Monrovia – The senior national football team of Liberia has won the inaugural edition of the Mano River Peace Tournament held in Sierra Leone. Nimba Kwado striker Alloy Brown scored a brace for Lone Star to defeat Sierra Leone 2-0 in the final match of the Mano River Union (MRU) football for peace tournament in Kenema on 28 April. The 2021 National County Meet highest goal scorer made it 2-0 for Liberia from a Frederick Dennis assist against Sierra Leone in the final match of the Mano River Union Football Peace Tournament. The tournament should have been played amongst four countries but Ivory Coast and Guinea at the last minute to the tournament pulled out. While the female national team of Liberia beat their Sierra Leonean counterparts 3-1.

Source: Front Page Africa April 29, 2021 06:22 UTC