Fifa had demanded that Isha Johansen be returned to full authority before considering lifting the banFifa lifted Sierra Leone's international ban on Monday following a meeting of the world governing body's council in Paris. Fifa suspended Sierra Leone last October due to third-party interference in the running of the country's FA. "This is very good news for Sierra Leone and Sierra Leone football," Johansen told BBC Sport. "Our football family will embrace one another once again, and focus on one agenda - which is putting Sierra Leone first." Sierra Leone's ban saw them disqualified from the qualifying campaign for this month's Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.

Source: BBC June 03, 2019 19:06 UTC