Coach Yahya Manneh's U-17 team has commenced training for the AFCON U-17 finals in Morocco, screening 30 players at the NTTC in Old Yundum, with more screenings planned and players heading for MRI tests in Dakar before training officially starts.

Mariama Sowe has been reappointed as interim head coach of Gambia's Women's national football team, replacing Yahya Manneh who moved to the U-17 male team. Sowe, a CAF B license holder who guided Gambia to its first WAFU-A bronze title, will prepare the team for the African Women's Nations Cup qualifiers against Niger in February.