Category: Sports

* Lucie Chimeta, 2022 Under-8 girls national champion, to play in Under-8 girls category * Alipo Namangale, gold medalist at Mpilo Tournament in Mzuzu in the youth category to play in Under-8 Open * Mphatso Chikopa, bronze medalist at Central West Education Division, will be in Under-14 By Duncan Mlanjira Three of Dadaz Chess Academy products, Lucie Chimeta, Alipo Namangale and Mphatso Chikopa, will represent Malawi at the Africa Youth Chess Championship to be held in Cairo, Egypt from…

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* The Flames are already out of contention of the AFCON qualification as Egypt and Guinea are through *  To use Guinea match to prepare for the forthcoming FIFA World Cup 2026 African qualifiers * In which they grouped with Tunisia, Equatorial Guinea, Namibia, Liberia and São Tomé By Duncan Mlanjira At its 2023 2nd Executive Committee meeting on Saturday, August 12 at Sunbird Nkopola in Mangochi, Football Association of Malawi (FAM) approved the Flames’ caretaker coach, Patrick Mabedi’s…

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* Every player should desire to get that award. My eyes remain fixed on the prize * All in good time, my hands remain expectant whilst I continue to play good football * The prestigious Confederation of African Football (CAF) Awards ceremony scheduled for December 11 in Morocco By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi’s celebrated international women football star, Tabitha Chawinga has been nominated on four previous occasions for the Africa Women’s Player of the Year award but always missed out…

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Sam Kanyenda, the Queens’ coach at the 2023 Netball World Cup * You will find that when you go to the competition, to the changing rooms, you feel insecure because of these male coaches * If they are female coaches, you feel safe because you have got a ‘mother’ near you — you know ‘I’m protected’ * Different gender dynamics between male and female coaches and players can cause problems By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi’s celebrated netball legend, Mary Waya…

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* Alongside Botswana’s Double Action Ladies and Lesotho Defence Force after the draw conducted on Thursday * Group B has Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa); Olympic de Moroni (Comoros); Costa do Sol (Mozambique) and Young Buffaloes (Eswatini) * For the 8-Team tournament set to take place in Durban between August 30 and 8 September By Duncan Mlanjira In their maiden appearance in Confederation of African Football (CAF) Women’s Champions League, Malawi’s Ntopwa Super Queens are pitted in Group A of…

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