Tag: Gambia
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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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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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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…
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Boxing: “Controversial” victory of Badou Jack
This Saturday, August 20, the boxer Badou Jack signed his 25th victory. The 38-year-old Gambian colossus defeated the American Richard Rivera. But the victory is controversial. On the Ring of Jeddah, Badu Jack came to the end of the American Richard Rivera. The Gambian won his 25th victory in 31 fights. A success that has…
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Football – Gambia: Belmadi’s words towards Gassama prompts federation statement
The saga continues in the wake of the aftermath of the FIFA World Cup game between Algeria and Cameroon in Blida. Cameroon qualified ahead of host Algeria who still can not stop finding excuses to their defeat. Algeria’s coach Djamel Belmadi in an interview that went viral was seen instigating some very offensive and strong…
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AFCON 2021: Karl Toko-Ekambi crucifies Gambia – Highlights
Cameroon is in the semi-finals of the AFCON. The Indomitable Lions have easily disposed of Gambia thanks to a brace from Karl Toko-Ekambi. Cameroon dominate their quarter-final game against The Gambia in the Japoma stadium in Douala. The Indomitable Lions gave Gambia no chance. But in the first half, the Gambians sold their skin dearly.…
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AFCON 2021: Barrow the hero as Gambia make more history – Highlights
Gambia’s fairytale run in their Africa Cup of Nations maiden appearance continued with a victory that will go down in history as one of their most memorable. The debutants beat Guinea 1-0 in their AFCON last 16 match played in Bafoussam on Monday evening, 24 January, as they progressed to the quarterfinals of the competition.…
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AFCON 2021- Gambia: Tom Saintfiet makes outrageous accusations against the organizers
During the routine pre match press conference held at the Tagidor Hôtel in Bangou, Gambia’s coach, Tom Saintfiet accused the organizers for undermining Gambia and treating them differently from others. The Belgian claimed that six of his players were lodging in the same room under deplorable health conditions and only two of his staff…
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AFCON 2021: We are ready to face Guinea – Saintfiet
The head coach of Gambia has said they are well prepared to take on Guinea in the round of 16 at the on-going TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2021 in cameroon. Tom Saintfiet made it clear that it is not by surprise that they managed to qualify for the knock out stage without…