{"id":84122,"date":"2025-08-15T18:10:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T18:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/gambia-pays-25k-for-stadium-to-host-burundi-match"},"modified":"2025-08-15T18:45:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T18:45:10","slug":"gambia-pays-25k-for-stadium-to-host-burundi-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambia-pays-25k-for-stadium-to-host-burundi-match","title":{"rendered":"Gambia Pays $25K for Stadium to Host Burundi Match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>The Gambia Football Federation has been charged a whopping Twenty- five thousand dollars by Kenya, for the provision of a stadium and costs of other hosting logistics for the Scorpions\u2019 home game against Burundi in the World Cup qualifiers early next month.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>With Gambia\u2019s Independence Stadium still not ready for international matches, the GFF had communicated to Caf indicating its decision to host the match in Kenya. The GFF said the decision to host it in Kenya makes sense since The Gambia will play away to Kenya in the same week in Nairobi. \u201dIt is only logical that we host Burundi (which is not far from Kenya) at the same place rather than flying the team to another venue,\u201d a senior GFF official told The Standard.<\/p>\n<p>The Gambia will play Kenya on September 1 and host Burundi four days later, on 5 September, in the World Cup qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Gambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. The Gambia Football Federation has been charged a whopping Twenty- five thousand dollars by Kenya, for the provision of a stadium and costs of other hosting logistics for the Scorpions\u2019 home game against Burundi in the World Cup qualifiers early next month. 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