Abdoukarim ‘Pique’ Jaiteh, a Starlet to Watch

By Mandu Sanneh & Rohey Dem

The outstanding performances of the young football starlets are undermined by the Gambia football association and its’ coaches but I see this young starlet, Abdoukarim Jatta cum ‘Pigue’ as fitting footballer for the Gambia in the near future in monitored.

Abdoukarim Jaiteh 15 played for the Tallinding outfit Medina Football Club as a permanent figure in both the 2011 Serrekunda east Knock out and league Cup. The versatile player who plays at all positions within the back four of Medina helped his team win the FA cup against Ball Conge of Bundung.

Sang to respond to SJAG ‘Unconstitutional’ Decision

By Abdoulie Nget

After consultation, the removed Secretary General of the Gambia Sports Journalists Association which is dubbed by many members as ‘uncommitted’ is to respond to what he called unconstitutional removal from the SJAG executive in a press conference to be held on Thursday 19 January at City Limit Radio premises.

Sang Mendy was removed as a Secretary General of the SJAG and replaced with his immediate assistant Abdoulie Bah of West Coast Radio in a general meeting held on Sunday 6^th January 2012 at The Daily News Premises. The meeting was witnessed by the president of the association Sainabou Kujabi Njie, the first vice president Amadou Wuyeh Manga, assistant treasurer Ebrima Bah and some members. The said meeting filled in Observer Sports’ Baboucarr Camara as the assistant Secretary General of the association.

Sang who promised to get back to this paper if he is to take a decision did so by informing the paper’s sports that he is to hold a press conference aimed at responding to the decision taken by the association in his absent.

“After consultation with my family, friends and love one, I want to convene a press conference on the decision of SJAG in what they called sacking me, which
I see as unconstitutional and out of touch so I am inviting you to my press conference on Thursday at City Limits Radio,” a statement from sang reads.

It was also said during the meeting that a warning letter signed by the president Mrs. Kujabi Njie was addressed to Sang, but he failed to respond.

Sang Mendy,  who was not present at the meeting said he was not aware of the removal, noting that until he receives his removal letter, he sees himself as the secretary General of the Gambia Sports Journalists Association.

Editors Note:

But the big question need to be answered is, who is right here? Is it the SJAG or Sang? Time will tell in this case.

Jammeh - Effective Management of Sporting Institutions should continue

PS Jammeh

The Permanent Secretary at the ministry of Youth and Sports Alieu Jammeh has advised that ‘effective management of sports institutions should continue in the years to come.’

Mr. Jammeh was addressing participants at the National Sports Council meeting with its associations partners at the Friendship Hostel on Thursday.

“We need to be organized in the way we run our institutions, we were doing it in 2010 and we will continue the same in 2012 so that we come with effective management of our sporting disciplines, any report that comes to the ministry will be quickly provided a response,” He said.

Jammeh said sports will be decentralize in the country. “Like in the regional level there is no institution and facilities but we want to reach all this areas, we are working towards these problems to make sure we archive our goals,” he said.

Reshuffle at Sports Journalists Association

By Abdoulie Nget

The Sports Journalists Association of The Gambia on Wednesday in a meeting at their secretariat at The Daily News offices removed Sang Mendy of City Limit radio as secretary general of the association and replaced him with his immediate assistant Abdoulie Bah of West Coast Radio.

Gambia Women U17 Team to host Sierra Leone on Sunday

By Omar Bah

The Gambia National women football team will on Sunday 22 January play host to their Sierra Leonean counterparts at the Independence Stadium in the 1^st leg qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 Women World Cup to be staged in Azerbaijan, 2012.

The Gambia registered the National U-17 Women team in the competition as part of the GFA’s drive to put Women football as a top priority in its activities.

The development occurred after the Women`s team excellent performances in during friendly international matches played in Dakar Senegalese last year, this will be the first time for a Gambian female to contest in the FIFA world Cup qualifiers.

Bonu Eyes African Cup of Nation

Bonu

By Abdoulie Nget & Adama Jobe

The newly appointed coach of The Gambia national football team said he wants to qualify the scorpions to higher competitions such as African cup of nation and the world cup.

Mr Peter Bonu Johnson has been appointed head coach of the senior national football team of The Gambia, the Scorpions, replacing the sacked Belgian Paul Put who failed to qualify the country to the 2012 African Cup of Nations to be co-hosted by Gabon and Equatorial Guinea later this month as stipulated in his contract.

Bonu’s appointment came just 24 hours after The Gambia Football Association (GFA) confirmed that they have, in consultation with them ministry of Youth and Sports, shortlisted five candidates for the job, but Bonu was not among.

Crop Failure Hits Gambian Farmers

Ahead of this year’s cropping season, The Gambia Metrology Office forecasted that though this year’s rainy season would start late and end early, there would be more rains than normal. The ‘good news’ it says was agricultural productivity will be good and farmers will record a bumper harvest.
But time has proven them wrong with regards to  their latter ‘good news’ prediction as, on the contrary, there is a general crop failure across The Gambia.