Coach, thanks for the update. I am slightly behind on the soccer news and updates due to a very busy schedule; from Youssou's show to the SONGA MA after-party, to the weekly AFRICAN BEAT MAGAZINE TV Shows, to the sound and video gigs! It is wild over here in HOTLANTA!!! Hope many of you will be able to get over here and not miss-out on the show of the year, THE GREAT AFRICAN BALL. We will party for y'all ( Joe, Yusupha, Awa Sey, Sailey, Sigga, Sophie, Karamba, Astrid, Dagma, and anyone on the Gambia-L that cannot make it in to town! Peace King Solomon Smiling Coast Production and Entertainment ( www.gambian.com) ----- Original Message ----- From: Pasamba Jow To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 5:31 PM Subject: GAMBIA TO HOST U-17 TOURNAMENT IN 2005 Gambia win 2005 U-17s bid Nigeria are the current African Under-17 champions By BBC Sport Online's Lamin Cham in Banjul Gambia has been granted the right to host the 2005 African Under-17 football championship by the Confederation of African Football, Caf. This the greatest thing to have happened in our soccer history Gambia sports minister Samba Faal A letter addressed to the Gambia Football Association (GFA) stated that Gambia has been given the authority after a thorough examination of all bidding nations. Gambia's sports minister, Samba Faal, said he was delighted at the news. "This is the greatest thing to have happened in our soccer history," he stated. "I think this would help boost our soccer image, expose our players to the world and even encourage tourism and foreign investment. "I would now called on all to work hard from now so that we could use this chance to win the trophy," Faal added. For his part, GFA secretary general Jammeh Bojang said the 2005 event should bring the much needed progress to the Gambian game. "I am extremely delighted about the Caf decision," he said. See also: 11 Apr 02 | Africa Swaziland want 2010 World Cup 10 Apr 02 | Africa Zambia appoint new coach 09 Apr 02 | Africa Onigbinde defends Nigeria selections Internet links: allAfrica.com The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites Other top Africa stories: Ellis Park 'confusion' revealed Saviola tips Nigeria for semis Senegal hang on to Metsu Egypt delay search for coach Eto'o's Mallorca pledge Onigbinde defends Nigeria selections Nigerian defender's final countdown Blatter treads fine line Links to more Africa stories are at the foot of the page. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: Click Here ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~