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SJAG Delegation Back from Senegal Sports Journalists’ Awards

By Alieu Ceesay, SJAG A delegation of Sports Journalists was in Dakar, on the invitation of their counterparts, for the latter‘s annual sports awards night...

Gambia’s King of Arena: ‘I Will Attack When I Need to’

By Sulayman Bah Gambia’s wrestling king of arena Hoyantan says he wouldn’t mind attacking when he deems it fit. Hoyantan is billed to face Senegal’s Baye...

Wafu U-20: Gambia Relinquish Title after Losing to Senegal

By Sulayman Bah Gambia yesterday night got dumped out of the West African Football Union U-20 Nations Cup by Senegal. Senegal scored having penetrated Gambia’s right-back...

Last-gasp Goal Book Gambia Wafu U-20 Semis

By Sulayman Bah A last-gasp goal was all it took for Gambia to get one over Liberia to assure the Scorpions semi-final spot in the...

GFF VP to Commission Today’s Africa U-23 Game

Source GFF-The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has nominated GFF 1st Vice President Alh Bakary K Jammeh as the preferred Match Commissioner to the...

ECOWAS concludes media training on disaster risk reporting

By Fatoumatta K Jallow Accra, Ghana A-two-day ECOWAS Regional media training on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management organised by the ECOWAS Commission for 25 participants...

Angola Fired up against Gambia

By Sulayman Bah Angola are arsenal ready to complete a double qualifier win over Gambia’s Scorpions today when the two sides face off at the...

National Human Rights Institutions in Africa Lack Autonomy, Resources- Report

By Momodou Jarju A report by the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) finds that many national human rights institutions of Member States of the African...

Devoid of Determination and Humbled by Football Minnows Djibouti, Gambian Players...

By Sulayman Bah When the arbiter meandered to the touch-line to deliver some telling off to Gambia’s coach Tom Saintfiet in the closing stages of...

Warsama Hassan –The Lone Djibouti Shoeman Plotting to Undo Gambia

By Sulayman Bah Djibouti is an East African nation blessed with everything except expatriate footballers. Being obvious minnows in the global game, their domestic leagues rarely...

Gambia in Djibouti Test Today

By Sulayman Bah Gambia today face Djibouti in an all-important two-legged tie with the first meeting in Djibouti City. The Scorpions got jettisoned off the World...

Coach Sise after Wafu Cup Exit: ‘Gambia Team is not Solid’

By Sulayman Bah  Gambia home-based team coach Omar Sise says his charges aren’t much of a solid team. It took a lone goal for Cape Verde...

Wafu Semis: Gambia Battling Cape Verde Today

By Sulayman Bah Gambia slug it out with The Republic of Cape Verde Island today in a semi-final battle in the ongoing Wafu Nations Cup. The...

WAFU Cup: Gambia Smacked by Ghana in Opener

By Sulayman Bah Gambia’s home-based Scorpions yesterday lost 1-0 to Ghana courtesy of a second-half goal. The first half ended a drab goalless affair but with...

WAFU: Gambia Battling Ghana Tomorrow

By Sulayman Bah Gambia will battle with Ghana tomorrow in an opening fixture of the West African Football Union Nations Cup. The tie, to be staged...

Bun Sanneh Headlines Gambia, Ghana Beckons

By Sulayman Bah Bun Sanneh is expected to lead the line in the assault aimed at Ghana in the soon-to-start West African Football Union Nations...

Gambia vs Ghana –A Dissection of Black Stars’ Key Players

By Sulayman Bah The battle lines have been drawn. Stade Lat Dior Thies will be the venue. October is the month of the face-off and...

African Development Bank launches US$ 2 billion 1.625% Global Benchmark due...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, September 13, 2019/ -- The African Development Bank (ADB), has launched and priced a US$ 2 billion or 3-year Global Benchmark bond...

‘I Will Beat You in Two Seconds,’ Senegal’s Baye Mandione Tells...

By Sulayman Bah Baye Mandione has vowed to give Gambia’s Hoyantan a whacking to forget. The two are pitted together by Senegalese promoter ‘Jamaican’ – a...

African Games: Gina Bass Wins Gambia Silver Medal

By Sulayman Bah Track and field queen Gina Bass yesterday won Gambia a silver medal in the finals of the 100m, Foroyaa Sport can report. The...