmain ( Nigeria) , Dr Peter Velappan ( Malaysia) and AFC and Senes Erzik ( Turkey) and UEFA.
SOURCE: The News
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