Category: Sports

By Duncan Mlanjira Times Group media house’s senior sports journalist Mphatso Malidadi was voted in as president of Malawi’s Sports Writers Association (Swam) president during their elective annual general meeting held on Saturday at Football Association Malawi (FAM’s) Mpira Village at Chiwembe in Limbe. He takes over from veteran journalist Leonard Sharra, who had been acting president since September after the resignation of founding president Peter Kanjere, who decided to leave office last year due to pressure of work….

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By: Duncan Mlanjira In his first-ever long road race, Malawi’s international mountain trail long distance (Ultra marathon) specialist, Edson Kumwamba came 11th and clocked 2:50:53hrs in Sunday’s Blantyre Marathon, which is 23:43 minutes behind the champion, Ndacha Happy Nchelenje in a time of 2:27:10. On second place was Hosea Chaola in a time 2:27:28, just 18 seconds away while Zomba-based Mphatso Nandolo, also in his maiden marathon, was third in 2:28:42. Kumwamba said he was satisfied with his performance and…

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Morale Barracks athlete soldier Happy Kings Nchelenje and Mulanje-based athlete Theresa Master are champions of the men’s and women’s categories of the revived Blantyre Marathon after Sunday’s race that took place along the streets of Blantyre and finished at Kamuzu Stadium. No record was broken as Nchelenje finished in a time of 2:27:10, over by 9:30 minutes of 2:18:40 set by Henry Moyo in 2003 at while the women’s champion Master, at 3:19:49, overshot the record she set at…

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The main organising committee of Sunday November 18’s Blantyre Marathon says all systems have been put in place and some are being finalised and will include setting up cameras at various strategic points to monitor every athlete who crosses those points to make sure that no one cheats. This said at a press conference on Thursday by chairperson of the main organising committee Martin Matululu, who said they want to make the event as professional as possible and they…

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TNM Super League Defending Champions, Be Forward Wanderers are set to faces Silver Strikers on Saturday, October 27, 2018 at Kamuzu Stadium in a title chase. The two teams will battle it out in order to make a catch up with current league leader, Nyasa Big Bullets are on the summit with 55 points from 23 games and a win from the two teams will narrow the point gaps. In an interview with Malawi News Agency on Wednesday, Silver…

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