Manchester Motor Spares FC donate K1m worth of assorted items to Mpemba Reformatory Centre

Sponsor Christopher Chikopa, Manchester Motor Spares Director, presents the donation  By Victor Singano Jnr. Ahead of the festive season, Blantyre-based First Capital Bank (FCB) Under-20 league side, Manchester Motor Spares FC, on Sunday, November 28 donated various assorted items to the needy youths at Mpemba Reformatory Centre situated along Chikwawa Road. The items were 10kgs bags of maize flour, 10 litres of cooking oils,  chickens, sugar, bread, biscuits, cases of ThumbsUp juice, soya pieces as well as body lotions,…

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MBC denies poaching Mibawa Studios’ key sports production staff amidst TV broadcasting rights wrangle

* Mibawa Studios deems movement of its staff is trying to incapacitate the state broadcaster’s rivals * Presently MBC hasn’t employed anybody—Director General George Kasakula By Duncan Mlanjira Two of Mibawa Studios’ key sports production staff are reported to have resigned to join Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) after allegedly been offered higher salaries — a move which has been deemed by Mibawa as a ploy by the state broadcaster to try and incapacitate it. But Director General, George Kasakula…

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FDH Bank’s ‘Go Konko Ndi Flames’ promo receiving overwhelming response; 45 people win prizes in first monthly draw

By Singano Jnr. The enthusiasm people have over the Malawi national football team’s third participation at the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroun is manifesting itself as people have overwhelmingly responded to the team’s official sponsor, FDH Bank’s ‘Go Konko Ndi Flames’ promotion. This was during the first monthly draw on Tuesday by Maureen Nalikungwi, FDH Bank’s senior manager-Personal and Banking Department, saying this is a clear indication how excited people are over the Flames’ qualification and participation…

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MBC taking FAM on ransom to be granted TV broadcasting rights

MBC headquarters in Blantyre * Further inter-parte court injunction hearing set for tomorrow, November 25 * MBC presented wrong information that favoured it to be granted a court injunction * That restrained FAM and Mibawa Studios from broadcasting Airtel Top 8 matches on the weekend of November 13 * MBC refuses to work Mibawa Studios as host and content providers insisting on being sole broadcaster By Duncan Mlanjira Lawyers for Football Association of Malawi (FAM) and its TV host…

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Flames’ AFCON fundraising drive reaches its crescendo with dinner hosted by Chakwera Nov. 27

  By Duncan Mlanjira President Lazarus Chakwera is set to host the VVIP Fundraising Dinner which the Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has organised as resource mobilization drive ahead of the Flames’ preparations and participation for the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroun from January. The Flames’ AFCON finals budget is pegged at K1.5 billion (about US$1.8 million) which would in part be funded by the government; the  Flames’ official sponsor, FDH Bank as well as participation subsidy…

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It is high time we started winning trophies at Olympics—Chilima

Chilima welcoming The Queens Baton at Chileka Airport By Lydia Maganga, MANA Vice-President Saulos Chilima has urged Malawi Olympic family to find solutions to the country’s perennial failure to win medals at international tournaments. Speaking when he joined the sports fraternity to welcome Commonwealth Games’ Queen’s Baton for its Relay in Malawi, Chilima said it was time to get serious and go back to the drawing table to try and take a different approach so that the country’s athletes…

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Ntopwa FC owner Jomo Osman found guilty of assaulting referee but spared of any punishment on the individual action

The controversial Jomo Osman, who is also Councilor for Bangwe Nthandizi * Club fined K25,000 for an offence only committed by the individual By Duncan Mlanjira Ntopwa Football Club has been found guilty of the misconduct regulation of failing to control the actions of its supporters, players and officials and fined K25,000 for an offence committed by the team’s owner and technical director, Isaac Jomo Osman — who was found guilty of assaulting a referee during his team’s official…

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Nyamilandu celebrates 50th birthday by treating waste dump site people to a sumptuous lunch

By Duncan Mlanjira Football Association of Malawi (FAM) president Walter Nyamilandu did some extraordinary in celebrating his 50th birthday on Thursday by treating people who live off each day at the waste dumpsite along Zomba Road to a sumptuous lunch. He went on to post the event on his Facebook page in which he said: “A day well spent as I celebrated my 50th birthday with the people that live on scraps and garbage at the dump yard (kuntaya)….

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Airtel Malawi supports K25m in total for Flames AFCON participation

Resource mobilisation taskforce chairperson Justice Alide (left) receives the support from Airtel MD Kamoto  By Duncan Mlanjira Having already supported Football Association of Malawi’s ‘Kuipatsa Flames Moto’ funds mobilization campaign through the golf tournament held last month as well as the VIP fundraising dinner, Airtel Malawi Plc has added a further K20 million towards the cause. Airtel Malawi, sponsors of the end of the league season tournament — the Airtel Top 8 — committed K2.5 million each for the…

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Malawian taekwondo expert Guba wins two silver medals in British championships in two weeks

The Silver won on Sunday * Won the other on October 24 at the North East Open Championships in Newcastle City * He clinched gold on October 17 at the Ultimate Open Championships at Metrodome Leisure centre in Barnsley By Duncan Mlanjira Malawian UK-based taekwondo expert, Sergeant Yamikani Guba — who is with the British military — won a silver medal on Sunday at British National Taekwondo Championships held at the Copper Box Arena Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park —…

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