Gambia keeper dies trying to reach Europe

Taiwo Ojoye at Punch Newspapers

The 19-year-old goalkeeper of Gambia’s national women’s football team has drowned in the Mediterranean trying to reach Europe, BBC News reports. Fatim Jawara was on board a boat that ran into trouble last month while crossing from Libya to Europe, the country’s football federation says. Her family confirmed news of her death, according to association […] The post Gambia keeper dies trying to reach Europe appeared first on Punch Newspapers.