BURA HOPING FOR A FANTASTIC SEASON IN OMAN
After guiding his Jalaan side to promotion to the Oman Premier League, Gambia’s Ebrima Camara, better known as Bura, is hoping to have a fantastic season when it gets underway. “I just started...
View ArticleGambia Trio Missed Out in Durban
Gambia trio Gina Bass, Adama Jammeh and Suwaibou Sanneh could not make it to the finals of the 100m of the African Senior Athletics Championships currently underway in Durban, South Africa. Gina Bass...
View ArticlePa Dembo Touray on New Life as Football Agent
Ex-Gambia skipper Pa Dembo Touray played eleven seasons with Sweden’s Djurgarden, except for brief loan spells with Assyriska and Valerenga, and he is still regarded at the Tele2 Arena as a cult...
View ArticleSprinter Adama Jammeh Qualifies for Rio Olympics
Gambia’s athletics sensation Adama Jammeh has joined her compatriot Gina Bass in qualifying for the Rio Olympics this summer. The Gambian secured his place at the Games by winning silver and...
View ArticleYoung Scorpions Lose in Senegal Friendly
Coach Omar Sise and his U-20 charges were yesterday (Sunday) evening defeated 2-0 by Senegal U-20 side in an international friendly played at the Jules Francois Bocande Centre in Toubab Dialaw,...
View ArticleHalla Samba: Banned, but still active in Football
Banned from football, but still active in the game; former Gambia Football Association, now Gambia Football Federation third vice president, Adama Halla Samba, has spoken to Observer Sports,...
View ArticleGTBank-Sponsored Principals Cup Championship Underway
The Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) Limited-sponsored inter-senior schools football championship, dubbed, “Principals Cup” yesterday (Monday) commenced at the Independence Stadium in Bakau. The official...
View ArticlePa Yusupha Samba Elected Bakau Sports Committee President
Pa Yusupha Samba was elected President of the Bakau Sports Committee, at an elective congress on Sunday, bringing an end to the tenure of the Lamin Fatty-led task force committee. Speaking at the...
View ArticleChess Federation Set for National Tourney, Congress in July
The Gambia Chess Federation is gearing up for a national chess tournament, as well as its elective congress. The two events are scheduled to take place on the 17th and 31st July 2016 respectively....
View ArticleEast Bi Nawettan Qualifier Progresses
The 2016 Serrekunda East Nawettan qualifier is in progress with games being played at the Serrekunda East Mini-Stadium. A total of 46 teams registered for the qualifiers with only four teams to...
View ArticlePrincipal’S Cup: St. Augustine’s Thrashes Bureng 3-0
St. Augustine’s Senior Secondary School Monday kicked off the GTBank-sponsored inter-senior school football championship with a 3-0 win over Bureng Senior School. Dubbed, the Principal’s Cup, the...
View ArticleSt. Joseph SSS Girls Crowned Cricket League Champions
Banjul-based St. Joseph Senior Secondary School have been crowned champions of the 2016 Girls Cricket League after their triumph over Presentation Girls Vocational School in a final played on Tuesday...
View ArticleNiumi Tubakolong Village Poised to Revitalise Wrestling
In their quest to revitalise the traditional sport of wrestling, Weeders Youth Development Association of Tubakolong Village, in Upper Niumi, are gearing up for a major wrestling contest on 2nd and 3rd...
View ArticlePrincipal’s Cup: Semi Final Games to be played today
Basse-based Nasir Ahmadiyya Senior School boys will take on KM-based Kanifing East Senior School in the semi final of the GTBank-sponsored inter-senior schools football championship, dubbed...
View ArticleU-20 GOES TO CAMP AHEAD OF SATURDAY’S GUINEA CLASH
The Young Scorpions of The Gambia – U-20 – on Saturday went to camp at the Seaview Gardens Hotel in preparation for the first leg clash at home against Guinea in the final and decisive round of...
View ArticlePrincipal’s Cup: Mam Drammeh Brace Crowns Muslim Champions
Mam Drammeh’s two goals in either halves was enough to crown the girl’s team of Banjul-based Muslim Senior Secondary School as champions of the first ever GTBank-sponsored inter-senior schools...
View ArticleWCRFA Executive Urged to Respect Constitution
Delegates at the recently held Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the West Coast Region Football Association (WCRFA) have asked the Abdou Karim Sey-led executive to respect the constitution of the...
View ArticleAYC 2017: GAMBIA TAKES ON GUINEA TOMORROW
As Muslims continue to celebrate the feast of Koriteh marking the end of Ramadan, The Gambia U-20 Scorpions are equally celebrating but, as well preparing for the much anticipated qualifier at home...
View ArticleU-20 COACH REMAINS CONFIDENT OF QUALIFYING DESPITE DRAW
Omar Sise, coach of the U-20 Young Scorpions has expressed confidence that his side will qualify to the African Youth Championship in Zambia despite the goalless draw at home against Guinea on a...
View ArticleVeteran Sports Journalist: U-20 Was Too Anxious
Veteran sports journalist Pape Saine has told Observer Sports that the Saturday qualifier game between The Gambia U-20 and their Guinean equivalents was a good encounter and a thrilling match “but...
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