Lions Gibraltar FC has confirmed that it has been acquired by Hercules Sports Promotion Ltd, a company headed by entrepreneur Andrew Flowers. Mr Flowers is also the joint owner of the club’s sponsors: local insurance company Enterprise Insurance Co PLC.
The Minister for Sport, Steven Linares, has congratulated Lincoln Red Imps on being the first Gibraltarian team to progress beyond the first preliminary qualifying round of the UEFA Champions league.
Gibraltar is bracing itself for a fortnight of top quality junior basketball in the Tercentenary Sports Hall whilst the Under-16 men are away in San Marino in the equivalent Under-16 tournament.
Amanda Carreras has won a wildcard entry into this year’s Wimbledon Championships which begin next week, the second occasion that she has been selected to play at the All-England Club. Although she is now based in Barcelona, she qualifies as a British player on the basis of her Gibraltarian birth.
The GFA has announced that, at an EGM held last night, the membership of the Association unanimously approved a new structure for the governing body of football in Gibraltar.