{"id":20651,"date":"2022-08-19T14:31:55","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T14:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/gff-explains-gambias-absence-at-wafu-u-15-tourney"},"modified":"2022-08-19T15:19:39","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T15:19:39","slug":"gff-explains-gambias-absence-at-wafu-u-15-tourney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gff-explains-gambias-absence-at-wafu-u-15-tourney","title":{"rendered":"GFF EXPLAINS GAMBIA\u2019S ABSENCE AT WAFU U-15 TOURNEY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>The second vice president of the Gambia Football Federation (GFF) Ebou Faye has explained that the Gambia could not take part in the on-going Wafu Under-15 championship because the invitation came late.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Faye was responding to criticisms by Sadibou Kamaso opposition Team- Restore Confidence, who said the GFF was negligent and did not act in good time even though there was information that the tournament was being called for Liberia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dThe WAFU Zone A U15 tournament is currently underway in Monrovia Liberia which the GFF under the leadership of Lamin Kaba Bajo who doubles as the President of WAFU zone A was informed of months ago and yet couldn\u2019t have a team represent The Gambia. Instead, messages were making round on social media where a regional coach was pleading with clubs to send any U15 player they have, and citing the possible embarrassment the current GFF President \/WAFU A president would endure if Gambia is not represented. What a shame?\u201d, the GFF opposition leader Kamaso alleged.<\/p>\n<p>However, in his response, the GFF second VP Ebou Faye who is responsible for competition, said Mr Kamaso can have the luxury of spreading misinformation to seek cheap political capital or take time to find out the real fact before making claims. The fact of the matter is that the GFF was only notified to participate in the tourney on the 10th August to prepare a team and travel by the 15th. I have the notice. Everyone knows that is not possible. And in any case, it is not true that there is desperate search for under-15 players. The GFF has just completed a nationwide Pan African Youth Competition which identified the best of talents in that category. Also the GFF in collaboration with Ambassador Tijan Jaiteh\u2019s foundation have an U-15 team as part of his Norway Cup contingent. Each of these groups could have been used for this purpose because they were scouted from across the country with due diligence to their age and talent. So I think Mr Kamaso has not been properly informed or has no information at all,\u201d Mr Faye said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\">Gambia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. The second vice president of the Gambia Football Federation (GFF) Ebou Faye has explained that the Gambia could not take part in the on-going Wafu Under-15 championship because the invitation came late. Mr Faye was responding to criticisms by Sadibou Kamaso opposition Team- Restore Confidence, who said the GFF was negligent and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":20650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,17],"tags":[2355,2361,260,2290,7993],"class_list":["post-20651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-gambia","tag-gambia","tag-gff","tag-wafu-u-15-tourney"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>GFF EXPLAINS GAMBIA\u2019S ABSENCE AT WAFU U-15 TOURNEY - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The second vice president of the Gambia Football Federation (GFF) Ebou Faye has explained that the Gambia could not take ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gff-explains-gambias-absence-at-wafu-u-15-tourney\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"GFF EXPLAINS GAMBIA\u2019S ABSENCE AT WAFU U-15 TOURNEY\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The second vice president of the Gambia Football Federation (GFF) Ebou Faye has explained that the Gambia could not take ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gff-explains-gambias-absence-at-wafu-u-15-tourney\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-08-19T14:31:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-08-19T15:19:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_13-62ffa9f4f3ee8.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gff-explains-gambias-absence-at-wafu-u-15-tourney#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gff-explains-gambias-absence-at-wafu-u-15-tourney\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"GFF EXPLAINS GAMBIA\u2019S ABSENCE AT WAFU U-15 TOURNEY\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-19T14:31:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-19T15:19:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gff-explains-gambias-absence-at-wafu-u-15-tourney\"},\"wordCount\":375,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gff-explains-gambias-absence-at-wafu-u-15-tourney#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_13-62ffa9f4f3ee8.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Gambia\",\"Gambia\",\"GFF\",\"WAFU U-15 TOURNEY\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gff-explains-gambias-absence-at-wafu-u-15-tourney#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gff-explains-gambias-absence-at-wafu-u-15-tourney\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gff-explains-gambias-absence-at-wafu-u-15-tourney\",\"name\":\"GFF EXPLAINS GAMBIA\u2019S ABSENCE AT WAFU U-15 TOURNEY - 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