The continent’s bi-annual cadet football tournament is set to begin in February 2021 in Mauritania.
The young Scorpions secured a place in the championship following their 4-3 penalty shootout win over Senegal in a final played in Thies, last month.
Coach Matarr Mboge and his team require adequate preparations to perform extremely well in the tournament.
The Gambia previously qualified for Africa U-20 Youth Championship twice in their history in 2007 and 2011 respectively.
The young Scorpions won bronze medal in the 2007 Africa U-20 Youth Championship after thrashing Zambia 3-1 in the third- place play off.
Meanwhile, The Gambia qualified for FIFA U-20 World Cup once in their history in 2007 hosted in Canada but were eliminated in the second round after slipping to Austria 2-1.
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Bakary Y. Badjie has assured government’s commitment to issues of youth as well as his readiness to continue to make sports development a national priority by creating the enabling policy environment, development and funding initiatives that will reduce challenges young people face and advance our great country.
Gambian players plying their trades in the Italian Serie A continue to excel extremely-excellent with their respective clubs in the country’s top flight league this season.
The Gambia National Para Olympic Committee (GNPC) last Thursday presented 2 propelling wheelchairs and 2 tennis wheelchairs to its athletes.
BK Milan, Marimoo, Banjul United and Hawks are all fighting to survive in The Gambia Football Federation (GFF) Division League for another season despite struggling in the league campaign.
