{"id":422776,"date":"2011-05-12T11:37:23","date_gmt":"2011-05-12T11:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/12\/west-africa-team-withdraws-from-wafu\/"},"modified":"2011-05-12T11:37:23","modified_gmt":"2011-05-12T11:37:23","slug":"west-africa-team-withdraws-from-wafu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/12\/west-africa-team-withdraws-from-wafu\/","title":{"rendered":"West Africa: Team Withdraws From Wafu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"22.2684563758\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foroyaa.gm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FOROYAA Newspaper<\/a> (Serrekunda)<\/p>\n<p>Sulayman Bah<\/p>\n<p>11 May 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Gambia have confirmed its withdrawal from the West Africa Football Union Cup currently ongoing in Nigeria, Foroyaa Sports can reveal.<\/p>\n<p>The Scorpions won&#8217;t be participating in the eight-team tournament due to air ticket problems, Gambia Football Association&#8217;s Abdou Salam Jammeh confirmed to this news outlet yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>The Gambian side will not be able to get their ticket on time and with the tournament already kicking off in Abeokuta Nigeria, the local-based Scorpions decided to pull out.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yes Gambia is not going to participate in the tournament because of ticket problems. 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