Category: Sports

  By Duncan Mlanjira Professional Golfers Association of Malawi (PGAMW) has postponed the postponed the 2019 Warm Heart profession golf Tour which was scheduled to hosted from November 14-16 at Lilongwe Golf Club. PGAMW president Patridge Shycal confirmed the postponement, saying this was due to circumstances beyond their control. But sources in the golf fraternity told Maravi Express in confidence that this is due to the current political impasse prevailing in the country which most of the stakeholders also…

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  By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi National Council of Sports convened a meeting on Monday (November 5) at its offices at Kamuzu Stadium where it mediated over the election wrangles affecting Weightlifting and Body Building Association of Malawi (WABAM) and its concerned athletes. This development comes following requests from the concerned body builders and weightlifters, who have observed that the WABAM Executive was not adhering to certain constitutional requirements which they believe would render the election process of new WABAM…

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  By Duncan Mlanjira  Walter Nyamilandu Manda is set to launch his manifesto on Thursday evening at Amaryllis Hotel in Blantyre as he seeks to be given another mandate as Football Association of Malawi (FAM) president against his vice-president James Leonard Mwenda. Mwenda already launched his manifesto on October 28 at a colorful ceremony held at Bingu International Conference Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe where amongst other things pledged to get the senior Malawi national football team to qualify for…

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  By Duncan Mlanjira Peter Mponda, who was deputy of former Malawi national football team coach, Belgian Ronny Van de Geneughden (RVG), has been named as interim head coach to lead the Under-20 at the 2019 COSAFA Youth Championship to be held in Lusaka, Zambia between December 4-14. A statement from Football Association of Malawi says the former Flames captain will be assisted by Audrey Makonyola and Christopher Nyambose. Sibusiso Padambo has been retained as goalkeeper trainer while Aubrey Nankhuni…

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  By Duncan Mlanjira Mighty Be Forward Wanderers returned from Lilongwe bruised as they lost 0-2 to their hosts, Blue Eagles at Nankhaka to surrender their spot at the summit after their rivals and defending champions Nyasa Bullets beat Mzuni FC 3-2 at Kamuzu Stadium. However, the race is too close to call as the two arch rivals are separated by one point (Bullets at 49 and Wanderers at 48) from equal number of games at 23 each with…

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By Duncan Mlanjira Elite FIFA assistant referee, Bernadettar Kwimbira is set to become Malawi’s first woman referee to officiate men’s 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier between Libya and Tanzania scheduled for November 19 in Tripoli. She is among the six first African Female Elite Referees appointed by Confederation of African Football (CAF) to officiate men’s CAF AFCON matches in November. This comes after Kwimbira became overall best among the 33 referees, who attended a five-day Confederation of…

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  By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi ?? national football team, coach Meke Mwase has recalled defender Lucky Malata as he prepares his team for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against South Sudan ?? on November 13 at home and Uganda ?? away on November 17. Malata has since vowed to work harder in order to regain his position in the team he hasn’t been in since 2017. Speaking after the Flames’ Wednesday morning training session, Malata thanked Mwase…

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