By Daniel Garteh|LPR sport
The Liberia Football Association (LFA) has suspended, with immediate effect, all matches in the Orange female league and Petro Trade Cup until further notice.
LFA competitions director Benedict Yarsiah, told LPR that the postponement was due to the engagement of the female teams in international competitions.
The senior team will leave for Sierra Leone on Sunday to participate in the maiden edition of the West African Football Union (Wafu Zone A).
Liberia, who have been drawn against Mali, Gambia and Guinea Bissau in Group B, will be based in Makeni.
The hosts, Cape Verde, Senegal and Guinea are in Group A and will be based in Bo.
Liberia will play Guinea Bissau on 26 February at 4:30PM, Mali on 28 February at 2:00PM and Gambia on 2 March at 4:00PM respectively.
The tournament will run from 25 February to 7 March 2020.
Liberia will take on Ghana in a Fifa women’s under-17 World Cup qualifier at the Antoinette Tubman Stadium (ATS) on 1 March at 4:00PM.
And Liberia will also meet Cameroon in a Fifa women’s under-20 World Cup qualifier at the ATS on 22 March at 4:00PM.
Meanwhile the Liberia Football Association has cleared all comprehensive debts to stakeholders.
The Liberia Football Association (LFA) has cleared a comprehensive and long standing debt to several stakeholders.
The LFA paid US$74,612 owed to 15 clubs across all divisions.
They include former Barrack Young Controllers (BYC) and BYC-II; LPRC Oilers, Nimba United, Monrovia Club Breweries, Mighty Blue Angels, LISCR FC, Watanga FC, NPA Anchors, Keitrace FC, FC Fassell, Senior Professionals, Island Queens, Blanco FC and Earth Angels.
The debts represent cash prizes and subsidies that weren’t paid during the presidency of Musa Hassan Bility.
The LFA also paid US$20,050 to several employees, whose salaries were deducted during Bility’s regime as part of an austerity measure during the heat of the Ebola pandemic.
The LFA also repaid US$12,995 as withholding taxes to the government, thru the Liberia Revenue Authority, which weren’t paid during the Bility-led regime.
Former Liberia coach Roberto Landi of Italy was also paid an arrear of US$20,000.
All payment brings the total to US$62,390 paid to former coaches, who were appointed during the regime of Bility in 2014.
They are James Salinsa Debbah, Thomas Kojo, Janjay Jacobs, Christopher Wreh, Oliver Makor, Joe Amstrong Nagbe, George Gebro, Varmah Kpoto and Jonah Sawiah.
The comprehensive arrear payments were provided by football’s world governing body, Fifa, following an appeal made by the LFA as part of the sanctions imposed on it.
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