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Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>Gambia coach Johnathan McKinstry yesterday named his squad for next month\u2019s World Cup qualifiers against Kenya and Burundi. The coach who is already in Nairobi, the venue for both matches, summoned 25 players, they include Adama Sidibeh, Momodou Drammeh, Abdoulie Manneh, Alagie Saine and Sainey Sanyang who captured the heart of the coach in the last two friendly matches in June when he featured about a dozen debutants.<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cNot only their performance at their clubs but also what they have been able to demonstrate in the national team have motivated us to say they are ready for the qualification games,\u201d the coach said of the players in virtual press conference in Nairobi.<\/p>\n

The World Cup matches will be played on September 6 and 9.<\/p>\n

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

Africa-Press – Gambia. Gambia coach Johnathan McKinstry yesterday named his squad for next month\u2019s World Cup qualifiers against Kenya and Burundi. The coach who is already in Nairobi, the venue for both matches, summoned 25 players, they include Adama Sidibeh, Momodou Drammeh, Abdoulie Manneh, Alagie Saine and Sainey Sanyang who captured the heart of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":85141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-85142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"\nGambia Names Squad for Kenya, Burundi World Cup Qualifiers - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gambia coach Johnathan McKinstry yesterday named his squad for next month\u2019s World Cup qualifiers against Kenya and Bu ...\" \/>\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\/gambia-names-squad-for-kenya-burundi-world-cup-qualifiers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gambia Names Squad for Kenya, Burundi World Cup Qualifiers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gambia coach Johnathan McKinstry yesterday named his squad for next month\u2019s World Cup qualifiers against Kenya and Bu ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambia-names-squad-for-kenya-burundi-world-cup-qualifiers\" \/>\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=\"2025-08-30T17:52:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-30T18:19:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1756565282.64032.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\/gambia-names-squad-for-kenya-burundi-world-cup-qualifiers#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambia-names-squad-for-kenya-burundi-world-cup-qualifiers\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Gambia Names Squad for Kenya, Burundi World Cup Qualifiers\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-30T17:52:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-30T18:19:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambia-names-squad-for-kenya-burundi-world-cup-qualifiers\"},\"wordCount\":143,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambia-names-squad-for-kenya-burundi-world-cup-qualifiers#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1756565282.64032.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambia-names-squad-for-kenya-burundi-world-cup-qualifiers#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambia-names-squad-for-kenya-burundi-world-cup-qualifiers\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambia-names-squad-for-kenya-burundi-world-cup-qualifiers\",\"name\":\"Gambia Names Squad for Kenya, Burundi World Cup Qualifiers - 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