Gambia Football News

THE GAMBIA’S U-20 FOOTBALL TEAM LIFTED LAST WEEKEND’S GLOOMY MOOD WITH VICTORY OVER SIERRA LEONE’S U-20

by Omar Jatta - 04/03/201604/03/2016 0907

By: Omar Jatta The Gambia's U-20 team lifted the melancholic and sombre mood that had engulfed the fans of the small West African nation in the wake of the nil-nil draw by senior national team, the Scorpions against the Mourabitones of Mauritania last weekend. 1356

THE GFF HOST A FIVE DAY REFREES’ TRAINING

by Omar Jatta - 04/01/201604/01/2016 0669

The Gambia Football Federation is hosting a five day FIFA Referee training Course for Member Associations and top Referees in the country at the Paradise Suites in Kololi on Friday 1st April 2016. 1335

WHAT NEXT FOR GAMBIAN FOOTBALL?

by Omar Jatta - 03/30/201603/30/2016 0465

By: Omar Jatta What next for Gambian football? Well this morning Lamin Kabba Bajo, Sang John Ndong and all those charged or somehow affiliated with The Gambia national football team, the Scorpions have a problem to deal with and must start thinking about ways and plans to solve this problem. 1336

SANG OPTIMISTIC ABOUT HIS TEAM’S PROSPECTS AGAINST MAURITANIA IN THE RETURN LEG

by Omar Jatta - 03/29/201603/29/2016 0408

By: Omar Jatta The Gambia's national team coach Sang Ndong is optimistic about his team's prospects in the return leg of the AFCON 2017 qualifying tie against Mauritania despite losing the first of the two legged tie away in Nouakchott last Friday. 1329

MATCH COMMENTATOR ACCUSED MAURITANIAN FOOTBALL FEDERATION OF USING ‘NATURALILISED SENEGALESE PLAYERS’ TO BOLSTER THEIR TEAM

by Omar Jatta - 03/28/201603/28/2016 01107

BY: Omar Jatta The match commentator who did the commentary on BeIN Sport TV on Friday between Mauritania and The Gambia, Adel Khalou has accused the Mauritanian Football Federation FFRIM of resorting to the naturalisation of as many Senegalese nationals to bolster the Mauritanian team. 1313

AFCON 2017 QUALIFIERS: ONE UNFORTUNATE MOMENT LEFT THE GAMBIA WITH MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS

by Omar Jatta - 03/26/201603/26/2016 01052

BY: Omar Jatta What do you do when something happens to you that you didn't expect? Do you get upset, furious, and irritated that “something” has happened to you or try to figure out the reason why it happened and let go knowing that it happened because it was supposed to?

MAURITANIA’S FRENCH COACH CORENTIN MARTINS CALLS FOR CAUTION AGAINST THE SCORPIONS

by Omar Jatta - 03/24/201603/24/2016 0602

By: Omar Jatta Mauritania's French Coach, Corentin Martins says his team needs to apply caution in their approach when they take on the Scorpions of The Gambia in Nouakchott on Friday, 25th March. 1291

ARE THE GAMBIAN FANS PATIENT ENOUGH FOR THE REBUILDING, REBRANDING AND THE RESTRUCTURING OF THEIR NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM?

by Omar Jatta - 03/24/201603/24/2016 0483

Sang Mendy The watchwords in Gambian Football of late are: rebuild, rebrand and restructure, slogans used to set the tone for the rebirth of the nations football, but are The Gambians patient enough to see this become a reality? 1288

GAMBIAN PLAYERS STRANDED IN PORTUGAL AFTER MISSING FLIGHT TO DAKAR.

by Omar Jatta - 03/23/201603/23/2016 01077

The Gambia's UK based players Modou Barrow, Ibou Touray and Mustapha Carayol were stranded in Lisbon, Portugal , after missing their connection flight to Dakar. And the trio were only expected to arrive in the Senegalese capital in the early hours of this morning, where they will join the rest of the players on camp

AFCON 2017 QUALIFIERS: Scorpions Poised To Face Mauritania.

by Omar Jatta - 03/22/201603/23/2016 0603

The Gambia's national team Head Coach, Sang Ndong has released the names of his squad players last Friday ahead of his team's doubled-legged AFCON 2016 qualifiers against Mauritania, which kicks-off with the first leg this coming Friday 25th March in Nouakchott, and the return leg in Banjul four days later on Tuesday 29th March. 1261