THE SANKULAY KUNDA I SAW

BARELY ONE WEEK AFTER inaugurating the first and only bridge in the Central River Region, in which President Jammeh cut the ribbon thus landing his name in the history books. I traveled returned to this settlement that I had criss crossed several times during my his high shool days.

I'm also a native of the district, I grew up hearing fairy tales that a bridge is almost impossible to be built there; that a dragon had frustrated several attempts before.

The late Cherno Baldeh, Chief of Lower Fulladu West made frantic efforts in 1925 to connect Sankulay Kunda and Janjang Bureh - two communities that have long been separated by the river Gambia by putting phum palm sticks for passerby to walk to the other end.

Now during my recent trip there to capture a special feature for the Gambian television, I could not help but imagine how it was like many many years ago, when the passengers had to rely on a ferry to cross to the other side of the river.

Watch out for this special feature on Gambia Television on Saturday 24th July 2010 @ 21.00 hrs and Sunday 25 July @ 14.oo hrs.

Stadiums like this may be gathering dust for many years

With the FIFA World Cup in South Africa over, haven't you realised that we are missing something? Barbara Scott explains

I don't know whether this is officially recognised by medical experts but it definitely exists, in the UK anyway. The symptoms are usually only suffered by men and are as follows:

A general feeling of lethargy and discontent

A sense of loss

Turning on the TV and switching from channel to channel muttering that "There is nothing to watch!"

Not being able to find an excuse to get out of the house to 'Watch the game on the big screen (usually to be found in a bar somewhere!)

Missing your friends and the predictions pre-match and post mortems post-match

Flicking to the sports pages of the newspapers and finding only golf or motor racing

Realising that they have to talk to their wives again (or rather listen to them talking)

Ticking off the days on the calendar until the football season starts once again

This syndrome only lasts a few weeks because pretty soon the Premier League, Euro Championships and all the other 'friendly' games will be up and running. Once again the pundits will be giving their predictions and the praise and criticisms will come in equal measure. Oh football!! What would you men do without it?! Still, at least it keeps you out of mischief.

Barbara Scott

May be next time

Netherlands Coach Bert Van Marwijk Extremely Disappointed With Loss To Spain




Netherlands coach Bert Van Marwijk cannot hide his disappointment after losing the World Cup final 1-0 to Spain.

Van Marwijk believed that his side failed to capitalise on chances, and made too may errors.

"I am very disappointed. Three more minutes, and we would have made it," the coach said post-match to TuttoSport. "We could have done much better, but we lost in the crucial minutes.

"We came so close, and were very nervous. There were too many errors made, and we didn't take advantage of our opportunities. But the better side won in the end.

"I wanted to be World Champions.

"We were not scared to do well, but seeing how many people we have with yellow cards, we were aiming to get the match to a penalty shoot-out.

"The refereeing is a part of the match. I can see the joy in many people's face, but this is sport," he concluded.

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