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Plumbi United Crowned Banjul League Champions

PlumbiUnited FC were last Saturday crowned champions of the Banjul LeagueFinals. Theydefeated their opponents Green House FC of Old Jeshwang in a post penaltyshootout that ended 4-2 at the Banjul Mini Stadium. The matchwas quite an entertaining encounter but the first half was undeniably dominatedby Green House, but they wasted all lot of chances, which could have resultedin goals.The defence line of Plumbi,which proved a hard nut to crack, did not allow them to penetrate them. Howeverduring...

Senegal Has Big Players But… Coach Paul Put

Gambian Coach Paul Put has expressed his view that though Senegal has some big players in their team who have played in World and African Nations cup, the Gambia has a team that can make history. Paul Put, who was asked as to expectations about the most awaited derby match between The Gambia and Senegal slated for tomorrow Saturday said, “Senegal have a team that have already gone to the world cup and African Cup of Nation. So they have advantage. They have big players who are playing in the...

All eyes on Dakar

All eyes are on Dakar, as the D-day for the much awaited Senegambia derby comes ever closer. Authorities at the head of the two teams are no doubt busy, focusing largely on how to win. But the issue of security is actually of paramount importance. We do not know the state of readiness of the security apparatus in charge of the game scheduled for Dakar this weekend. We feel obliged, however, to remind all those that matter in the decision making process that stakes are high, and that there is a...

Senegalese Coach Lamine N’diaye on the Senegal-Gambia match

The Gambia national football team is one of the best teams in this 2010 African and wold cup qualification round according to Lamine N’diaye the Senegalese coach. “The Gambian national team is playing like a divisional club because it’s formed by players who had the chance to play together since been juniors in the African and World Cup Championships two years ago. And it’s almost the same team that will be performing on the 11 of October in Dakar for the return leg. “It is no more The Gambia...

Cherno Samba believes Gambia can beat Senegal

Gambia international Cherno Samba said the Scorpions can beat the Terenga Lions when the two sides meet on October 11, in the final match of the first round qualifying of the 2010 combined World Cup and Nations Cup qualifiers. The Gambia need to avoid a defeat against arch rivals Senegals to stand any chance of making it to the final phase of the qualifiers, and the ex-Plymouth Argyle striker who now plies his trade with the Finnish giants, FC Haka,  believes the Scorpions can tame the Lions. ...

“I Was Proven Wrong” - Antoine Hey

After seeing his side humiliated 3-0 by the Scorpions  of The Gambia on Saturday 6th September 2008, in the World and African Cup preliminaries round at the Independence Stadium in Bakau, the Head Coach of the Lone Stars of Liberia Antoine Hey has explained that he was proven wrong by the Gambian team who had the tradition of not being able to score  many goals. Liberia, who were determined to beat The Gambia at home, had a slogan printed on their t-shirts  which read “Operation Defeat the...

U-17 Coach Call for Massive Support Ahead of Saturday Match

The Egyptian Gambian U-17 Coach, Tarik Siagy, has called on Gambian Fans to come to the stadium on Saturday to massively support the boys. In an interview with Pointsports yesterday, Coach Siagy stated that the players are in good shape all they need at this moment is support and prayers as “at our level we have done all the necessary preparation.” He said the boys are young and talented and this would be the first leg between The Gambia and Sierra Leone. The match is expected to be...

Gambia-S/Leone tie shifted to Sunday

The Gambia Under 17 team’s home match against Sierra Leone in the first leg of the qualifying round of the CAF Under 17 Youth Championship finals has been rescheduled to Sunday, August 31, at the Independence Stadium, reports reaching Observer Sports desk have revealed. A terse statement issued by the Gambia Football Association last last night revealed that the tie, which was initially scheduled for Saturday, has been shifted to Sunday, though no reason(s) was forwarded for the reschedulement....

Gambia, Bissau U-17 Friendly Tomorrow

National U-17 Coach Tarik Siagy will test the strength of his side tomorrow in a friendly international match between The Gambia U-17 team with that of Guinea-Bissau at the Independence Stadium in Bakau. The match is part of the FA’s preparatory efforts for the team’s upcoming encounter against Sierra Leone in the first round qualifying matches of the 8th African U-17 Championship Algeria 2009 scheduled for the last weekend of August in Banjul. The Gambia U-17 team were the 2005 African...

Match Officials Arrive for Weekend Game

The match officials that will be officiating The Gambia and Mauritania U-20 game as part of the qualifying rounds of the 16th African Youth Championship in 2009 in Rwanda to be played on Saturday June 28 in Banjul were expected to arrive in Banjul last evening. According to Seedy Mb Kinteh, President of The Gambia Football Association, the referees that will officiate the first leg match are from Sierra Leone while the match commissioner is Senegalese. As part of their preparatory efforts, the...