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Mostafa, Hassan targeted by Police Union

CAIRO: Police Union wants to run the rule over Ahly duo Hassan Mostafa and Ahmed Hassan Farag, assistant coach Mohamed Ibrahim revealed. The recently-promoted side has already contacted the Egyptian champions, and the negotiation is currently underway."We are holding talks with Ahly's officials over buying Farag and Mostafa. We still have time till the transfer widow re-opens in January," Ibrahim told Filgoal.com. The duo's future with the Red Devils has been in doubt since they were omitted...

Soliman defends Zamalek's young selections

CAIRO: Zamalek trainer Moemen Soliman defended the coaching staff's decision to field several youth players in the 1-0 defeat to Ismaili on Sunday.Hazem Emam jr., Ahmed Ibrahim, Alaa Ali and Hossam Arafat all started the game, just few weeks after being promoted from the club's under 21 squad.An Abdallah Shahat first half strike was enough to earn Ismaili the crucial win in Cairo."We have absentees in every department, that's why we had no other choice but to count on our youngsters," Soliman...

38 police officers promoted

At least 38 officers of the Gambia Police Force (GPF) were, on Friday, promoted to various ranks, ranging from chief superintendent, superintendent, assistant superintendent to commissioner, at a ceremony held at the Police Headquarters in Banjul. Two officers were promoted to the rank of police commissioner, three others to the rank of deputy commissioner, five to chief superintendent, 10 to superintendent and 18 to the rank of assistant superintendent. The decoration ceremony came following...

FA Cup resumes today

The second round matches of the 2008 Gamtel sponsored FA Cup championship will be played today at the various grounds. In today’s fixtures, FA Cup defending champions, Gambia Ports Authority, will take on newly promoted side, Tallinding United, whilst Flaminins take on Nema United. Brikama Ba , who knocked out Jarra West in the first-round matches will take on SK East United, while Waterman battle it out with Kaira Silo. Brikama United will face Young Africans, while Interior take on Ham...

WHAT’S ON: Awa Manneh’s sophomore album soon

Awa Manneh is another Gambia star based in the Sweden working day-in day-out to take her music to another level. She has been writing songs since her tender age of ten and got her first publishing deal at Universal Music Publishing at age 15. She is currently working on her sophomore album besides writing a lot for others which she loves to do as well! Her  Swedish Grammy nominated debut album called "Sounds Like Me" was released in 2002 at Sony Kred. Then she was 19 year old. The young...

Citation for Alhaji Biri Njie - 2008 Outstanding Sports Personality

The 2008 Outstanding Sports Personality Award is being awarded to a top class and outstanding Athlete who for many years won the hearts, respect of every Gambian young and old. This Athlete was born in the late 40s and attended Albino, Standly Street, St Mary’s Primary and Crab Island Secondary Modern Schools. He started playing football in the streets of Banjul and was the Captain of the Crab Island School Team. His qualities were first observed by the late Alhaji Ebou Conteh who introduced...

Education is a human right - SOS Grey-Johnson

Cripsin Grey-Johnson, sccretary of state for higher education, research, science and technology, has said that acccess to quality education by all categories of the society is a basic human right which should be promoted. The higher education secretary of state made this remark on Wednesday, April 23, during the World’s Biggest Lesson Day of the 2008 Global Week of Action on education for all celebration held at the Fatima Senior Secondary School in Bwiam, Foni Kansala District, Western...

Bravo commander Bojang, Gambia police

Editor, Please allow me space in your widely respectable news media to express my views on the remarkable development going on at a particular section of the Gambia Police Force. The police band is an essential component of the armed forces of every nation, and the Gambian is no exception. But when it comes to developing the human resource of the police, there has always been the tendency that they are forgotten. But the Gambia police band has been undergoing such a development that I feel...

Major General Tamba congratulated

The Serrekunda Central Red Cross Drama Group under The Gambia Red Cross Society, has congratulated Major General Lang Tombong Tamba, the newly promoted chief of Defense Staff, who is the father of the group. In a dispatch sent to the Daily Observer, the group expressed joy and happiness in congratulating the country’s first military officer to hold such a high command. “On behalf of the Board of Directors, the Executive and the entire membership of the Serrekunda Central Red Cross Link, we...