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Malawi ?? Relief Fund UK partners with Special Olympics in inclusive education in primary schools

January 25, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Special Olympics Malawi organization has partnered with Malawi Relief Fund UK (MRF-UK) in a special programme in which the Special Olympics reaches out to primary schools which enroll special needs learners to facilitate health screening exercises. Malawi’s Special Olympics reaches out to schools in more than 24 districts in Malawi in conjunction with Ministry of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare and on Friday, January 24, the exercise was done at Mponda Primary School in…

FAM, Sulom, club’s brainstorming on 2020 Club Licencing

January 25, 2020

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By Football Association of Malawi Football Association of Malawi (FAM), Super League of Malawi (SULOM) and TNM Super League clubs have gathered at Mpira Village in Chiwembe, Blantyre on Saturday to review the 2019 season and plan for the 2020 season during a club licensing and gate management seminar. Speaking during the opening ceremony of the seminar, FAM Executive Committee member Christopher Kuyera stressed the importance of club licensing. “We can only develop our football if we embrace…

Flames drawn with Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Mozambique in 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers

January 22, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi national football team, the Flames have Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon and neighbours Mozambique in a tough 2022 FIFA World Cup group qualifiers. Only five countries from Africa are expected to book themselves a ticket to the finals to be played in Qatar. Malawi qualified for the group stages after beating Botswana 1-0 on goal aggregate. There are now 40 teams in 10 groups and ten group winners advance to the third round in which they shall…

Honouring Lawrence ‘Lule’ Waya; His most memorable highlight was winning Bronze Medal at All-African Games in 1987

January 16, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Former Nyasa Big Bullets international star, Lawrence ‘Lule’ Waya says the most memorable highlights of his career was winning the Bronze Medal at All-African Games in Kenya against Cameroon in 1987 as well as winning the East and Central Africa Senior Challenge Cup against Zambia in Malawi in 1988. The former legend had not been heard again on the local scene because he was in South Africa where he had been working as an auditor but…

Chidale finishes impressive 13th at second round Safari Tours in Nairobi

January 16, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira An outstanding to performance from Paul Chidale saw him finish on 13th position during second round Safari Tours in Nairobi, Kenya and is amongst the top professional golfers going into the third round scheduled for January 25. In the first round, Chidale missing the cut at Thika Greens but he picked himself up and made the cut at the second tour which was played at Muthaiga Golf Club. “Paul had a very bad start round at…

Pirates has adapted quickly to new coach Zinnbauer’s system — Gaba

January 16, 2020

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By KickOff.com Orlando Pirates forward Gabadinho Mhango claims the team have adapted quickly to new coach Josef Zinnbauer’s system following their 1-0 win over Mamelodi Sundowns in the Absa Premiership on Wednesday evening. “I thank God, my teammates, the Orlando Pirates supporters,” Gaba, who scored the winning goal of the match, told SuperSport TV after receiving his Man of the Match accolade. “It’s something that we planned from training because everybody was putting 150 percent effort, congrats to…

South Africa boycotts 2020 Futsal Cup over Morocco’s occupation of Western Sahara

January 15, 2020

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By Jerry Chifamba, allAfrica.com South African Football Association (SAFA) has decided to withdraw the national team from the 2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations to be hosted in Morocco after “Morocco insisted on hosting the tournament in Laayoune which is in disputed Western Sahara.” In a series of tweets, SAFA said it supported the stance taken by its government by displaying their solidarity with the Sahrawi in withdrawing from the tournament to increase pressure on Morocco to grant…

Rab Processors partners with stakeholders in raising awareness of plight of Bullets Veterans

January 11, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Rab Processors has partnered with Southern Region football administrators and journalists in their quest to raise awareness of the plight of former Nyasa Big Bullets players, some of whom are struggling with life and cannot fend for themselves. Rab Processors’ Marketing Manager Anthony Kafuwa said considering the cause that is being done by the veterans themselves by joining hands in solidarity, they felt the association needed some start-up and has since donated K250,000 to the…

Top Nigerian journalist believes Tabitha deserves the CAF Player of the Year award

January 10, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Top Nigerian journalist, Osasu Obayiuwana believes that Malawian Tabitha Chawinga deserved to claim the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Player of the Year award than his compatriot Asisat Oshoala, who plays for Barcelona women’s side. In a Tweeter message, Obayiuwana said: “I understand that some members of the Nigerian media are unhappy that I didn’t vote for Asisat. That’s a shame. But I am NOT obliged to vote for her. “Congratulations to her on yet…

Honouring Kennedy Malunga: Was once FIFA’s top 10 in 1987’s African Player of the Year

January 10, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Not many people know or remember it, but former Malawi international midfielder, Kennedy ‘Senator’ Malunga was among top 10 African great players, who were nominated for the prestigious African Player of the Year award. What’s very interesting is that Kennedy, then playing for Club Brugge in Belgium, was ranked 6th with 24 points, beating Ghana’s great player Abedi Ayew Pele, then playing for Olympique Marseille in France who got 17 points and was placed number…