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Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>The Gambia has been officially selected to host the 14th edition of the Ecowas wrestling championship taking place in April.<\/b><\/p>\n

Ahead of the event and to ensure a smooth preparation and successful hosting the Ministry of Youth and Sports has set up an organising committee comprising members of the Gambia Wrestling Federation, relevant national stakeholders and Ecowas sports officials to plan the event.<\/p>\n

Matarr Saine, president of the Gambia Wrestling Association expressed excitement about the opportunity given to Gambians to host this important event having participated in the competition for over two decades now.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo we are definitely very hopeful that we will host the event successfully, and all the necessary things that are supposed to be done are going to be done,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The Minister of Youth and Sports Bakary Badjie said hosting West Africa Wrestling championshp will not only benefit the competitors but also the the country at large.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have tried our best to make Gambia not just a sporting country, but a country that is also going to utilise sports as a means of promoting tourism,\u201d Minister Badjie said.<\/p>\n

He explained that the championship is not limited to only Ecowas member states only, but all African countries.<\/p>\n

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

Africa-Press – Gambia. The Gambia has been officially selected to host the 14th edition of the Ecowas wrestling championship taking place in April. Ahead of the event and to ensure a smooth preparation and successful hosting the Ministry of Youth and Sports has set up an organising committee comprising members of the Gambia Wrestling Federation, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":93229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-93231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"\nGAMBIA TO HOST ECOWAS WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Gambia has been officially selected to host the 14th edition of the Ecowas wrestling championship taking place in ...\" \/>\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-to-host-ecowas-wrestling-championship\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"GAMBIA TO HOST ECOWAS WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Gambia has been officially selected to host the 14th edition of the Ecowas wrestling championship taking place in ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambia-to-host-ecowas-wrestling-championship\" \/>\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=\"2026-01-25T17:40:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-25T18:11:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2026\/01\/sm_1769352028.950907.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"977\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"650\" \/>\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\/gambia-to-host-ecowas-wrestling-championship#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambia-to-host-ecowas-wrestling-championship\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"GAMBIA TO HOST ECOWAS WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-25T17:40:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-25T18:11:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambia-to-host-ecowas-wrestling-championship\"},\"wordCount\":220,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambia-to-host-ecowas-wrestling-championship#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2026\/01\/sm_1769352028.950907.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-to-host-ecowas-wrestling-championship#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambia-to-host-ecowas-wrestling-championship\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambia-to-host-ecowas-wrestling-championship\",\"name\":\"GAMBIA TO HOST ECOWAS WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP - 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