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Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>The 28-man squad selected to represent The Gambia at the Afcon tournament in Cameroon includes: Goalkeepers: Baboucarr Gaye, Sheikh Sibi and Modou Jobe. Defenders: Pa Modou Jagne, Omar Colley, James Gomez, Noah Sonko Sundberg, Buba Sanneh, Ibou Touray and Saidy Janko.<\/p>\n

Midfielders: Muhammed Mbye, Ebrima Sohna, Dawda Ngum, Sulayman Marreh, Ebrima Darboe, Yusupha Bobb, Ebou Adams, Musa Barrow, Ablie Jallow and Bubacarr \u2018Steve\u2019 Trawally. Strikers: Ebrima Colley, Lamin Jallow, Buba Jobe, Assan Ceesay, Muhammed Badamosi, Modou Barrow, Dembo Darboe and Yusupha Njie.<\/p>\n

The team will now leave for Qatar for a pre-tournament camp that begins next week. There will be two test matches for the Scorpions against the reigning Afcon title holders Algeria and Syria on 1st and 5th January respectively, with both matches to be played in Doha. The Scorpions will then fly to Cameroon on 7th January, 2022.<\/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 28-man squad selected to represent The Gambia at the Afcon tournament in Cameroon includes: Goalkeepers: Baboucarr Gaye, Sheikh Sibi and Modou Jobe. Defenders: Pa Modou Jagne, Omar Colley, James Gomez, Noah Sonko Sundberg, Buba Sanneh, Ibou Touray and Saidy Janko. Midfielders: Muhammed Mbye, Ebrima Sohna, Dawda Ngum, Sulayman Marreh, Ebrima Darboe, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":7547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,8,17],"tags":[3451,2355,2361,260,3450],"class_list":["post-7548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-sport","tag-afcon-tournament","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-gambia","tag-gambia","tag-scorpions-coach"],"yoast_head":"\nScorpions Coach selects final 28-man squad for Gambia\u2019s maiden Afcon tournament - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The 28-man squad selected to represent The Gambia at the Afcon tournament in Cameroon includes: Goalkeepers: Baboucarr G ...\" \/>\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\/scorpions-coach-selects-final-28-man-squad-for-gambias-maiden-afcon-tournament\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Scorpions Coach selects final 28-man squad for Gambia\u2019s maiden Afcon tournament\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The 28-man squad selected to represent The Gambia at the Afcon tournament in Cameroon includes: Goalkeepers: Baboucarr G ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/scorpions-coach-selects-final-28-man-squad-for-gambias-maiden-afcon-tournament\" \/>\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=\"2021-12-22T18:43:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-12-22T20:11:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2021\/12\/img-61c386380d233.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"747\" \/>\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\/scorpions-coach-selects-final-28-man-squad-for-gambias-maiden-afcon-tournament#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/scorpions-coach-selects-final-28-man-squad-for-gambias-maiden-afcon-tournament\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Scorpions Coach selects final 28-man squad for Gambia\u2019s maiden Afcon tournament\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-22T18:43:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-12-22T20:11:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/scorpions-coach-selects-final-28-man-squad-for-gambias-maiden-afcon-tournament\"},\"wordCount\":163,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/scorpions-coach-selects-final-28-man-squad-for-gambias-maiden-afcon-tournament#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2021\/12\/img-61c386380d233.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Afcon tournament\",\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Gambia\",\"Gambia\",\"Scorpions Coach\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/scorpions-coach-selects-final-28-man-squad-for-gambias-maiden-afcon-tournament#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/scorpions-coach-selects-final-28-man-squad-for-gambias-maiden-afcon-tournament\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/scorpions-coach-selects-final-28-man-squad-for-gambias-maiden-afcon-tournament\",\"name\":\"Scorpions Coach selects final 28-man squad for Gambia\u2019s maiden Afcon tournament - 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