Category: International Sports

* To meet defending champions Al Ahly SC of Egypt on Saturday in their first leg semifinal (13h00 GMT) * As Tuninia’s Esperance Sportive Tunis date South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns (19h00 GMT) Maravi Express The 2023/24 CAF Champions League campaign reaches a crescendo this weekend when four African heavyweights — Al Ahly (Egypt), TP Mazembe (DR Congo), Espérance Sportive Tunis (Tunisia) and Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa) — meet in the first leg of the semi-finals on Saturday, April 20. The return…

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* The Awards Gala Night held on Monday at the 4 Light Brigade Headquarters North East in Catterick Garrison * Lance Bombadier Johns was declared the winner in his great exploits in swimming  By Duncan Mlanjira In recognition of his successful 2023, in which he won 15 medals of 6 gold, 6 silver and 3 bronze, UK-based Malawian taekwondo Master, Sergeant Yamikani Guba was nominated and came second as the Most Outstanding Male Sports Person in the UK (North)…

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* Coincides with CAF executive committee meeting and CAF Champions League assignments * Given the prestigious nature of the event and its importance on the COSAFA calendar, the difficult decision has been made to rather reschedule By Duncan Mlanjira The inaugural Confederation of Southern African Football Associations (COSAFA) Awards Gala which was scheduled for Friday, April 19 has been shifted to May 9 due to the unavailability of key stakeholders. A statement from CAF says a Confederation of African…

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* He is responding very well to treatment and he’s now able to respond to his name * We can see a lot of movement and a lot of gestures that are evident to see in the way he is responding to sounds BBC Sport Former Zambia national football team captain, Rainford Kalaba — who was involved in a fatal car crash on Saturday, is in a “critical but stable” condition, according to the country’s football association (FAZ). The 37-year-old was…

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* The Copper Queens reverse a 1-2 home defeat to a 2-0 away win through a brace by Barbra Banda * Nigeria secure their 5th Olympics qualification after goalless stalemate with South Africa Maravi Express Zambia are through to their second consecutive Olympics Women’s football tournament after doing the unthinkable by reversing a 1-2 home defeat to a 2-0 win in Morocco on Tuesday evening. A brace by the Copper Queens skipper, Barbra Banda — who shone at the…

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* We have a number of players in the pipleline, both male and female, that will be given European opportunities this year * We are excited to see our academy players putting Malawian football on the map overseas By Duncan Mlanjira Success for Lilongwe-based Ascent Soccer academy keeps unfolding and this time making history of Malawi junior football development programme by sending first players to ply their professional football in Europe — following successful pre-season trials they underwent at…

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* The semi-final clashes between the former champions will serve some thrilling matches * Al Ahly won it 11 times, TP Mazembe (5), Esperance (4) and Mamelodi Sundowns (1) — who are also the 2023 African Football League champions Maravi Express DR Congo giants, TP Mazembe have sealed their place in the CAF Champions League semi-finals after securing a 2-1 away win over Angola’s Petro Luanda while Tunisian side Esperance defeated Côte d’Ivoire’s ASEC Minosas 4-2 in a dramatic…

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* Al Ahly will face tonight’s winners of the match between DR Congo’s TP Mazembe and Angola’s Petro de Luanda in the semi-finals * Sundowns date winners between Côte d’Ivoire’s ASEC Mimosas and Tunisian side Esperance Sportive de Tunis Maravi Express Tanzanian sides, Simba FC and Young Africans (Yanga) — who were aiming at a shot for their first-ever CAF Champions League title are out of the completions after defeats to Egypt’s Al Ahly  and South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns…

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* Kanjere first made presence felt in Malawi’s sports journalism working for the Times Group — then named Blantyre Newspapers Limited (BNL) * Before moving to the Nation Publications and he also corresponds with SuperSport’s online publication By Duncan Mlanjira The judging panel of renowned football analysts to identify inaugural winners of the Confederation of Southern African Football Association (COSAFA) includes Malawi’s season sports journalists, Peter Kanjere. The judging panel is drawn from across the 14 member nations that…

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