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The annual Youth and Sport summer camp, jointly organized by the National Sport and Youth Councils will now be held from the 25th August to 2nd September, 2023, in Chamen, North Bank Region (NBR). The theme for this year’s event is “inclusion for every child”. The GSI skills development center located in the heart of […]

Historic Sports for Health 2023, comes to an end The 2023 Sport for Health, described by many as the most successful, has come to an end in Basse, URR. The Governor of the Upper River Region, Hon. Samba Bah, today 13th August, 2023, declared the 2023 Sport for Health, officially closed at a colorful ceremony

The Governor of the Upper River Region, today declared the 2023 Sport for Health officially opened. Governor Samba Bah, who was addressing participants gathered at the St. George’s Lower Basic School to mark the beginning of the annual event organized by the National Sport Council in collaboration with Non Communicable Diseases Unit of the Ministry

Sport stakeholders of Lower River Region, over the weekend converged at the Gamworks Regional Office in Pakalinfing, LRR, at a congress aimed at electing executive members of the Lower River Regional Sport Committee. The congress which was held without any hitches, witnessed the re-election of the chairman and vice chairman for another term while the

The Hon. Minister of Youth and Sport, Bakary Y. Badjie, recently embarked on a nationwide tour of youth and sports facilities in order to get firsthand information with regard to the projects under the purview of his Ministry across the country. The Hon. Minister was accompanied by senior officials of his Ministry among them, the

The Gambia’s female 4x100m relay team competing in the Islamic Solidarity Games underway in Konya, has won the gold medal in the event with a time of 43.83 seconds. The Gambian quartet of Gina Bass, Wurrie Njadore, Maimuna Jallow and Ola Buwaro, had a stellar start in the event and maintained the momentum to win

Gina Bass of the Gambia has just won gold medal at the ongoing Islamic Solidarity Games, taking place in Konya, Turkiye. Gambian star sprinter left the block with a bang to cross the finish line in 22.63 seconds, while compatriot Wurrie Njadore finished fourth Meanwhile, Ebrahima Camara and Alieu Joof finished fourth and seventh on

Gambia’s male 4x100m relay team competing in the Commonwealth Games underway in Birmingham, has just qualified to the final to be held tomorrow at 12:40 (11:40 in The Gambia). The Gambian quartet of Ebrahima Camara; Adama Jammeh; Alieu Joof and Sengan Jobe who have all been training in France, finished third in heat 2 in

Day 8 at the ongoing Commonwealth Games was a busy and entertaining one for Team Gambia, as five athletes took part in the athletics events and two in the beach volleyball. The duo, Sainey Jawo and Mbye Baboucarr Jarra, earlier today lost to a resilient Canadian team, 2-1 in a highly competitive match being the

Finnish born Gambian Judoka, Alex Faye Njie, has just made history by winning for The Gambia, the first silver medal in the history of the Commonwealth Games. In the process, Faye has beome the second Gambian to win a medal in the Commonwealth Games, after Shiekh Tijan Faye, won a bronze medal in the 1970