Medina Prove Stronger than Juve

Medina FC

By Omar Jarju

On a dry Tuesday afternoon, Medina FC battled their local Tallinding rivals Juventus in the ongoing Serrekunda East Sports Development Organisation (SESDO) Nawettan at the Serrekunda east mini stadium, in front of many spectators and fans.

Both sides appeared to be better in the early minutes of the game, but less chances until Baba Badjie of Medina sent in a flashy header, which was hard to deal resulted in a goal to nil in the mid first half.

Ousman Touray Vows to shine in SESDO Nawettan

Ousman Touray

By Mandu Sanneh 

Ball Conge’s forward Ousman Touray, who is one of the hottest strikers within the Serrekunda east area have sent an alert to all teams by saying that he is ready to shine vigorously with his team in the just kicked-off Serrekunda east Nawettan.

Touray was speaking shortly after his team won the Serrekunda East Sports Development Organisation (SESDO) Super Cup, after defeating the last year’s Nawettan winner’s United Stars of Tallinding by two goals to one at the east playing ground.

The scorer of the first goal of the game said he and his team mates are going for both the 2011 (SESDO) Nawettan and the FA cup after declaring that more is expected from him individually as a striker during this Nawettan.

“Preparations are as usual. We are training hard to make sure we achieve what we want, and I am very sure that we can do it because we have good players. We were the FA cup winners last year, and we want to defend this year’s because we need more trophies,” said the striker.

Ball Conge Win SESDO Super Cup

By Mandu Sanneh

Ball Conge

The bold boys of Ball Conge FC were full of joy on Friday after been crowned champions of the 2011 Serrekunda East Sports Development Organisation (SESDO) super cup after defeating last year’s Nawettan winners, United Stars of Tallinding by 2-1 at the Serrekunda east mini stadium.

The game, which was “the green-light” to the 2011 SESDO Nawettan was well witnessed by sports dignitaries as well as football lovers from within and outside the Serrekunda area.

Gambia to Host Africa Security Awards

Patrick Agbambu

The Gambia will for the first time host the Security Watch Africa annual awards and lectures scheduled for 13 and 14 October, 2011 at Sheraton Resort and Spa in Brufut.
“The choice for The Gambia is a reflection of the commitment to peace and security by the government,” said Patrick Agbambu, the Chief Executive Officer and the International Coordinator of SWAA.
Agbambu, who was addressing a news conference at Sheraton on Monday said, The Gambia has become a pride of the West Africa sub-region as it remains the most peaceful and secure.
“The hosting of these events in The Gambia is in support of the good works and steadfastness to development by the government,” said Agbambu.
Introduced in 2004 by Security Watch Africa, Security Watch Africa Awards annually honor individuals, governments, agencies, brands and companies who have excelled in security administration, practice and governance in Africa. The lectures, which was introduced in 2005 identifies security problems affecting Africa and her people, discuss these problems and proffer actionable solutions.

Sabackh Sanjal to Stage First Inter-Village Football Tournament

Abdou Secka

After a fruitful discussion with the village youth representatives, the Sabackh Sanjal constituency is set to stage first ever inter-village Nawettan tournament come Sunday 11th October 2011 at different playing grounds within the area.
The aim of the upcoming tournament is, among others, to develop the talents of the youth in football; make the area be known as a role player in the strive to develop football in The Gambia.
According to the chairperson of the Committee, Abdoulie Secka, who is currently residing in Dibba Kunda village, registrations is ongoing and the date of the kick off will be on Sunday 5th October, 2011.

2012 AFCON qualifying round-up: Senegal qualifies for African Cup of Nations

Senegal National Team

Goal.com follows the fifth round of the 2012 African Cup of Nations qualifying, with a number of matches taking place throughout the weekend

Sep 3, 2011 5:05:00 PM

By Peter Pedroncelli

Senegal 2–0 DR Congo

The Senegalese players knew going into this match that a win at home against DR Congo would be enough to secure their place at the 2012 African Cup of Nations competition in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.

It’s a disappointing result for Gambia, coach Put

Paul Put

Following his side’s 1-0 defeat at Namibia on 2012 AFCON m qualifiers match-day five, Gambia coach Paul Put expressed his disappointment with the result.’

Put told Cafonline.com that he believes his side did not reach their full potential on the day which was detrimental to their campaign.

 

Cafonline.com:   What went wrong today?

 

Paul Put:  First of all I’m so disappointed with the result and how the team played today. We needed to win this match but we couldn't do it and now our destiny is not in our hands anymore. Secondly, I believe my players today did not reach their levels of potential and this cost us the game. We should have played better than this.