Category: Sports

  By Duncan Mlanjira Four media houses, Zodiak Broadcating Station (ZBS), Times TV, Malawi Broadcasting Station (MBC) and Malawi Institute of Journalism (MIJ) presented their bids to broadcast matches when the TNM Super League games resume. All TV stations have bid to broadcast 80 high profile matches with Times TV pledging to invest a total of K191 million; Zodiak TV at K18 million; MBC at 60 million while MIJ did not indicate how much it intends to invest. Surprisingly,…

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By Duncan Mlanjira South Africa-based athlete Gloria Chitedze finally sent a consignment of COVID-19 relief food hampers which she procured from funds she realised in a charity marathon challenge she did on June 14 together with her South African colleague, Ntabaleng Tsusane. The two completed 45.5kms each in a time of 4.59hrs in the Virtual Race of Legends challenge to raise funds to procure foodstuffs for children, whose parents have been affected by the COVID-9 lockdown due to job…

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  By Duncan Mlanjira Malawian Taekwondo athlete, Yamikani Guba — who is with the  British military — has won a scholarship from Britain’s Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS) to train full time in his specialty sport discipline Taekwondo in the next 12 months. He is set to be receiving sporting support through recognised sporting institutions across the UK such as the Army Sport Performance Centres and Elite Athletes Performance Centres. Guba explained that TASS is an initiative that receives…

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Opinion by Duncan Mlanjira As soon as he was appointed Minister of Sports, Ulemu Msungama attacked Football Association of Malawi (FAM) president Walter Nyamilandu for showing allegiance to the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and during his meeting with him on Thursday he asked him to be apolitical or resign. Well put — Walter did go overboard in his blatant show of his allegiance to the DPP but then it was his right of association. What he did wrong, perhaps,…

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Maravi Express Malawi’s highest chess rated player, Joseph Mwale’s Chess Academy’s students, coaches as well as Chess Association of Malawi (CHESSAM) president Susan Namangale, have made it into 12 players that will represent the country during the online 2020 Olympiad that will take place month-end of July to August. The second and final online selection tournament  took place on Tuesday night and involved 10 players in the Open section, 7 in the Ladies section and 8 in the Junior…

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  By Duncan Mlanjira So far over 10 kids have registered for Malawi’s highest rated player, Joseph Mwale’s Chess Academy that is set to roll off on Thursday, July 2 and some of the students are based in Australia, USA, South Africa. This first-ever innovation training will be held every Thursdays and Sundays from 17:00hrs and the fee is K3,000 per student per lesson and there will also be discounted rates for families with 2 or more students registered….

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  By Duncan Mlanjira A working group comprising Football Association of Malawi (FAM), the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Ministry of Sports, Ministry of Health and Malawi National Council of Sports held a meeting  in Mangochi to review FAM’s proposal for the return to football. The session was aimed at providing guidance on measures and procedures for a safe return to football. FAM president Walter Nyamilandu led the FAM delegation that comprised 1st vice-president Jabbar Alide, executive committee member…

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  By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi’s highest rated player, Joseph Mwale has set up an online Malawi Chess Academy that will be held every Thursdays and Sundays from 17:00hrs. In an interview, the South Africa-based FIDE Master professional player and coach, said the lessons will be conducted on Zoom and Google Meet platforms and there will be tournaments for the students on Saturdays, whose top three winners will get coaching for free in the next lesson. Charges for the group…

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