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Foday Drammeh, secretary general of title holders Steve Biko FC, who were last week slammed with a ban and a fine, has said they are disappointed with the suspension of their captain, Lamin Jallow alias Fedo because he is the 'most disciplined player' in the GFF League...

Horn-blaring convoys of vehicles passed excited waving crowds around Serekunda last weekend as victorious Kunjujang hero Hoyantang is escorted back home. He and his victim Tassa-Yaram commanded a growing legion of wrestling fans, now a common sight in the streets on weekends...

A casual encounter between Raptim Football Academy manager Julius Camara and Stoke City fans Peter Evans and Alex Curwen, sometime ago, is looking set to bring goodies for the Gambian academy.. .

Real de Banjul have had their lead cut by 6 points, after a ruling by the GFF organising committee found them guilty of infringements following appeals lodged by Bakau United and Brikama United, respectively.

In the aftermath of the recent expulsion of the U-20 national team from the Caf championship, which will be followed by a so far unspecified punishment, the Gambia Football Federation continues to meet stakeholders to put its case over the issue...

The task force set up by the National Sports Council, NSC, the technical arm of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, to look into the Under-20 expulsion from Caf, has started work in earnest, a reliable source told The Standard.

A team from the UK Embassy last week competed in the 5km Bajana charity run to help raise funds for the refurbishment of Bajana nursery.

The Gambia national football team, the Scorpions will play Seychelles in the first round of the African Nations Cup qualifiers. The winner of this tie will take on either Sierra Leone or Swaziland. ..

On Sunday in Cairo, Eqypt, The Gambia would be drawn alongside 29 other African countries for the preliminaries of the African Nations Cup finals to be held in Morocco in January 2015...

Young footballers from some 23 villages from the Serahule communities in the URR are currently united in a junior football championship, dubbed 'Soninkara Youth Annual Football Tournament', SYAFT...

The Gambia Football Federation, GFF, is to get at least $1.2 million from the world football governing body Fifa to fund various projects ranging from grassroots football development, female and capacity-building among other areas.

A ruling by the GFF organising committee on a disputed match between Gamtel FC and Steve Biko, has meted out punishment to the Bakau 'giantkillers' and their fans. Biko have had a player, Modou Lamin Jallow, banned for the rest of the league for allegedly hitting central referee Momodou Taal during a recent match between them and Gamtel.