Category: Sports

Opinion by Duncan Mlanjira It’s sweet music to the ear that the new sports structure that government will construct in Lilongwe shall be named after the revered netball coach, Griffin ‘Zagallo’ Saenda — who passed on on Thursday, November 26. At his funeral service held at Blantyre Youth Centre, where Saenda spent his professional life as Southern Region sports development officer and as the national netball team coach, Minister of Sports Ulemu Msungama declared that the indoor netball facility…

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Tribute from netball legendary player Peace Chawinga (left with late Saenda) * Sadly missed but his life and achievements happily celebrated * He was a person who valued other people’s input even in team selection * What a great loss to the netball fraternity—Sports Minister By Duncan Mlanjira Following the death of iconic former national netball team coach, Griffin Saenda, current coach Peace Chawinga-Kalua — who is in South Africa with the Queens, said the former coach was “the best father,…

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By Duncan Mlanjira Chess Association of Malawi (CHESSAM) held its extraordinary annual general meeting on Saturday where among other discussions, it made  some amendments to its constitution by demarcating all districts into zones as it plans to take the sport to every part of the country. CHESSAM president, Susan Namangale said they discussed their performance for the past two years — that included winning the prestigious Malawi Sport Awards for second year running. Namangale was awarded the 2019 the…

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By Duncan Mlanjira After a successful first race held in June, Malawi’s international mountain trail (ultra marathon) specialist, Edson Kumwamba has set December 20 for the second leg of the Legend Trail Challenge Series to be run along Mulanje tea plantations. The second series has been named ‘MwanaMulanje’ (Mulanje child) because the route is at the foot of Mount Mulanje and it doesn’t go up the Mother Mulanje routes that is used for the famous Mulanje Mountain Porters Race. “The…

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By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi top golf pro, Paul Chidale made a gross score of 67 on Day 1 to lead a field of 24 pros in the 2020 SeedCo Lilongwe Open that teed-off Friday morning. Chidale’s gross score was four ahead of compatriot Adam Sailesi (71) and five ahead of much touted South Africa pro, Irvin Mazibuko (72) — who is former Sunshine Tour champion. On 4th position with gross 72 was Robson Chonhoi from Zimbabwe’s Royal Harare golf…

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By Duncan Mlanjira, Maravi Express & Moses Nyirenda, MANA In order to motivate the Malawian professional golfers participating in the SeedCo Lilongwe Open that tees off Friday, SAWA Group Ltd has offered a  K1 million purse as an incentive to the top 5 best finishes. Announcing the sponsorship, Sawa Group Director, Shueb said the company decided to offer the additional cash for the local pros to the flag high. This is on top of the cash purse of US$5,000…

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