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Gambian Mustapha Carayol faces several weeks layoff after Middlesborough announced on Tuesday afternoon that early diagnosis of the injury he suffered appeared to need surgery....

Gamtel FC coach, Tapha Manneh, has been appointed head coach of the Under-20 team, officials of the Gambia Football Federation, GFF, announced at a news briefing yesterday. He would be assisted as deputy by Abdoulie Bojang of Steve Biko who has also been appointed as head coach of the Under-17....

The government of Japan yesterday formally signed a grant worth D4,800,000 with the Gambia National Olympic Committee (GNOC) for Gambian sports....

Saint Augustine's lost their magic baton that made them the home of The Gambia's track kings and queens in the schools championship at the recent edition in NBR, passing it to Gambia Senior Secondary who now hold the unique record of being the champions of the first-ever regionally staged competition....

With less than two months to go before The Gambia starts her campaign for qualification for the 2015 Africa Nations Cup, The Standard has reliably learnt that Peter Bonu Johnson has again been appointed coach of the national team.....

The winner of the just started Western Regional Football League, will cash D50,000, officials from the organising body, the WRFA said yesterday. Bakary Bojang, an official of the association said apart from the cash prize the champions of the Western Region automatically qualifies for the second division play off against champions of the other regions....

The Gambia Senior Secondary School are the new champions of the national schools athletics championship, preliminary results from Farafenni confirmed....

Real de Banjul made an emphatic recovery from last week's slip at the hands of the least fancied Samger to unleash a 3-1 blow to clueless Armed Forces in week ten of the GFF league and moved to 19 points. That gives them the top spot in the GFF league, but only just, because Brikama United are only a whisker away with similar points, 16, but Real enjoys superior goal difference....

As we went press last night Gambia Senior Secondary School was leading in the national secondary schools championship which ended in Farefenni last night. Track judges and team officials who spoke to The Standard predicted a tight contest between arch rivals Saints and Gambia Senior, even though the later was slightly in the lead as the evening set in with few events to go....

London Savage returns after two match layoff The Gambia's finest export to Scandinavia and who played most time for the Scorpions in recent times goal-merchant Demba Savage of HJK Helsinki has returned to first team training following an ankle injury which sidelined him at least for two League-Cup games and preseason friendlies ahead of the new campaign which starts next month....

As Biko takes tricky trip to Ports Brikama United leads the GFF league on goal difference from Real de Banjul going into week ten of the GFF league Saturday, when they will leave their comfort zone turf in their home, Box bar, to travel to Serekunda East to meet Samger, whose shocking victory .....

Rival athletes and fans from secondary schools across the country have started arriving in Farafenni ahead of the national championships which start today and end Sunday...