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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has disqualified Sierra Leone from participating in the 2008 Champions League and Co n federation Cup competitions for failing to meet the deadline for the two events.

Quoting a CAF letter to the Sierra Leonean Football Association (SLFA), PANA r eports that the continental body did not receive any entry from the association d espite a warning that 30 November 2007 was the deadline for entries.

SLFA sources said its head of league competitions, Abu Bakarr Kabba, had two months ago sent a letter of intent to CAF informing it about Sierra Leone's interest to participate in the 2008 competitions.

Kabba said he therefore found it strange to learn that CAF insisted it never rec eived any correspondence to the effect.

A sports enthusiast Mbili Mkanbhu blamed SLFA for the disqualification and said Sierra Leone had not organised any competition and therefore could not send name s of teams which did not participate in any competition to CAF.

The disqualification has dampened the enthusiasm of football stakeholders and the general public who squarely rest the blame on the SLFA executive for not org a nising a proper league.

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