>From: Arona John <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Soccer: Gambia U17 knocks out Ghana >Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 13:26:30 MYT > >Yusupha, > Thanks for the information.Two week ago I was paralysed by fear >thinking our young Scorpions might have a difficult moment in Ghana.Thanks >be to ALLAH that our boys were able to knock out Ghana despite the huge >home >support against them.This has proven that there is no constitution which >states the Scorpions can't win the cup.Size is VERY,VERY IRRELEVANT in >competition. > Well done boys and please keep it up. > >ARONA > >>From: Yusupha Jow <[log in to unmask]> >>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list >><[log in to unmask]> >>To: [log in to unmask] >>Subject: Soccer: Gambia U17 knocks out Ghana >>Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2000 13:41:52 EDT >> >>Ghana has traditionally been the best U17 team in the world, bar none. >>Welll, the young Scorpions just did the unthinkable by knocking them out >>of >>the next U17 WC qualifiers. Below is the excerpt: >> >>shock news for Ghana: >>in the prestigious U17 Afrcan championships which serve also as qualifiers >>for the U17 World Championships Ghana has been knocked out in an early >>stage >>knock out round by Gambia! The tiny West Affrican state's selection had >>won >>the first leg at home 1:0 and achieved a 1:1 draw Saturday at Ghana. What >>sounds like a joke has been reported by CAF-online and the Panafrican News >>Agency. Ghana had been the most successful nation of the world at this >>level >>along with Nigeria and Brazil. The Nigerians escaped a similar scenario >>when >>they made up a 0:2 deficit from the first leg at Senegal by beating their >>opponents at home 3:0. >>South Africa, scared by a 1:2 loss in the first leg at little Equatorial >>Guinea, were helped by their opponents: they did not arrive at the stadium >>of >>the second leg. The case still has to be investigated on. >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >>Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------