Sports

Following a request by prospective participants in this year's May Day sports bonanza, the draw for the event has now been pushed to Tuesday April 22, officials of the national organising committee announced yesterday.

...Buba Janneh clarifies statement on appeal

Members of the athletics community of the Gambia, ranging from athletes to track judges and ex- Gambian international track and field athletes have all welcomed news of the provision of money to complete renovation work on the Stadium tracks.

The Bajana international marathon is only four days away and the organisers, The Gambia Volunteers, said preparations have matured for the April 19 event...

A letter written to national associations by the Confederation of African Football, Caf, inviting them to partake in the preliminaries of the 2015 African U-20 championship, is making the rounds as The Gambia anxiously awaits the outcome of Liberia's appeal...

Buba Janneh, first vice president and spokesman of the Gambia Football Federation, GFF, yesterday told The Standard that his federation has not received any communication from the Confederation of African Football, Caf, on Liberia's alleged appeal against The Gambia over alleged age cheating....

The Gambia's unbeaten record at newly formed Under-20 level continues with a pulsating nil–nil draw against the visiting Senegal side. Billed to be the toughest challenge for Tapha Manneh and his boys, the match proved to be more flash points for the technicians' notebook than excitement for the crowd as both sides misfired...

In 1985, (we read from Tijan Masanneh Ceesay's book) that during the secretary generalship of Momodou Dibba, a competition was held for Gambians to pick a name for the national team. Entries ranging from Ifanbondi to Red Scorpions, were floated and in the end the jury arrived at a conclusion: just simply 'The Scorpions'....

Following the difference of stance between Liberian and Gambian officials on the interpretation of the rules on player eligibility for the Under-20 Championship and in the wake of the former's reported appeal to Caf, more and more people have added their voices to the issue.....

Offcials of The Gambia Golf Association (GGA), the body that organises and coordinates golf in The Gambia, are stepping up efforts at popularising the game, widely associated with foreign expatriates here, among school children to prepare a future cadre of Gambian golfers....

Offcials of the Senegalese Football Federation said their Under-20 team will be in Banjul last night travelling via Jarra Soma to meet the Young Scorpions in a friendly at the Independence Stadium tomorrow,” GFF sources told The Standard...

Coach Omar Sise and his Gambian players inspired Feni FC to reach their first major final. They beat Brothers Union in the Independence Cup 2-0 with Matthew Mendy scoring both goals....