4th National Sports Journalists Award July 7

Notice is hereby given to the general public that the 4th Annual Sports Award Gala of the Sports Journalist Association of The Gambia (SJAG) will now be held on July 7, to coincide with International Sports Journalists Day commemoration.

The event to be staged at the Jerma Beach Hotel will as usual feature the awarding of sports personalities identified by the country’s media who have excelled in the past twelve months.

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The Late Lamin A. Darboe

On its 13^th, SJAG Honours 14 who made it

On its 13^th, the Sports Journalists Association of The Gambia, SJAG, honoured 14 who made it during its 3^rd Edition of the National Sports Awards on June 2, 2011 at a Libyan Hotel in Banjul, Jerma Beach.

Among the recipients of awards of various categories, was sports journalist Lamin A. Darboe, who died in a ferry accident on November 20, 2010. Darboe was honoured posthumously “for his unflinching services to the SJAG of which he was the Treasurer and his contribution towards the development of sports in general.

The former Sports Editor of the Foroyaa newspaper depart this life when his car accidentally plunged into the river while on board the ferry, at the Barra Ferry Terminal, a small town situated seven miles north of the capital, Banjul.

Senegal football trio honoured in Gambia

Diouf & Fadiga @ the SJAG 2010 Awards

They lost to Cameroon in Bamako, Mali in a penalty shootout during the final of the 2002 Africa Cup of Nations, sent parking controversially in the quarter finals of the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, yet Senegal stars continue to receive honours.   

The latest coming from the Sports Journalists Association of The Gambia (SJAG), nine years later, with awards to Senegal stars Elhaji Diouf, Khalilou Fadiga and Alasan Ndoure.

The three arrived in Banjul on Friday to attend the 3^rd Edition of the SJAG National Sports Awards on July 2, 2011, which coincided with celebrations marking the “2011 World Sports Journalists Day”.

On Its 13th, SJAG Honours 14

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On Its 13th, SJAG Honours 14 

The Sports Journalists Association of The Gambia, SJAG on July 2, 2011 honoured 14 during the 3^rd Edition of the National Sports Awards, among them individual athletes, administrators, institutions and living legends in and out of the country.

The annual event was established in 2007, nine years after the establishment of the Association in 1998. The winners of this year’s categories include: Player of the year: Lamin Sarjo Samateh of Samger; Coach of the year: Lamin Sarr National

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