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Gambia Out Of World and African Cup Qualifiers

Despite a brilliant performance against Senegallast Saturday in Dakar,The Gambia’s hope of reaching the next stage of the World Cup/Nations Cupqualifiers was dashed when they drew 1-1.Ordinarily, the draw should have been enough for The Gambiato qualify for the second round of both tournaments, but the new CAF rulesaborted The Gambia’s dream. The game kicked off at 4pmat the Leopold Sedat Senghore Stadium. Barely two minutes into the game,Gambian striker Ngogu Demba got a chance after a poor...

Liberia name pros for Banjul encounter

The head coach of Liberia’s Lone Star, Aintone Hey, has announced a 17- man provisional squad for their match against Gambia in the penultimate round of qualifying for the combine d FIFA World Cup and CAF Africa Cup of Nations tournaments in 2010. The Lone Star will be traveling to Banjul for their fifth round World and African Nations Cup qualifier against the Scorpions on September 6. According to Liberiasoccer.net, the former Scorpions coach and his squad are expected to commence training on...

STAR PROFILE Okocha - Nigeria’s soccer icon

Jay Jay Okocha - so good they named him twice. This was the attitude of Bolton fans towards the gifted Nigerian after the skilful midfielder played the lead role in securing the Trotters Barclaycard Premiership status in his debut season at the club. After a slow start to his Bolton career Okocha came into his own in the second half of the season, thrilling crowds with his tricks and pleasing Sam Allardyce with his match winning performances. Bolton's Player of the Season had many memorable...

Star Profile: Serena Williams

Life's Work Ranked number one in the world among female tennis professionals in 2002, Serena Williams had become one of the sport's most exciting and closely watched young players. With her older sister Venus, she formed half of a tennis-prodigy pair that had been making headlines from an early age. As an African American in an historically white- and European-dominated sport, she found herself in the spotlight and under scrutiny. Serena and Venus Williams were coached by their father,...

Ous Jallow lauds Jammeh

Gambia and Alain athletic striker Ousman Jallow has, on behalf of his team-mates, heaped praises on the Gambian leader, Dr Alhaji Yahya Jammeh, for his benevolent gesture in allocating plots of land to players of The Gambia Under 17 team that won the CAF Under 17 Championship title in 2005, before representing The Gambia in her first-ever FIFA World Cup finals in Peru later in the same year. The former Wallidan striker, who scored the only goal that decided the fate of the coveted title in a...

Cricket Association Host Visiting Team

The Gambia Cricket Association will host the Sussex Over 50’s, a visiting team from the United Kingdom, who will be in Banjul to play series of Cricket matches and conduct Coaching Clinics for primary and senior secondary schools in Banjul and the Kanifing Municipality. However, according to information received from The Gambia Cricket Association, the team will be in the country from the 15th to the 26th of February 2008. Johnny Gomez, Vice president of the Gambia Cricket Association and...

Profile: Pa Saikou Kujabi

Born in Serrekunda on December 10, 1986, he attended Seventh-Days Adventist Education Centre primary School and Greater Banjul Middle school respectively. He played in the school’s football team while in primary school and appeared in Nawettan tournaments for Serrekunda East and the Surrounding. Being an outstanding and consistent player, the Gambian international started his career with first division side, Hawks Football Club. His wonderful performance for both club and country earned him a...

Gambia Invited to Six-Nation Cricket Tourney in Lagos

The Secretary of the Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF), Mr. Dans Adokiye, has disclosed to Football Digest that Nigeria will host the African regional cricket championship in April 2008 and has invited six countries to the event. He told Football Digest on Friday that the countries invited include Sierra-Leone, Gambia, Ghana, Morocco, Cameroon and the hosts, Nigeria. He said that arrangements were in top gear for the tournament, which will be hosted in Lagos. The defending champions, Nigeria,...

Pirang Ward ‘councillor’ speaks

Omar Sowe, the unopposed APRC candidate  for Pirang Ward in the Kombo East District  for the upcoming local government election, has spoken of his desire to fulfill the  trust and confidence bestowed in him by the people of his ward and the APRC  party. Sowe was speaking  in  an interview  with this reporter during a visit to  the Observer offices yesterday.  According to him, he intends to lobby for projects that are  sustainable  to the livelihood of his people. These, he said, will...

Scorpions Crash Out of Zone II Tournament

As Mali, Others Get Through to Semi-Finals Despite making an impressive performance last evening, the Scorpions of The Gambia, under the guidance of head coach Jose Martinez, were the next causalities to fall out from the Zone II Tournament at group stages. The Scorpions now joined Guinea Conakry and Sierra Leone who had earlier on crashed on the way-side. After a lackluster performance in their first match, which resulted to their 2-0 defeat by Mali and a draw with Cape Verde, the...