Young Scorpions Return Home Today
The Young Scorpions of the Gambia will return home today (Wednesday) following their 2-0 defeat of Sierra Leone in the first leg of the preliminary stages of the African Youth Championship at the...
View ArticleRefereeing Course for FIFA MA Ends in Banjul
A five-day referee training course for FIFA Member Associations (MA) came to end on Tuesday at a hotel in Banjul. The course, organised by The Gambia Football Federation (GFF) and sponsored by FIFA,...
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Road to AYC 2017: Sise Appeals for Public Support
Gambia U-20 Coach Omar Sise has strongly appealed to the general public to give maxmum support to the team in its quest to qualify for next year’s African Youth Championship (AYC) in Zambia. The team...
View ArticleFisco Conateh Credited for Revitalising Gambian Cricket
Ousman Basi Conateh, widely known as Fisco, has been credited for playing a very critical role in the revitalisation of cricket in The Gambia. Fisco is a household name in The Gambia and around the...
View ArticleObserver Faces Agric Ministry in Test Match Tomorrow
In preparation for the National Inter-department Sports Association (NISA) organised football tournament, the Observer football team will tomorrow (Saturday) play a test match against the Ministry...
View ArticleAscend Together Seeks to Build Gambia’s Basketball Foundation
Ascend Together, an organisation that seeks to create opportunities for youths in The Gambia through sports, especially in the areas of basketball, have expressed their determination to build the...
View ArticleTijan Jaiteh Signs for Finnish Club KuPs
Gambian midfielder Tijan Jaiteh has signed for Finnish top flight side Kuopion Palloseura (KuPs) for a one-year playing contract that runs until the end of the football season in 2016, Observer...
View ArticleZenith Humiliates TBL to Win Inter-bank Football Tourney
Zenith Bank is the new champion of the inter-bank football tournament after humiliating Trust Bank Limited (TBL) 4-1 in a grand finale played on Saturday at the Independence Stadium in Bakau. The...
View ArticleJoshua King Explains Decision to Snub Gambia for Norway
Joshua King has for the first time lifted the lid on his decision to snub the chance to play for Gambia instead of his country of birth, Norway, seven years after the incident. The only child of a...
View ArticlePapa Gassama Attends Elite FIFA Referees Seminar in Doha
With less than two years to the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, FIFA has organised a series of seminars for elite AFC, CAF and OFC referees who are prospects to take charge at future FIFA competitions....
View ArticleColley Stars Again as DIF Sets Early Pace in Sweden
Gambian international Omar Colley was one of the best performers yet again as Djurgarden came from behind to secure a 2-1 win at Gefle to open up a three-point lead at the top of the Swedish Premier...
View ArticleAgric Ministry Holds Observer FC in Test Match
The Ministry of Agriculture on Saturday held the Observer Company Football Club to a thrilling 4-4 friendly draw at the Independence Stadium in Bakau. A rejuvenated Observer FC, coming into the...
View ArticleSports for Health Aims to Helps Fight NCDs Sports Minister
The Minister of Youth and Sports has stated that the Sports for Health initiative is aimed at helping the fight against Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). Alieu Kebba Jammeh added that the initiative is...
View ArticleOn Greed and False Claims of Voluntarism in Sports Administration
More often than not sports administrators’ brag about ‘volunteering’ to run the affairs of Gambian sports, but hardly do they talk about the benefits associated with that so-called ‘volunteering’....
View ArticleAscend Together Holds 3-on-3 Basketball Tourney
A 3-on-3 basketball tournament was Saturday held at the YMCA basketball court for junior schools’ students, organised by Ascend Together, an organisation that seeks to create opportunities for youths...
View ArticleCombined Services Win 2016 Sports for Health
Combined Service were on Sunday crowned winners of the 2016 Sports for Health competition with 166 points, followed by the Judiciary in second while the Politicians finished 149 points. Speaking at the...
View ArticleWAFU on the Spotlight
The West African Football Union (WAFU) is an association of the football playing nations in West Africa formed in 1975. It was split by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) into Zone A and Zone...
View ArticleStarlets Qualify for Women’s Afcon
Harambee Starlets made history on Tuesday when they qualified for their first ever Africa Women’s Championships after holding Algeria to a 1-1 draw in the return leg of their second round clash in...
View ArticleWomen’s Beach Volleyball Team in Abuja for Rio Qualifiers
As part of its desire to see more Gambian sportsmen and women at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil, The Gambia National Olympic Committee (GNOC) is once again providing full funding for The Gambia...
View ArticleGPA Thrashes Brikama, Wallidan Wins in Cricket League
The Gambia Ports Authority at the weekend thrashed Brikama XI in the senior men’s domestic cricket league game played at the July 22nd Square in Banjul. Ports won the toss and batted first and scored...
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