Football

BY: Arfang MS Camara

The Serekunda derby game between Serekunda East and West, on Sunday, was marred by controversy after one of the assistant referees had a stone thrown on his head by a fan believed to be Serekunda West supporter, leaving central referee Maudo Jallow to end the game prematurely after a 2-0 score-line in favour of Serekunda East.

East beat 10-man West team as Ablie Manneh scored both goals in the 76th and 85th minutes respectively in an encounter played at the Serekunda West mini stadium. 

BY: GFF

The Gambia Football Federation (GFF) and its partners will on Monday 5^th November, 2018, launch a two-year partnership programme aimed at developing women’s football in the country. This will be done in the form of a press conference where the globally acclaimed football expert, Monika Staab, a German, would be formerly introduced to the Gambian people.

Ms. Staab, 59, a former German football player and football manager has returned to the country on a two-year Technical Assistance programme following the formal signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Gambia’s Ministry of Youth & Sports and Germany’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The programme is mainly targeted at the overall development of women football in The Gambia. This was also secured through the joint efforts of The Gambia National Olympic Committee (GNOC) and the GFF.

Former Gambia international Cherno Samba has finally revealed the reason behind his failed move to Liverpool nearly two decades ago that led him to fall into depression and try to take his own life.

The former Scorpions striker came to prominence by scoring 132 goals in 32 games for his boyhood club Millwall and was signed to the team’s academy at the age of 13.

Gambia international Hamza Barry is set to be out of action until the New Year after sustaining a knee injury while playing for Croatian side HNK Hajduk Split.

The 24-year-old was injured in Hajduk’s 2-0 home loss to NK Osijek in week 10 of the Croatian top-flight league.