Category: Sports

  By Duncan Mlanjira Team Malawi have brought back 13 medals at the first-ever Pan African Special Olympic Games in Cairo, Egypt. They were 7 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze from the 100m, 200m, 800m relay and 1500 categories they participated in. The athletes are Agnes Lekaleka, Clara Phiri, Wema Supuliano, Phillies Supuliano and Desire Namaona. Agnes got 3 gold medals while Desire won a gold medal and a silver. Wemma won silver in 1500 metres while Agnes,…

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  By Duncan Mlanjira Malawian Taekwondo athlete, Yamikani Guba, who is with the  British military, has won his first Gold medal during the 2020 at the Scotland (Lanarkshire) Open Taekwondo Championships, held on Sunday, February 2 at the Wishaw Sports Centre. Sergeant Guba was representing the British Army Taekwondo team in the heavyweight category +87kgs. According to reports, Guba had great start of the year after winning all of his fights of the day and in the finals he…

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  By Elizabeth Mandala, MANA Basketball Association of Malawi (BASMAL) has set February 29, 2020 for their elective annual general meeting (AGM) for the new executive committee to serve for the next four years. The elections will be presided over and hosted by the Malawi National Council of Sports in Blantyre. Up for grabs are posts for the presidency, vice-president, general secretary, vice-general secretary, treasurer and directors for youth development, technical, women, competition and compliance as well as marketing…

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  In trying to demonstrate to her players some tactics during training session on Friday morning, Malawi Under-20 women’s national team coach Maggie Chombo Sadik sustained a left ankle fracture. She was rushed to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital where she was treated but is now using clutches. Due to the injury, she will not travel with the team to Zimbabwe for return leg of 2020 Women’s Under-20 FIFA World Cup preliminary round qualifier and he deputy coach Kondwani Mwalweni…

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  By Duncan Mlanjira After successfully hosting the 2019 Confederation of Souther Africa Football Association’s (COSAFA) Under-17 championship held at Mpira Stadium, Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has been given the go ahead to host the event again for the 2020 edition. The decision was endorsed by the COSAFA General Assembly held in Johannesburg, South Africa on Saturday. The tournament, which will be used as a 2021 CAF Under-17 AFCON qualifier, will be held in July in Blantyre. FAM president…

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    By Duncan Mlanjira After over a year in hibernation, Ladies Golf Union of Malawi (LGU) has come out of its hibernation and are now preparing for possible international participation — the All Africa Challenge Trophy to be held in Namibia in March. In conjunction with the ladies section of Country Club Limbe (CCL), LGU held the first of its three strokeplay qualifiers on Saturday and Sunday which was enthusiastically graced by golfers from Lilongwe. For its part,…

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