{"id":33615,"date":"2023-04-19T19:33:30","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T19:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?p=33615"},"modified":"2023-06-15T22:46:21","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T22:46:21","slug":"barrow-to-meet-young-scorpions-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-to-meet-young-scorpions-today","title":{"rendered":"BARROW TO MEET YOUNG SCORPIONS TODAY"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>The press has been reliably informed that President Adama Barrow will today receive the national Under\u201320 football team at State house. The meeting will come just two days before the draw for the World Under -20 Cup taking place in Argentina.<\/b><\/p>\n

The Gambia, having finished as runners up in the Afcon Under -20 in Egypt will be among four African teams qualified for the World Cup.<\/p>\n

Currently, the Young Scorpions have started technical preparations with coach Aboulie Bojang reshaping and fine tuning his arsenals for the global show down in Argentina , starting on the 20th May.<\/p>\n

Upon their return from Egypt the minister of sports Bakary Badjie said the president will meet the team to convey the nation\u2019s appreciation for their strong performance in the Afcon Under-20. The boys returned as vice champions of Africa and global icon and poster boy Adama Bojang attracting scouts like honey bees.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s meeting is in fulfillment of the minister\u2019s promise of an audience with the president. The president is expected to motivate the team for the bigger stage in South America with words of appreciation and encouragement. He may also grant them some Salibo ahead of the weekend Eid. The draw for the world cup will be conducted on Friday.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Gambia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Gambia. The press has been reliably informed that President Adama Barrow will today receive the national Under\u201320 football team at State house. The meeting will come just two days before the draw for the World Under -20 Cup taking place in Argentina. The Gambia, having finished as runners up in the Afcon Under […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":33614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[2355,2361,260],"class_list":["post-33615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-gambia","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"\nBARROW TO MEET YOUNG SCORPIONS TODAY - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The press has been reliably informed that President Adama Barrow will today receive the national Under\u201320 football te ...\" \/>\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\/barrow-to-meet-young-scorpions-today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BARROW TO MEET YOUNG SCORPIONS TODAY\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The press has been reliably informed that President Adama Barrow will today receive the national Under\u201320 football te ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-to-meet-young-scorpions-today\" \/>\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=\"2023-04-19T19:33:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-06-15T22:46:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/04\/postQueueImg_1681911664.15.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\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=\"1 minute\" \/>\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\/barrow-to-meet-young-scorpions-today#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-to-meet-young-scorpions-today\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"BARROW TO MEET YOUNG SCORPIONS TODAY\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-19T19:33:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-15T22:46:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-to-meet-young-scorpions-today\"},\"wordCount\":228,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-to-meet-young-scorpions-today#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/04\/postQueueImg_1681911664.15.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Gambia\",\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-to-meet-young-scorpions-today#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-to-meet-young-scorpions-today\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-to-meet-young-scorpions-today\",\"name\":\"BARROW TO MEET YOUNG SCORPIONS TODAY - Gambia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-to-meet-young-scorpions-today#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-to-meet-young-scorpions-today#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/04\/postQueueImg_1681911664.15.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-19T19:33:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-15T22:46:21+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The press has been reliably informed that President Adama Barrow will today receive the national Under\u201320 football te ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-to-meet-young-scorpions-today#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-to-meet-young-scorpions-today\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-to-meet-young-scorpions-today#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/04\/postQueueImg_1681911664.15.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/04\/postQueueImg_1681911664.15.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"BARROW TO MEET YOUNG SCORPIONS TODAY\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-to-meet-young-scorpions-today#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"BARROW TO MEET YOUNG SCORPIONS TODAY\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/\",\"name\":\"Gambia\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"BARROW TO MEET YOUNG SCORPIONS TODAY - Gambia","description":"The press has been reliably informed that President Adama Barrow will today receive the national Under\u201320 football te ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-to-meet-young-scorpions-today","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"BARROW TO MEET YOUNG SCORPIONS TODAY","og_description":"The press has been reliably informed that President Adama Barrow will today receive the national Under\u201320 football te ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-to-meet-young-scorpions-today","og_site_name":"Gambia","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-04-19T19:33:30+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-06-15T22:46:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/04\/postQueueImg_1681911664.15.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-to-meet-young-scorpions-today#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-to-meet-young-scorpions-today"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"BARROW TO MEET YOUNG SCORPIONS TODAY","datePublished":"2023-04-19T19:33:30+00:00","dateModified":"2023-06-15T22:46:21+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-to-meet-young-scorpions-today"},"wordCount":228,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-to-meet-young-scorpions-today#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/04\/postQueueImg_1681911664.15.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Gambia","Gambia"],"articleSection":["all news","sport"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-to-meet-young-scorpions-today#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-to-meet-young-scorpions-today","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-to-meet-young-scorpions-today","name":"BARROW TO MEET YOUNG SCORPIONS TODAY - Gambia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-to-meet-young-scorpions-today#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-to-meet-young-scorpions-today#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/04\/postQueueImg_1681911664.15.jpg","datePublished":"2023-04-19T19:33:30+00:00","dateModified":"2023-06-15T22:46:21+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The press has been reliably informed that President Adama Barrow will today receive the national Under\u201320 football te ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-to-meet-young-scorpions-today#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-to-meet-young-scorpions-today"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-to-meet-young-scorpions-today#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/04\/postQueueImg_1681911664.15.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/04\/postQueueImg_1681911664.15.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"BARROW TO MEET YOUNG SCORPIONS TODAY"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-to-meet-young-scorpions-today#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"BARROW TO MEET YOUNG SCORPIONS TODAY"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/","name":"Gambia","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}