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SCORPIONS ABROAD: WEEKEND ROUNDUP

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Alieu Cham and Joseph Ceesay continued their goalscoring form, while Amara Camara opened his Allsvenskan account. Ali Sowe grabbed a brace in Turkey, while Adama Bojang enjoyed a confidence boost after scoring his first goal for Charleroi.

Elsewhere, Sanna Jobe, Ebrima Ndure and Mansour Badjie were on target, while Abubacarr Barry provided the assist for a crucial winner in Austria. Yankuba Minteh also made his long-awaited return to Premier League action.

ENGLAND

Brighton continued their impressive run with a 2-0 victory over Brentford. Yankuba Minteh made his much-awaited return to Premier League action, coming on for Maxim De Cuyper.

Stoke City ended Portsmouth’s six-game unbeaten run following a 2-1 victory. Ebou Adams played the entire match.

BELGIUM

Adama Bojang scored his first goal for Charleroi in their emphatic 5-0 victory over Westerlo. Introduced in the 80th minute, Bojang won a penalty nine minutes later before confidently sending the goalkeeper the wrong way. It was his ninth league appearance for the Belgian side.

Salieu Drammeh played the full 90 minutes in Standard Liège’s 3-0 victory over Beveren. He created clear-cut opportunities in both the opening and closing stages of the match, but his teammates failed to convert.

CZECH REPUBLIC

Lamin Jawo was handed a starting role as Jablonec welcomed his former side. The encounter ended in a stalemate, with Jawo playing 59 minutes.

Ebrima Singhateh and AC Sparta Praha played out a 1-1 draw against Viktoria Plzeň. In the 20th minute, Singhateh initiated a promising attacking move, but Vydra failed to find the target with the final effort. It was Singhateh’s fourth start for the Czech giants.

AUSTRIA

Red Bull Salzburg extended their unbeaten run to 14 matches after edging Sturm Graz 4-3 on Saturday. Abubacarr Barry played a decisive role, providing the assist for Jesper Lindstrøm’s winning goal.

TURKEY

Ali Sowe and Çaykur Rizespor returned to winning ways after going five games without a victory. The Gambian striker scored twice at home to secure all three points.

Sowe had the first opportunity of the match but failed to hit the target. However, he made amends with two goals from inside the penalty area. He also came close on another three occasions as Erzurumspor FK continued pushing for an equaliser.

Meanwhile, İstanbulspor ended their five-game winless run with a victory inspired by Alieu Cham. Coming off the bench, Cham played 24 minutes before breaking the deadlock in the 87th minute. Receiving the ball on the left, he drove forward before cutting inside and curling a superb finish into the top-right corner for his fourth league goal of the campaign.

Earlier, in the 69th minute, Cham came close to doubling his side’s lead but was denied by the goalkeeper. However, the rebound fell to Aytaç Kara, who converted to put the visitors ahead.

SERBIA

The top-of-the-table clash between Vojvodina and Crvena Zvezda ended 1-0, courtesy of Mahmud Bajo’s 87th-minute winner.

Bajo had come close to breaking the deadlock five minutes earlier, but his close-range effort went wide. He eventually found the decisive goal in the closing stages to secure a crucial victory.

SLOVAKIA

Sanna Jobe scored his second league goal of the season as Pohronie secured victory.

The former BST Galaxy wing-back increased his side’s lead to 3-1 with another impressive finish from the left side, directing his effort into the bottom-right corner. Jobe also registered an assist in the match.

ISRAEL

Mansour Badjie has now scored in consecutive matches for Ironi Tiberias.

The former Superstars Academy winger started both encounters and opened the scoring in each, although both matches eventually ended in draws.

Returning to the starting XI, Badjie operated from the left flank, using his pace to accelerate past his marker before beating the goalkeeper from a tight angle.

In another attacking moment, he showed good positioning to meet Händel’s cross, continuing his impressive contribution to the team’s attack.

SWEDEN

Kalmar FF had gone 106 days without scoring at the Guldfågeln Arena before Amara Camara ended that drought.

Camara gave the hosts the lead in the 28th minute after reacting quickest to a rebound from Vilmer Tyrén’s effort, which had been parried by the visiting goalkeeper.

His goal helped Kalmar mathematically secure their place in the Allsvenskan for next season, with two matches remaining. Camara played 72 minutes and was named Man of the Match in what was his third consecutive start.

Meanwhile, Momodou Bojang scored the winner in Lund BK’s 2-1 away victory over Tvååker.

The former Gambia U20 striker was heavily involved in the build-up before finding the decisive goal. The victory secured Lund BK a place in the Superettan promotion playoffs, where they will face Norrby IF.

Bojang finished the campaign with nine league goals and six assists in 23 appearances.

FINLAND

Inter Turku were crowned Veikkausliiga champions for the second time after beating KuPS 2-0 on Sunday.

Saikou Touray was handed his eighth start for KuPS, while Muhammed Susso came off the bench in the 73rd minute, replacing Laine. It was Susso’s eighth appearance of the season for the newly crowned champions.

ESTONIA

Ebrima Jarju returned between the posts after missing Paide’s last six matches as his side finished second in the Premium Liiga.

Paide played out a 2-2 draw against Flora in what was Jarju’s 29th appearance of the campaign. The Gambian goalkeeper made two crucial saves in the first half. Meanwhile, Momodou Jobateh scored his second goal of the season.

NORTH MACEDONIA

Baboucarr Gaye has featured in Shkëndija’s last few league matches. However, his side suffered a 1-0 away defeat against Struga, ending their five-match unbeaten run in the league.

MALTA

Ebrima Ndure scored his first goal for Gudja United. The Gambian winger found the equaliser in the 69th minute with a powerful header. Ndure was also named FC Swieqi United’s Player of the Month for October.

PHILIPPINES

Manila Diggers secured an emphatic 3-0 victory over Maharlika Manila, with Modou Joof and Baboucarr Touray both getting on the scoresheet in the top-of-the-table clash.

Joof opened the scoring with a header from Touray’s set-piece delivery before Touray capped an impressive individual performance with a brilliant finish into the top corner.

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Baboucarr Fallaboweh
Baboucarr Fallaboweh Sports Editor (Buba Jallow Fallaboweh) is a Gambian football expert, football analyst & columnist. The Stockholm-based Journalist is a media officer, football Scout, PR, Influencer and Digital creator. I started my journalism career as a football analyst in 2012 with Vibes FM and went on to work with CityLimit, West Coast, Hot FM, Freedom Radio, Eye Africa and Afri Radio as a content producer and presenter. In 2013, I attended Football Daily on the BBC SPORTS where we discussed the different styles of Football played in Africa. I Went on to freelance for The Point Newspaper, Freedom Newspaper, Daily Observer and Standard Newspaper before being appointed as Sports Editor with the Alkamba Times in March 2022.  I have worked for Magazines like Glo Magazine and Foot54 covering Gambian football and African Football.   Between 2020 -2021 I worked as a scout for the Gambia Football Federation, scouting talents for the U17 &U20.  From 2017 to 2021, I served as Media officer for GFF First division teams Team Rhino and Marimoo and also as media Officer of Banjul FC, fourth Division tier in Sweden and Darboe’s FC (Female second division club in the Gambia). I served as a PR for Superstars Academy.   With Afrencon, I was a data analyst before I joined LightHouse as a head scout for the Gambia project. In organizational structures, I served as the ambassador of the John Bass Kidney Foundation and one of the founders of the foundation creating kidney awareness in the Gambia.   I also served two positions in the Gambian organization in Sweden, as Sports chairman and the secretary of the associations.   After 12 years of being a football journalist, I was named 3rd best sports column writer in Africa year 2021 by the reputable sports media organization AIPS. I finished in the top 35 in the world with my article titled Back way: Gambian footballers in deadly Voyage to Europe.   With over 500 articles and interviews, analysis, profiling, features and news, I was shortlisted for the Gambia Press Union National Journalist Award 2022. I submitted the article which was co-written alongside Momodou Bah From Living Through Despair to Being An Agent Of Hope, The Inspiring Story Of John Bass.   I have served as an advisers to Football academies, clubs, and players and others. I have hosted dozens of shows and was invited as a guest on both radio, TV and the online press. I also covered the Gambia's maiden AFCON debut in 2021 in Cameroon.  

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