The Independence Stadium Tennis Courts in Bakau were a hub of energy and youthful passion as the 2025 Africell U-13 Lawn Tennis Open Championship wrapped up in grand style on Sunday, June 15th. The three-day event, held from 13th to 15th June, brought together talented young tennis players from across the country in a spirited […]

Kotu, The Gambia – In a strong reaffirmation of government support for the development of football, Honourable Bakary Y. Badjie, Minister of Youth and Sports, has emphasized the Gambia Government’s strategic focus on professionalizing the national football ecosystem, describing it as a key national objective. Delivering the keynote address at a high-level Stakeholder Dialogue on

The National Sports Council (NSC) of The Gambia rolled out the red carpet Saturday night for its annual awards banquet, a celebratory event dubbed “BANQUET,” held at a local hotel in Kololi on Saturday 17th May, 2025. The gala gathered a multitude of institutions and key stakeholders from across the country to acknowledge and commend participants of the

David Haffner has been re-elected unopposed as President of the Gambia National Softball Association (GNSA) for another four-year term. His re-election took place during the association’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Elective Congress held on Saturday, 24th May 2025, at the Gambia National Olympic Committee (GNOC) Conference Room in Bakau. The event, which commenced promptly

Staff from various institutions across The Gambia convened today, 28th April 2025, at the PIA Hall for a one-day conference themed “Decent Work and Better Wages for a Sustainable Workforce.” The gathering formed part of the build-up to this year’s May Day celebrations. Throughout the conference, participants deliberated on the conditions within their respective workplaces,

The Gambia Maritime Administration (GMA) were crowned champions of the May Day 2025 Basketball 3×3 Tournament after a thrilling contest against Dock Labour Company at the Independence Stadium in Bakau on Sunday, 28th April 2025. The competition, organized under the theme “Decent work and better wages for a sustainable work force,” brought together teams to

The final of the Darsilami Sports Committee’s Naweetaan Knockout Tournament took place today in Darsilami, West Coast Region, bringing an exciting close to a competition held in loving memory of the late Musa “Mois” Jatta and Joseph “Dodou” Demba. The much-anticipated final saw D Road edge past Port More with a narrow 1-0 victory. After

Gambia U17 roared back into contention at the 2025 TotalEnergies U-17 Africa Cup of Nations with a commanding 5-1 demolition of Somalia in their second Group C clash on Friday at the Stade Ben Ahmed El Abdi in Morocco. After a narrow opening defeat to Senegal, the Young Scorpions came out stinging, racing to a

Today, the Marketing Team of the Gambia Football Federation (GFF), led by Bakary B. Baldeh, paid a courtesy visit to the Acting Executive Director of the National Sports Council (NSC), Mr. Mahmoud L Jawla, at his office located at the Independence Stadium in Bakau. The purpose of the visit was to promote and market the

Published: Tuesday, 01 April 2025 Gambia suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat to Senegal in their opening Group C match at the TotalEnergies CAF U17 Africa Cup of Nations on Tuesday. The Young Scorpions fell behind early at the Stade Ben Ahmed El Abdi in El Jadida when Ibrahima Sow’s stunning 7th-minute free-kick found the top