Sierra Leone calls for greater investment in cricket
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Sierraloaded
Sierra Leone’s Sports Minister Augusta James-Teima has called on the Parwani Group to increase its investment in cricket, at the launch of the Bravely T20 Premier League in Freetown. She said the support could broaden the sport’s popularity and development across the country, according to Sierraloaded.
Sierra Leone’s Sports Minister Augusta James-Teima has called on the Parwani Group, owner of the Kadat brand, to increase its investment in cricket, Sierraloaded reports. She made the appeal on Saturday 24 October at the opening of the Bravely T20 Premier League at Kingtom Oval in Freetown.
James-Teima praised the company’s existing support and commended the Cricket Sierra Leone board for its management of funds. Parwani Group managing director Kishore Kumar Parwani said the company wanted to help make cricket as popular in Sierra Leone as it is in India, according to Sierraloaded.
Pa Momoh Fofanah, the group’s legal representative, praised the organisation of the ceremony and expressed his interest in cricket. Kei Ansu Kamara, a former striker for Sierra Leone’s national football team and an ambassador for the Bravely brand, also said he wanted to play the sport. Cricket Sierra Leone officials, too, called for its wider presence in the country.
