The Gambia lost to Nigeria in the third and fourth place playoff of the 7th edition of the ECOWAS traditional wrestling championship in the Senegalese capital of Dakar on Sunday at the Stade Demba Diop. Leket Bu Barra also lost in the third place bout for the 86kg individual category. Thirteen countries within the ECOWAS sub-region…
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