Category: International Sports

* It’s a fair draw looking at the teams we have been drawn against—head coach Linda Kasenda while expressing confidence in her team’s ability to advance beyond the group stages * Last year, we failed to progress from the group stage, but this time around we target to finish top of our group so that we progress to the semi-finals Maravi Express Malawi U-17 girls national football team has been placed in Group A alongside hosts Namibia and Comoros…

Read More

Teboho Mokoena, at the centre of it all * After the victory against Lesotho, it was revealed that coach Hugo Broos started Teboho Mokoena in the fixture and played 81 minutes * Though having picked two yellow cards against Benin and Zimbabwe earlier in the campaign * South Africa top their Group C with a comfortable 13 points, leading by 5 points with four games left to play * A deduction of points from would prove a massive blow…

Read More

Yesterday’s quarterfinal clash between Orlando Pirates against Algeria’s MC Alger * A thrilling South v North blockbuster climax to the competition  — Sundowns v Al Ahly; Orlando Pirates v Pyramids FC * Both at home for the first legs scheduled for April 18/19 and April 25/26) for the second Maravi Express Council for Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) is being well represented by South Africa’s heavyweights, Mamelodi Sundowns and Orlando Pirates, in the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Champions…

Read More

* We’ve got 90 minutes of football and anything can happen at the Bernabeu Maravi Express “One place where crazy things happen is our house”, midfielder Jude Bellingham warns Arsenal after his Real Madrid were beaten 3-0 by the Gunners in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final ahead of the second leg on Wednesday, April 16 at Santiago Bernabeu. Madrid’s loss yesterday was the club’s joint-heaviest defeat in a Champions League knockout match and after the full-time…

Read More

* The Scorchers used the friendlies to prepare for Angola in the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAfCON) qualifier against Angola in October * While South Africa are preparing a strong squad for their defence of their WAfCON title in July in Morocco Maravi Express Having played out to a goalless first half, Malawi Scorchers Vanessa Chikupira scored early in the second half but the hosts South Africa came from a goal down to win 2-1 in the two…

Read More

* She is preparing a strong squad for their defence of their Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAfCON) finals in July in Morocco * While Scorechers coach Lovemore Fazili is preparing to face Angola in next WAfCON qualifier against Angola in October Maravi Express South Africa women’s national team head coach, Desiree Ellis is reported to be cautious despite Banyana Banyana beating Malawi Scorchers 3-0 on Saturday in their first of the FIFA calendar window international friendly, whose second…

Read More

* We had problems in front and midfield and though the defence and goalkeeper tried, we have had a bad day * We have learnt some lessons through the game and going to the second match, we have seen the areas that need to be worked on Maravi Express After being thrashed 0-3 by South Africa national women’s football team yesterday, Malawi Scorchers head coach Lovemore Fazili told Fam.mw that his combination of players did not play as expected…

Read More

* We trust the players that we have as the main purpose is to make the team stronger and well-coordinated * The Scorchers last met Banyana Banyana in the COSAFA Women’s Championship 2023 group stage in which the Lovemore Fazili side won 4-3 Maravi Express Ahead of the much-anticipated international strength-testing matches against South Africa’s Banyana Banyana today at 15h00 and on Tuesday, April 8, Malawi Scorchers’ are without some influential foreign-based players such as the Chawinga sisters, Tabitha…

Read More

Banyana Banyana technical team banging heads * Offering the technical team valuable opportunities to fine-tune tactics and evaluate performance under match conditions * Banyana Banyana are ramping up their preparations for the defence of their WAfCON title to be hosted in Morocco from July 5-26 * With just over three months remaining before the start of WAfCON, these matches serve as an important phase in South Africa’s title defence campaign By Duncan Mlanjira In inviting Malawi for two international…

Read More

* In recognition of being the NWSL 2024 Most Valuable Player (MVP) and Golden Boot Winner ahead of fierce competitor, Zambian Barbra Banda * Scored her third goal of the season on Saturday as her Kansas City Current trail Barbra’s Orlando Pride on goal difference * Despite her dominance, Chawinga is still chasing her first NWSL hat trick — and the first in Kansas City Current club history Maravi Express In publisising US National Women Soccer League (NWSL), Malawi’s…

Read More