Ntopwa coach Trevor Kajawa believes rejuvenated midfielder Raquib ‘Lulu’ Milanzi will play a pivotal role tomorrow as they face leaders Be Forward Wanderers at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre in the TNM Super League. The former Wanderers’ star, who was out of active football for five years, made an incredible return to elite football action on…
Nyasa Big Bullets and Be Forward Wanderers supporters on Monday gave Human Right Defenders Coalition (HRDC) chairperson Timothy Mtambo a 72-hour ultimatum to withdraw his statement that they will lobby members of Parliament not to approve the allocation of funds in the 2019/20 National Budget for the construction of their stadia. This followed President Peter…
Newly appointed Nyasa Big Bullets chief executive officer (CEO) Escort Chinula has promised to spearhead the team’s commercialisation drive. Chinula was unveiled on Friday replaces Fleetwood Haiya who has taken up the post of managing director at Bullets sponsors Nyasa Manufacturing Company (NMC). In an interview the acting CEO said he will do his best…
Top paralympics athlete Taonere Banda will have a two-week camp in Japan as part of her preparations for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. Malawi paralympics Committee (MPC) president James Chiutsi disclosed this on Tuesday after receiving K1.5 million from Toyota Malawi to help the partially blind athlete prepare for the international competition. Banda met the minimum…
Financial woes have reached a boiling point in some TNM Super League teams with Kasungu-based TN Stars expelling at least 14 registered players for boycotting training and matches over unpaid salaries and game bonuses. The development comes a few days after Silver Strikers players refused to train over outstanding salaries for August and bonuses for…
It is make or break for national women’s football team this afternoon as they face hosts Kenya’s Harambe Starlets in the return leg of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics second-round qualifier. Having claimed a 3-2 home win in the first -leg at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre on Wednesday, Malawi have but national team coach Abel Mkandawire…
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has asked government to increase its annual subvention from K300 million to K1.4 billion. FAM president Walter Nyamilandu made the request on Tuesday when Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Francis Phiso visited Mpira Village in Blantyre as part of his familiarisation tour of Malawi National Council of Sports (MNCS),…
Malawi national women’s football team believes nothing will stop them from winning the first leg of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Second Round Qualifier this Wednesday afternoon at Kamuzu Stadium in the commercial city Blantyre. National team coach Abel Mkandawire and captain Tabitha Chawinga said although Kenya is five steps ahead on Fifa rankings, they are…
First Capital Bank (FCB) has reaffirmed its cricket sponsorship with a K4 million package, K500 000 more than last year’s financial backing. During the announcement of the sponsorship increase in Blantyre on Friday, the bank’s brand manager Brian Mungomo said cricket remains a key passion for some of their clients and they did not hesitate…
Kukoma Diamonds on Saturday won the Rainbow Paints Blantyre and Districts Netball League (BDNL) first round unscathed following a 40-33 triumph over rivals First Choice Tigresses in a thrilling derby at Blantyre Youth Centre (BYC). They have completed their first round fixtures at the summit of the 11-team log-table with 20 points from 10-straight wins,…
Following re-introduction of gate charges by the Rainbow Paints Blantyre and Districts Netball League (BDNL), on Saturday, games played at Blantyre Youth Centre (BYC) grossed K25 500. The league’s general secretary Annie Hanjahanja-Billie said although the revenue was not much, they are satisfied considering that this was the first time after the charges were suspended…
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) first vice-president James Mwenda on Friday met a group of about 40 soccer legends in Blantyre to discuss how to incorporate them in the system to help develop the game further. Both Mwenda and the group’s spokesperson Chance ‘Vinny’ Gondwe confirmed their meeting at the Malawi National Council of Sports…
ootball Association of Malawi (FAM), in partnership with Ecobank, has donated a Ford Ranger with a trailer worth K14 million to the Association of People with Albinism (Apam). The car, which will be used as a security vehicle for the body, was procured duty-free through proceeds from the 2019 Ecobank Charity Shield that involved eventual…
Women’s national football team coach Abel Mkandawire has said availability of overseas-based strikers captain Tabitha Chawinga and her younger sister Temwa is a boost for Malawi against Kenya during the Olympics qualifier at at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre on August 26. The two sisters—who scored four and six goals, respectively—when Malawi thrashed Mozambique 14-1 on…
Team Lilongwe on Sunday secured a single-wicket triumph over Team Blantyre to win the Pakistan Independence Day Celebrations Cricket Trophy at Mpingwe Sports Club (MSC) in Blantyre. Blantyre showed their intent to reclaim the Quaid-e-azam tournament when they batted first to make a total of 124 runs with a loss of six wickets in 20…
Blantyre and Districts Netball League (BDNL) has enforced a K200 gate fee for its Rainbow Paints League matches at Blantyre Youth Centre (BYC) starting from this weekend. BDNL abandoned the arrangement sometime back as they were failing to restrict free entry as the facility is used by various sports disciplines. However, BDNL general secretary Annie…
Super League of Malawi (Sulom) has fined Masters Security FC K1.5 million for failing to fulfil their recent TNM Super League home fixture against Mzuni FC after players boycotted the match in protest over unpaid salaries and game bonuses. The development comes hours after the side suffered a 3-0 away loss to Uganda’s Proline FC…
Be Forward Wanderers yesterday beat Ntopwa FC 2-0 at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre to go five points clear and tighten their grip at the summit of the TNM Super League. Mike Kaziputa and Babatunde Adepoju’s strikes ensured the Nomads took their tally to 33 points from 14 matches, five points ahead of second-placed Kamuzu Barracks…
Central Region Football Association (CRFA) has denied endorsing FAM first vice-president James Mwenda as presidential candidate in the Football Association of Malawi FAM elections in December. In a press statement jointly signed by CRFA chairperson Austin Ajawa and general secretary Bernard Chiwiriwiri Harawa, the association stated that they only had a meeting with Mwenda, where…
Days after threatening to withdraw due to lack of funds, Masters Security FC yesterday left for Uganda to fulfil their away CAF Confederation Cup preliminary round first-leg encounter against Proline FC tomorrow. The development comes few days after the club’s owner Alfred Gangata threatened to withdraw the team from the Confederation of African Football (CAF)…