The Gambia’s national football team, Scorpions, has arrived to a heroic reception in Banjul despite losing to Congo in their last Africa Cup Nations qualifiers games.
The scorpions topped Group D with 3 points to qualify for for the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time in the history of the country, after winning the Negras of Angola last week.
They had travelled with high-powered delegation to Dr Congo included the Minister of Youth and Sports and top officials of Gambia Football Federation.
And players are to pay short visits to their families as they would leave for their football clubs around the World on early Wednesday.
However, The Gambia Football Federation has issued a stark warning to corporate organizations and individuals against commercializing the success of U-20 national team who finished third in the 2021 Total AFCON U-20 Championship in Mauritania.
The nation’s football body said it will take legal action against violators and that it “will not condoned anyone to use its “Logo and images of the National Teams for commercial purposes without its approval”
“Football House deplores such actions and hereby warns individuals and organisations not to try to cash-in commercially on the recent successes of our National Teams,” GFF said in a statement.
The warning comes as hopes started to be restored after the National Team, Scorpions, broke record by qualifying the nation to its first time Africa Cup of Nations.