{"id":85545,"date":"2025-09-06T17:04:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T17:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/minister-badjie-reaffirms-commitment-to-sports-development"},"modified":"2025-09-06T17:15:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T17:15:42","slug":"minister-badjie-reaffirms-commitment-to-sports-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-badjie-reaffirms-commitment-to-sports-development","title":{"rendered":"Minister Badjie Reaffirms Commitment to Sports Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Honourable Bakary Y Badjie, the Minister of Youth and Sports, has assured the public of Gambian government\u2019s strong commitment to developing sports for the benefit of the country\u2019s youth.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the opening of the International Referee Candidate Course (IRCC) for beach volleyball at the Baobab Hotel on Monday, Minister Badjie emphasized that sports infrastructure is a key objective of the 2025-2028 sports policy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe that while an individual can excel in sports, progress will be slow without the proper infrastructure,\u201d he acknowledged.<\/p>\n<p>He announces that volleyball is one of eight major sports that the government plans to develop to international standards, reflecting its popularity among Gambians.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Badjie notes that the training will be rigorous, aiming to build the capacity of referee trainees and enhance their skills and knowledge in beach volleyball, which is critical for the sport\u2019s development across Africa.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed the crucial role of referees in maintaining the integrity of sports. \u201cReferees have the ability to keep a match intact even a simple mistake could blow things in the wrong way and has the potential of causing conflicts or chaos,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the IRCC training is designed to help referees make correct decisions that are seen as fair by athletes and contribute to the overall development of the game.<\/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. Honourable Bakary Y Badjie, the Minister of Youth and Sports, has assured the public of Gambian government\u2019s strong commitment to developing sports for the benefit of the country\u2019s youth. Speaking at the opening of the International Referee Candidate Course (IRCC) for beach volleyball at the Baobab Hotel on Monday, Minister Badjie emphasized [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":85544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-85545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-gambia"],"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>Minister Badjie Reaffirms Commitment to Sports Development - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Honourable Bakary Y Badjie, the Minister of Youth and Sports, has assured the public of Gambian government\u2019s strong c ...\" \/>\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\/minister-badjie-reaffirms-commitment-to-sports-development\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Minister Badjie Reaffirms Commitment to Sports Development\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Honourable Bakary Y Badjie, the Minister of Youth and Sports, has assured the public of Gambian government\u2019s strong c ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-badjie-reaffirms-commitment-to-sports-development\" \/>\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=\"2025-09-06T17:04:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-06T17:15:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/09\/sm_1757166279.2272.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"576\" \/>\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\/minister-badjie-reaffirms-commitment-to-sports-development#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-badjie-reaffirms-commitment-to-sports-development\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Minister Badjie Reaffirms Commitment to Sports Development\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-06T17:04:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-06T17:15:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-badjie-reaffirms-commitment-to-sports-development\"},\"wordCount\":239,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-badjie-reaffirms-commitment-to-sports-development#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/09\/sm_1757166279.2272.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-badjie-reaffirms-commitment-to-sports-development#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-badjie-reaffirms-commitment-to-sports-development\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-badjie-reaffirms-commitment-to-sports-development\",\"name\":\"Minister Badjie Reaffirms Commitment to Sports Development - Gambia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-badjie-reaffirms-commitment-to-sports-development#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-badjie-reaffirms-commitment-to-sports-development#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/09\/sm_1757166279.2272.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-06T17:04:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-06T17:15:42+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Honourable Bakary Y Badjie, the Minister of Youth and Sports, has assured the public of Gambian government\u2019s strong c ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-badjie-reaffirms-commitment-to-sports-development#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-badjie-reaffirms-commitment-to-sports-development\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-badjie-reaffirms-commitment-to-sports-development#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/09\/sm_1757166279.2272.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/09\/sm_1757166279.2272.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":576,\"caption\":\"Minister Badjie Reaffirms Commitment to Sports Development\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-badjie-reaffirms-commitment-to-sports-development#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Minister Badjie Reaffirms Commitment to Sports Development\"}]},{\"@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":"Minister Badjie Reaffirms Commitment to Sports Development - Gambia","description":"Honourable Bakary Y Badjie, the Minister of Youth and Sports, has assured the public of Gambian government\u2019s strong c ...","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\/minister-badjie-reaffirms-commitment-to-sports-development","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Minister Badjie Reaffirms Commitment to Sports Development","og_description":"Honourable Bakary Y Badjie, the Minister of Youth and Sports, has assured the public of Gambian government\u2019s strong c ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-badjie-reaffirms-commitment-to-sports-development","og_site_name":"Gambia","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2025-09-06T17:04:42+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-09-06T17:15:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":576,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/09\/sm_1757166279.2272.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-badjie-reaffirms-commitment-to-sports-development#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-badjie-reaffirms-commitment-to-sports-development"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Minister Badjie Reaffirms Commitment to Sports Development","datePublished":"2025-09-06T17:04:42+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-06T17:15:42+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-badjie-reaffirms-commitment-to-sports-development"},"wordCount":239,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-badjie-reaffirms-commitment-to-sports-development#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/09\/sm_1757166279.2272.jpg","keywords":["Gambia"],"articleSection":["all news","sport"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-badjie-reaffirms-commitment-to-sports-development#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-badjie-reaffirms-commitment-to-sports-development","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-badjie-reaffirms-commitment-to-sports-development","name":"Minister Badjie Reaffirms Commitment to Sports Development - Gambia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-badjie-reaffirms-commitment-to-sports-development#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-badjie-reaffirms-commitment-to-sports-development#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/09\/sm_1757166279.2272.jpg","datePublished":"2025-09-06T17:04:42+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-06T17:15:42+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Honourable Bakary Y Badjie, the Minister of Youth and Sports, has assured the public of Gambian government\u2019s strong c ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-badjie-reaffirms-commitment-to-sports-development#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-badjie-reaffirms-commitment-to-sports-development"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-badjie-reaffirms-commitment-to-sports-development#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/09\/sm_1757166279.2272.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/09\/sm_1757166279.2272.jpg","width":1280,"height":576,"caption":"Minister Badjie Reaffirms Commitment to Sports Development"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-badjie-reaffirms-commitment-to-sports-development#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Minister Badjie Reaffirms Commitment to Sports Development"}]},{"@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\/85545","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=85545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}