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Muhammed Yahya Jammeh super tournament lined up

The maiden edition of the Muhammed Yahya Jammeh sponsored Super Nawettan competition, (formerly the super nawettan), is scheduled to kick-start on Saturday, December 6th, 2008, at a venue to be disclosed later. This was revealed to Observer Sport on Sunday, by the president of the Gambia Football Association (GFA), Seedy MB Kinteh, at the end of a grand draw of the eight zonal teams, held at the Independence Stadium in Bakau. The grand opening of the tournament which is widely seen as a...

Ghana too strong for Senegal

Ghana opened their WAFU U-20 Championship account with a 2-0 win over Senegal on Saturday at the Jay Jay Okocha Stadium in Ogwashi-ukwu in Nigeria’s Delta State. The Satellites scored a goal in each half to grab their first three points and they now claimed the summit of the Group B, after the other group match between Gambia and Guinea ended in goalless draw on the same day. The Ghanaians are using the Nigeria tournament as part of their preparations for next year’s African Youth...

WAFU-U-20 Tournament Kick-off Today

The Sub Region 2008 WafuU-20 Football Tournament will kick offtoday Friday 28 November 2008 inNigeria.The football tournament is organised by the West African Football Union [WAFU].The aims and objectives of the tournament are to promote anddevelop football in West Africaand also to expose locally based players in the Sub-region. The hosts Nigeria U-20 will clash with Togo U-20 in theopening game at 14-30 pm. Guinea-Bissau will battle it out with Benin U-20 ingroup A on the same day The Gambia...

Manchester United Win Sukuta League

ManchesterUnited of Sukuta, in the past weekend, swept past Dahaba F.C beating them 2-0in the Sukuta Nawettan League Championship Tournament at the Dembadou Stadium. ManchesterUnited made short work of their opponents in the final match, which drew amultitude of spectators from Sukuta and its surrounding areas. The match provedan exciting encounter as both teams put-up some eye pleasing performances whichleft fans both delighted and entertained. However,Manchester United registered their 1st...

Gambia U-20 team arrive in Nigeria

The Gambia Under 20 National team arrived Lagos, Nigeria, on Tuesday, November 25, ahead of the grand kick-off of the revived West African Football Union (Wafu) competition. Headed by Mr Omar Ceesay, first-vice president of The Gambia Football Association, the 25-man Gambian delegation spent a night in Nigeria’s second capital before being connected by a domestic flight to Benin City on Wednesday morning. After a 45-minute flight, The Gambian side traveled 157 kilometers by land to reach...

Organisers raise N66m for Wafu Cup

At least N66m was raised  in Asaba, Delta State during the official cup presentation ceremony and fund raising event for the WAFU Under 20 competition. The event, which was organised to formally launch the tournament scheduled to hold across four venues between November 28 and December 9 in Delta State, also witnessed the official presentation of the trophy christened “Ibori Cup” by its organisers to the President of the sub-regional football union, Amos Adamu. The cup was presented by the...

The U-20 Team Leaves For Nigeria

The GambiaNational U-20 team left Banjul yesterday for Nigeria ahead of 2008 Wafu U-20 YouthChampionship Tournament organised by the West African Football Union (WAFU). Speaking toPointsports, the head coach, Alhagie Sarr, said the team will first clash withGuinea Conakry on Friday 28th November 2008. The second match is the Senegambia derby on the 30th November 2008 and they will meet the Ghana U-20 team on the 2nd December 2008. Mr. Sarr,stated that his boys are well prepared for the...

Gambia name Wafu Cup squad

The Gambia have unveiled an 18-man squad that will feature in the maiden West African Football Union (Wafu) tournament schedule to take place in Nigeria this later week. The Gambian side, which will be guided by coaches Alagie Sarr and Pa Suwareh, left Banjul last night for Nigeria participate in the competition that is meant for the under 20 sides of the sub-regional countries. The Gambian squad is dominated by the under 20 players who recently failed to qualify for the African Youth...

Armed Forces FC eye Uganda tourney

The Gambia Armed Forces Football will represent the Gambia in an African Military Football Championship (OFMA) scheduled to take place in Uganda next month, Major Seckan, commander at the Fajara Training School who is also responsible for the team’s affairs has revealed. He added that eight nations from around Africa will participate in the Uganda tournament which will also serve as qualifiers for the World Military Sport Competition (CSIM). In a build up to the tournament, the Gambian...

Farato Clinch Kombo South Tournament

As allNawettan’s heat up towards the peak of the season Farato F.C last week joinedthe fray of those teams who emerged as champions of their respective leagues.The Kombo South District Football Tournament, which was sponsored by Gamcel, playedits final, on Saturday 15th November 2008, between the victors Farato F.C andKartong at Gunjur Football Field.The keenlycontested final, which drew hundreds of spectators from Kombo South and itsenvirons, ended 2-2 after 90 minutes. As a result the game...