Category: Malawi’s Sports Legends

  By Duncan Mlanjira  It’s been two years since one of Malawi’s most revered international football player, Jack ‘Africa’ Chamangwana passed on (30 April 1957-6 May 2018). After a long stint with Mighty Wanderers, then known as Yamaha Wanderers, Jack left for greener pastures in South Africa where he marveled his Kaiser Chiefs fans and earned the nickname ‘Black Stone’. The legends he played alongside with in the Malawi national football team included Donnex Gondwe, Clement Mkwalula, Gilbert Chirwa,…

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By Duncan Mlanjira Former Nyasa Big Bullets international star, Lawrence ‘Lule’ Waya says the most memorable highlights of his career was winning the Bronze Medal at All-African Games in Kenya against Cameroon in 1987 as well as winning the East and Central Africa Senior Challenge Cup against Zambia in Malawi in 1988. The former legend had not been heard again on the local scene because he was in South Africa where he had been working as an auditor but…

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  By Duncan Mlanjira Not many people know or remember it, but former Malawi international midfielder, Kennedy ‘Senator’ Malunga was among top 10 African great players, who were nominated for the prestigious African Player of the Year award. What’s very interesting is that Kennedy, then playing for Club Brugge in Belgium, was ranked 6th with 24 points, beating Ghana’s great player Abedi Ayew Pele, then playing for Olympique Marseille in France who got 17 points and was placed number…

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