Category: International Sports

Meck Mwase * The Flames will host Mozambique at the Orlando Stadium in Johannesburg on September 7 * For their first home match of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualifiers Maravi Express The Flames’ head coach Meck Mwase left on Friday for Cameroun to attend the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) draw to be held at Yaounde Conference Center. The coach told Fam.mw Flames qualified for the 2021 AFCON finals after beating Uganda 1-0 at Kamuzu Stadium…

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Nyasa Bullets in action in the CECAFA Kagame Cup * The winner to face DRC’s TP Mazembe in the second preliminary round in October * The Bullets will play Express FC of Uganda in CECAFA Kagame Cup final today, Saturday in Tanzania By Duncan Mlanjira Nyasa Big Bullets have been drawn against South Africa’s Premier Soccer League (PSL) club, Amazulu, in the preliminary round of the 2021/2022 Confederation of African Football (CAF) Champions League. The qualifier for the group…

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Silver Stadium and its club house in Lilongwe * And a further K1 million from Football Association of Malawi By Duncan Mlanjira If Silver Strikers go ahead with their plans withdraw from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Confederation Cup they are going to be fined close to K2.5m (US$3,000) from the continental football governing body and a further K1 million from Football Association of Malawi (FAM). In a statement to their supporters and other stakeholders, Silver say the…

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Guba humbled and proud to be the first Malawian on the world map in Taekwondo grades * It puts Malawi Taekwondo team on the boost globally and many more benefits * I look forward to promoting Taekwondo to my grassroots Malawi community * Guba was nominated for the 2019 Malawi Sport Awards’ Sportsman of the Year * Alongside men’s footballer Gabadinho Mhango and women footballer Tabitha Chawinga By Duncan Mlanjira Malawian UK-based Taekwondo Master Yamikani Guba, who is captain…

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Has a tribute in form of an award, the Prix Marc-Vivien Foe that honors outstanding African players in French Ligue 1 * A minute of silence is respected in every FIFA Confederation Cup final to honour Foe * The Indomitable Lion scored 24 goals for club, and eight goals for Cameroun Maravi Express Cameroun midfielder, Marc Vivien Foe, who died in an unfortunate incident in 2003 during the FIFA Confederations Cup in France, would have turned 46 today. The…

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Motsepe replaces displace Ahmad Ahmad from Malagasy * His meteoric rise, be it gold mines or football, Motsepe’s date with destiny has always been blessed with a midas touch * His is by no means a rags to riches story but neither was he born with a silver spoon * One thing for sure, he will bring genuine passion and a wealth of know-how and know-who to football By Moses Banturaki, The Monitor (Kampala) It is a well-known fact…

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* His ‘never say die’ attitude that propelled him from one business success to the other * He wrote his name AFCON history book with a fine form in his debut in 2000 * And also in Ghana on his departure from international stage in 2010 in Angola. * He is all-time most decorated African player and all-time highest goal scorer at the AFCON Maravi Express The Prestigious Lyon Business School in France has awarded Camerounian Samuel Eto’o Fils…

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* No African country has won the global tournament since it started in 1930 * We must stop being excessively pessimistic and negative * There is no continent that has succeeded by dwelling on its failures Ghanasoccernet.com New Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Patrice Motsepe says a team from the continent must win the World Cup in the near future, saying one of his key ambitions is to help an African side to clinch the global title. No…

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* Insists it will still be played bi-annually * FIFA president had suggested it be held every four years * The AFCON timing has been a big debating issue among European clubs * Motsepe also pledges to solve the television rights saga with French company Lagardere Ghanasoccernet.com The new Confederation of African Football (CAF) president, Patrice Motsepe has moved to prove that he is not a FIFA president Gianni Infantino poodle by insisting the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON)…

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* “He was so full of life, energy and positivity” * The American dominated the middleweight division from 1979 * Until his controversial defeat by Sugar Ray Leonard in April 1987 * He fought 67 times during his 14-year professional career * Winning 62 in which he triumphed on 52 occasions by knockout The BBC Tributes poured in for former undisputed middleweight world champion ‘Marvelous’ Marvin Hagler, who died on Sunday at the age of 66. In a tweet,…

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