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POPSGambia: Youth And Sports Ministry Gives D20,000 to Wrestling ...
<p><!-- /metas --><br /> <hr class="thin clear" /> <hr class="thin clear" /> <p>The Daily Observer (Banjul)</p> <p>Baboucarr Camara</p> <p>1 August 2011</p> <hr class="thin clear" /> <p>The Gambian Ministry of Youth and Sports gave D20, 000 to The Gambia Wrestling Federation after winning a cup in the just concluded wrestling championship against their Nigerian counterparts. The federation was engaged in a wrestling competition against their Nigerian visitors as part of events marking the 17th Edition of the July 22nd Hevolution.</p> <p>Handing the money in cash to the vice president of the Federation, Kumba Konateh the deputy permanent secretary of the ministry said she is proud of the Gambian wrestling team and challenged them to continue training and maintain the team. Kumba Konateh opined that wrestling could become the number one sport in the country.</p> <p>For his part, the vice president of the Federation Abdoulie Bojang thanked the Ministry of Youth and Sports for the token th