The Scorpions have been drawn in Group C with Senegal, Cameroon and Guinea for the 2023 African Cup of Nations. This will be the Scorpion’s second appearance in the TotalEnrgies African Cup of Nations football tournament to be held in Ivory Coast from 13th January to 11th February 2024. The Scorpions surprised the world in […]

The Minister of Youth and Sport, Hon. Bakary Y. Badjie, today inaugurated the new National Sport Council at the NAQAA conference hall in Kanifing.The inauguration marks the beginning of a four year term for the Council. The new Council includes some re-elected and reappointed members. However, among the members are those who are elected and

The Deputy Executive Director of the National Sport Council, Mr. Mahmoud Lamin Jawla is currently in Accra, Ghana, attending the Chefs De Mission meeting for the forthcoming African Games from 2nd to 4th October 2023. This meeting will give delegates firsthand information regarding the games and state of preparedness for the forthcoming games. An initiative

The Gambia continued to make history by qualifying to the continent’s biggest football bonanza to be held in Ivory Coast in January, 2024. This followed a spirited come-back by the Scorpions, resulting in a 2-2 draw with the Red Devils of Congo in the Gambia’s final match of the qualifiers played in Marrakech on 10th

The National Sport Council this morning, started a capacity building training program for sport stakeholders at the Ding Ding Federation Lodge in Bwiam. The three day training which brought together about thirty sport administrators from within the five districts of Foni, is funded by the International Trade Center. During the period, the participants will be

The prestigious Men African Nations Volleyball Championship is currently underway in Cairo, Egypt. The championship, organized by the African Volleyball Confederation (CAVB), began on 3rd September, 2023. The Gambia team, whose participation is funded by the Ministry of Yourh and Sport, through the National Sport Council, is among 15 countries participating in the biggest volleyball

The National Youth and Sport summer camp, organized by the National Youth and Sport Councils just ended at the Gambia Shanghai Initiative, North Bank Region. The annual camp which was attended by about one hundred young people was punctuated by a host of activities among them, a conducted tour of the Chamen premises; the Senegambia

Following the submission of a budget by the Gambia Football Federation for the Gambia’s last match in qualifiers for the AFCON 2024 to be played in Ivory Coast from 13th January to 11th February, 2024, the government of the Gambia through the Ministry of Youth and Sports has approved D11M. Out of the said amount,

The Gambia National male indoor volleyball team just arrived in Egypt for the African Senior Indoor Volleyball Championship. The Gambian team’s participation in the competition which will kick off today, 3rd September to 14th September, 2023, is funded by the Ministry of Youth and Sport, through the National Sport Council. The Gambia is taking part

The Minister of Youth and Sport, Hon. Bakary Yaya Badjie, told young people currently attending the national Youth and Sport summer camp that all young people irrespective of which region they come from and religion they belong to, they have one thing in common. This he said is the fact that they are all Gambians.