Category: Gambia
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Football – Yankuba Minteh: Another Gambian hotshot
Gambia could well be banking on a huge talent in the coming years in the person of Yankuba Minteh. The 18-year-old winger, bought by Newcastle, will be playing on loan in the Netherlands this season. This could be his chance to confirm all the good things observers think of him. In Gambia, Adama Bojang is…
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Gambia – Saintfiet: “Play a serious match against Congo”.
Day 5 of the CAF Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers in Côte d’Ivoire saw Gambia move a step closer to a second consecutive finals appearance. Their win over South Sudan (3-2), combined with Congo’s defeat by Mali (0-2), puts them in a favourable position ahead of their meeting with the Diables Rouges in September. Tom…
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FIFA U20 WC: Final stop for Gambia
Gambia fell to Uruguay in the Round of 16. The Scorpions lost (0-1) on Thursday and are out of the U20 World Cup. They are the 3rd African nation to be eliminated after Senegal and Tunisia. From the start of the game, Uruguay showed great ambition in attacking play down the right flank. Luciano Rodríguez…
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FIFA U20 WC: Sadio Mané’s advice to Mamin Sanyang
A young player in Bayern Munich’s reserve team, Mamin Sanyang is currently in Argentina with the Gambian national team for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. With a few appearances with the Bavarian club’s first team in training, he is delighted with these experiences. “Bayern gave me the opportunity to train with the first team,” he…
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U20 FIFA WC: Gambia arrives in Argentina
The Young Scorpions held their first training session on Monday, May 15, 2023, ahead of their international friendly against the Dominican Republic on May 16, 2023, at Mendoza Stadium. Coach Abdoulie Bojang and his protégés will take advantage of this meeting to prepare for their opening match of the World U20, against Honduras on May…
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Mercato: A Gambian U20 attracts recruiters
Adama Bojang is on everyone’s lips. He impressed with the Young Scorpions during the Africa Cup of Nations U20 in Egypt. Author of four goals, he largely guided Gambia to its first ever final before losing by 2-0 to Senegal. Reason for which, Al Ahly wants to enroll him. And it is not only the…
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AFCON U20: Senegal and Gambia into the finals – Highlights
Senegal-Gambia, it is the poster of the final of the Africa Cup of Nations under 20 years in Egypt. The Lion Cubs and the Scorpions came to the end of their opponents respectively Tunisia (3-0) and Nigeria (1-0), on Monday, March 6 in the semi-final. The magic continues to happen. The Lion Cubs of Senegal…
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Wasteful Nigeria’s eighth U20 Afcon title dream dashed by 10-man Gambia
Nigeria’s U20 men’s national team saw their dream for the eighth Africa U20 Cup of Nations title dashed following a 1-0 defeat to 10-man the Gambia in the semi-final match at the Cairo International Stadium on Monday evening. The Flying Eagles came into the last four on the back of a 1-0 quarterfinal triumph over…
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U20 AFCON: Gambia and Tunisia in the semi-finals – Highlights
Gambia and Tunisia join Senegal and Nigeria in the semi-finals of the U20 AFCON. The Scorpions laminated South Sudan (5-0), while Tunisia eliminated the Congo in the penalty shootout (3-3, 4-5 pen), on Friday, March 3. The Harras El-Hedoud stadium witnessed the XXL performance of the Gambia U20. The young Scorpions joined the final four…