{"id":88864,"date":"2025-10-28T19:50:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T19:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/wcrfa-suspends-bsc-nawettan-calls-for-dialogue"},"modified":"2025-10-28T20:22:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T20:22:29","slug":"wcrfa-suspends-bsc-nawettan-calls-for-dialogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/wcrfa-suspends-bsc-nawettan-calls-for-dialogue","title":{"rendered":"WCRFA Suspends BSC Nawettan, Calls for Dialogue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>The West Coast Regional Football Association (WCRFA) has suspended the Brikama Sports Committee (BSC) summer Nawettan following alleged attacks on referees.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In a letter addressed to the Brikama Sports Committee, the WCRFA announced the immediate suspension of all football matches organized under the committee\u2019s authority, effective until further notice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe WCRFA informs the Brikama Sports Committee of the immediate suspension of all football matches organized under its authority, effective today until further notice. This decision follows recent aspersions and derogatory remarks directed at West Coast Region Football Referees by the Public Relations Officer of your committee,\u201d the letter stated.<\/p>\n<p>The association has invited the executive members of the Brikama Sports Committee to a dialogue session aimed at resolving the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Ebrima K.B. Sonko, the PRO of BSC, issued a public apology, expressing regret for his actions and assuring that similar incidents would be avoided in the future. Both the Brikama Sports Committee and the Sports Journalists\u2019 Association of The Gambia have expressed regret on his behalf.<\/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 West Coast Regional Football Association (WCRFA) has suspended the Brikama Sports Committee (BSC) summer Nawettan following alleged attacks on referees. In a letter addressed to the Brikama Sports Committee, the WCRFA announced the immediate suspension of all football matches organized under the committee\u2019s authority, effective until further notice. \u201cThe WCRFA informs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":88863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-88864","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>WCRFA Suspends BSC Nawettan, Calls for Dialogue - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The West Coast Regional Football Association (WCRFA) has suspended the Brikama Sports Committee (BSC) summer Nawettan ...\" \/>\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\/wcrfa-suspends-bsc-nawettan-calls-for-dialogue\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WCRFA Suspends BSC Nawettan, Calls for Dialogue\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The West Coast Regional Football Association (WCRFA) has suspended the Brikama Sports Committee (BSC) summer Nawettan ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/wcrfa-suspends-bsc-nawettan-calls-for-dialogue\" \/>\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=\"2025-10-28T19:50:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-28T20:22:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/sm_1761670325.577275.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\/wcrfa-suspends-bsc-nawettan-calls-for-dialogue#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/wcrfa-suspends-bsc-nawettan-calls-for-dialogue\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"WCRFA Suspends BSC Nawettan, Calls for Dialogue\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-28T19:50:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-28T20:22:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/wcrfa-suspends-bsc-nawettan-calls-for-dialogue\"},\"wordCount\":189,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/wcrfa-suspends-bsc-nawettan-calls-for-dialogue#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/sm_1761670325.577275.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/wcrfa-suspends-bsc-nawettan-calls-for-dialogue#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/wcrfa-suspends-bsc-nawettan-calls-for-dialogue\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/wcrfa-suspends-bsc-nawettan-calls-for-dialogue\",\"name\":\"WCRFA Suspends BSC Nawettan, Calls for Dialogue - 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