Sport

Football fans in The Gambia on Sunday evening criticized the referee that officiated the game between Brazil and Ivory Coast for not blowing his whistle after Brazilian striker, Luis Fabiano, handled the ball twice before scoring the second goal that ... [Gambia News]

Mexico recovered from two successive friendly defeats to register a formidable five goal haul against Gambia in rain-soaked Bayreuth, Germany. Following on from losses against England and the Netherlands, Javier Aguirre’s team made short work of the Gambians, winning ... [Gambia News]

The Gambia has moved three places up in the latest Fifa/Coca Cola world ranking for March, APA learns here Friday. The country moved from 98 in the world to 95, but still maintains its last month’s continental record at ... [Gambia News]

The Gambia Football Association (GFA) is bracing up for the first-ever visit to the Gambia of the president of the world football's governing body, FIFA, Mr. Joseph Sepp Blatter. Association official Seedy Kinteh said Blatter would visit Banjul at ... [Gambia News]

In the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola World Rankings for December 2009, The Gambia has moved six points up in the world and a single point up in Africa, APA learns here Thursday.  The Gambia is now 116 in the world and ... [Gambia News]

Dwain Chambers remains full of enthusiasm for the forthcoming athletics season despite continued restrictions on where he can compete. The 31-year-old Londoner, who served a two-year suspension after testing positive for the designer steroid THG in August 2003, is remaining upbeat ... [Gambia News]

African champions Gambia suffered their second defeat at the U-17 World Cup after going down 2-1 to the Netherlands on Wednesday in Nigeria. In the day's other game involving an African team, Burkina Faso secured a 1-1 draw with ... [Gambia News]

The recent changes in the squad of the Baby Scorpions of The Gambia have the continental toppers and their coaching staff chewing fingernails ahead of their opener with Iran on Sunday in the FIFA Under-17 World Cup finals in Nigeria, ... [Gambia News]

As participating teams representing their various countries arrive Nigeria to for the under-17 youth football championship competition, members of the Gambian team on Monday said they hoped to return to Gambia with the much coveted trophy. The team, which arrived at the Murtala Mohammed International ... [Gambia News]

The Gambia’s Under-17 football squad, the Baby Scorpions who are the current African champion cup holders, have completed their three week training in England and are scheduled to return home by special flight on Friday, APA learns here. During their stay in ... [Gambia News]

Manchester United striker Josh King is being targeted to represent Gambia in the Under-17 World Championships this month. The 17-year-old is highly regarded at Old Trafford and is tipped to make an impact similar to fellow striking wonderkids Danny Welbeck and Federico Macheda. King, born ... [Gambia News]

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh said on Wednesday that the presence of the FIFA World Cup trophy in his country should motivate it to win it one day. 'By the grace of the almighty Allah, the ... [Gambia News]

The long awaited World Cup trophy, which has been travelling around Africa, arrives in Banjul from Mali on Tuesday evening, but will be received in the absence of President Yahya Jammeh by Vice President Isatou Njie-Saidy instead. This is because the Gambian ... [Gambia News]

The Gambia’s Under-17 football squad which has qualified for next month’s world cup tournament in Nigeria left Banjul on Friday for the United Kingdom where they will play matches against a number of football academies as part of their final training for the ... [Gambia News]

The president of the Gambia FA, Seedy Kinteh, has admitted some players who helped win the African Under-17 Championship have failed age tests. A total of 51 Gambian youngsters underwent MRI scans in Senegal to help determine their ages ... [Gambia News]

The FIFA World Cup Trophy, currently on tour of parts of the world, is due to arrive in Banjul, the Gambian capital, 6 October, for a three-day stay in the country which is aimed at raising awareness and excitement towards the 2010 World ... [Gambia News]

Officials of the Gambian Football Association (GFA) have agreed to "protect the image of Under-17 players" following the conduct of the MRI test on their players in Dakar, the Senegalese capital, recently. MRI (Magnetic Resonance ... [Gambia News]

FIFA Under-17 World Cup Finals, Nigeria 2009, bound Gambian team have served notice of its preparedness for the tournament by winning the Pepsi Under-17 International Tournament at the weekend in Abeokuta. The Gambians who are the current African ... [Gambia News]

The Gambia national under-17 team, the Young Scorpions, drew 1-1 with its Senegalese counterpart in an international soccer friendly played at the independence stadium in Bakau, The Gambia, Saturday. The match was part of preparations ... [Gambia News]

The Africa Draught Championship and world draught qualifiers, ended at the Paradise suites Hotel in Banjul on Wednesday evening with the organizers of the continental competition crowning Makodu Ndiaye of Senegal as the new African champion. Ndiaye, who won the trophy five times, played ... [Gambia News]

Gambia's vice president Isatou Njie-Saidy on Friday eulogised sports as having contributed significantly to family upliftment and brought glory to the nation. Speaking at the opening of the country's first national sports conference here, Mrs. Njie-Saidy said sports had also brought a ... [Gambia News]

The Gambia has dropped drastically in the latest FIFA rankings released on Wednesday, a month after making its highest mark on both global and continental level. The Gambia was ranked 65th and 12th in the World and African standings respectively in May ... [Gambia News]

Kenny Mansally and Sainey Nyassi had to improve if they wanted to spend less time on the New England Revolution bench and more time on the field impacting matches. For the first six games of the season, the pair didn't have to worry about ... [Gambia News]

The Steve Biko FC forward, who was prolific for his country’s Under-17 side during the 2009 African Under-17 Championship qualifiers, failed to make the trip to the finals in Algeria after he lost consciousness at a Baby Scorpions training session at the Independence Stadium. Tests ... [Gambia News]

Each member of the Gambian under-17 national team which won the 2009 African nations cup last week will get one million dalasis (approximately US$ 40, 000) from President Yahya Jammeh. Jammeh made the pledge at the victory celebrations for the team which ... [Gambia News]

Tottenham and Inter Milan are understood to be battling it out for the signature of highly-rated Gambian youngster Ebrima Bojang. The teenager has caught the eye of several scouts during the current African Under-17 Championships, where he will play for ... [Gambia News]

Gambia have won the African Under-17 Championship. The Baby Scorpions beat hosts Algeria 3-1 in the final on Thursday. Gambia took the lead with a diving header early in the first half. At half-time the Gambia had doubled their tally, but ... [Gambia News]

Hosts Algeria and Gambia have qualified for the semi-finals of the African U-17 Football Championships. Algeria beat Guinea 1-0, courtesy of a strike from Nadir Bendahmane 14 minutes into the game. Gambia beat Cameroon 2-0 in today's game in Group A. Dawda Ceesay ... [Gambia News]

Toronto FC bolstered its back line on Tuesday by signing Gambian defenders Emmanuel Gomez and Amadou Sanyang. Gomez joins the Major League Soccer club from Samger FC of the Gambian first division, while Sanyang arrives from Real de Banjul FC. "Both these players ... [Gambia News]

Rugby is a relatively unknown sport in The Gambia but that may soon not be the case if a story in Monday’s private daily, The Point newspaper in Banjul, is anything to go by. According to The Point, 38 ... [Gambia News]

The Gambia’ national Under-17 team, the Baby Scorpions on Saturday defeated their Guinean counterparts by two goals to nil in a friendly encounter at the Independence Stadium in Bakau, about 12 kilometres outside Banjul, the capital. The first goal was scored by ... [Gambia News]

As part of efforts to strengthen and build a formidable side for the 2009 African Under-17 tournament scheduled for Algeria in March, the Gambia’s national Under-17 team will on Saturday engage in an international friendly with their ... [Gambia News]