Veikkausliiga is the premier division of association football in Finland, the highest tier of the Finnish football league structure, comprising the top 12 clubs of the country. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agency Veikkaus, hence the league's name. Veikkausliiga was founded in 1990; before that the top division was called Mestaruussarja since 1930 which was an amateur or semi-professional league. Between 1908 and 1930 the championship was decided as a knock-out cup competition.
Senegal competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. Out of 24 contestants, no medals were won by Senegal on this occasion.
Babacar Gaye is a disgraced Senegalese Army General who formerly led the United Nations MINUSCA peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic from July 2014 to August 2015, when he was dismissed for alleged abuses committed by troops under his command. Gaye previously the led UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, led Senegalese troops in the Gulf War, served as the head of Senegalese external intelligence, and served as the Senegalese ambassador to Germany.
The Senegal national basketball team represents Senegal in men's international basketball and it is overseen by Federation Senegalaise de basketball, five time a gold medallist, a six time silver medallist, and a four time bronze medallist at the FIBA Africa Championship. Senegal was the first Sub-Saharan African team to qualify for the Summer Olympics Basketball Tournament.
Babacar Mbaye Gueye is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a forward. At international level, he played for the Senegal national team.
The 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 13 and August 14.
The 2008 season of Veikkausliiga was the 78th season of top-tier football in Finland. It started on 27 April 2008 and ended on 26 October 2008. The defending champions were Tampere United.
Senegalese literature is written or literary work which has been produced by writers born in the West African state. Senegalese literary works are mostly written in French, the language of the colonial administration. However, there are many instances of works being written in Arabic and the native languages of Wolof, Pulaar, Mandinka, Diola, Soninke and Serer. Oral traditions, in the form of Griot storytellers, constitute a historical element of the Senegalese canon and have persisted as cultural custodians throughout the nation's history. A form of proto-Senegalese literature arose during the mid 19th century with the works of David Abbé Boilat, who produced written ethnographic literature which supported French Colonial rule. This genre of Senegalese literature continued to expand during the 1920s with the works of Bakary Diallo and Ahmadou Mapaté Diagne. Earlier literary examples exist in the form of Qur’anic texts which led to the growth of a form African linguistic expressionism using the Arabic alphabet, known as Ajami. Poets of this genre include Ahmad Ayan Sih and Dhu al-nun.
Elhadji Babacar Khouma, known as Khouma Babacar, is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a striker.
Étoile Lusitana Club is a Senegalese youth football academy based in Dakar.
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Niang is a West African surname, and may refer to;
Cheick Diallo is a Malian professional basketball player for the Osos de Manatí of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). Diallo was a five-star recruit and the MVP of the 2015 McDonald's All-American Boys Game. He played one season of college basketball for Kansas before declaring for the 2016 NBA draft, where he was selected with the 33rd overall pick by the Los Angeles Clippers.
Babacar may refer to the following people
This is a list of individuals who have served as Minister of the Economy and Finance of the Republic of Senegal.
The 2020 season was Terengganu's third season in the Malaysia Super League since the rebranding in 2017.
Babacar Sedikh Diouf or Babacar Sédikh Diouf is a Senegalese historian, author, researcher, campaigner against "Wolofization", a Pan-Africanist, and former teacher. He has written extensively about the history and culture of Senegal, Africa, and that of the Serer ethnic group to which he belongs. He usually writes by the pen name Babacar Sedikh Diouf.
The 2020 Veikkausliiga was the 90th season of top-tier football in Finland with KuPS being the defending champions. HJK won the league.
Babacar Fati is a Portuguese professional football player who plays as a left-back for Veikkausliiga side SJK.
