The National County Sports contest ended on Sunday, January 18, 2026, at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex in Paynesville, outside Monrovia before a record crowd with no smell of politics as has been the case in the past, specifically recent past.
The final march between Nimba and Grand Kru counties, practically saw the true definition of sports where unity, joy and bloated excitement was visible on all faces (seen in flying colors).
Certainly, the game was above political influence. Instead, it saw social and cultural influences where the true sports aroma and the desired amusement was the order of the occasion.
The game was truly competitive, and it was the sound of the last whistle that broke the tide in favor of Nimba, who won 2-0.
One could measure the fairness that attended the occasion from start to end. One could see that all sides were at their best only depending on their skills to make a win. Truly politics couldn’t be allowed space to show its face or even sit on the fence.
Whenever politics is made void of sports, it is when it becomes a win-win situation. It’s when the loser and winner go home with no hurt in the heart, and could not blame anyone, because of the practical application of the rules and regulations of the game.
The game has passed into history. But what remains important is that political influence, which has over the years besmeared the significance of the game, is being defaced or eliminated so that the true intent of the event is being felt across the length and breadth of the country.
We thank the Ministry of Youth and Sports for keeping the momentum of the game in flying colors; for rejecting the ghostly hand of politics out of the game thereby making the event to truly take the shape it’s intended to be.
Although, the event has ended, the unity it created continues to define the nation as it relates to peace and reconciliation.
We believe going forward, sports will continue to rise higher and higher, because politics is being sidelined.
We like to congratulate Nimba and Grand Kru, all participants for exhibiting true sportsmanship, thereby adding desired ingredients to the game.
We think that was a win-win situation, because they made Liberians proud. They inserted real joy into the game; they proved that sport is truly a unifying force.
Bravo Nimba and Grand Kru counties!!!