Category: Sports

  By Maravi Express Malawi’s elite FIFA assistant referee, Bernadettar Kwimbira was named overall best among the 33 referees, who attended a five-day Confederation of African Football (CAF) Elite ‘A’ Women Referees Course in Djibouti. The course brought together top African female referees from 24 CAF member associations and Kwimbira was the only Malawian representative. She said she is pleased to have been named the best performer among the group of Africa’s best. “I am very happy and I…

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  By Duncan Mlanjira Aspirant for the post of Football Association of Malawi (FAM) presidency, James Leonard Mwenda says the country’s football needs to be re-engineered to grow to new heights so that it becomes an industry that supports millions of people while contributing to Malawi’s national development strategies. Mwenda said this on Monday at Bingu International Convention Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe when he launched his manifesto for the December 14 FAM elective annual general meeting in Mangochi. “Football…

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    By Duncan Mlanjira As the most followed sport in the country, Malawi football requires special attention for its growth and development, says James Leonard Mwenda, aspirant for the post of Football Association of Malawi (FAM) presidency in his manifesto. Launched on Monday at Bingu International Convention Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe, Mwenda says his dream is to see football becoming an industry that effectively contributes to the efforts of government, development partners, non-state actors and the private sector…

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  By Duncan Mlanjira James Leonard Mwenda, aspirant for the post of Football Association of Malawi (FAM) presidency, says that he shall make sure the senior Malawi national football team should qualify for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations and that in 2031 they shall win the coveted for title. Mwenda said this in his manifesto launched on Monday at Bingu International Convention Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe, saying by 2031 the Flames shall be a big force as it…

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By Duncan Mlanjira After playing 8 games since the second round of the TNM Super League resumed, Dwangwa has managed to extricate themselves from the last position they had been occupying and move up 4 steps to position 12. From the 24 games so far played, they have amassed 23 points from 6 wins and 5 draws in which they have lost 13. The last position is now being occupied by last season’s surprise team of the season, Masters…

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By Duncan Mlanjira South Sudan ?? beat Seychelles ?? 1-0 in last week’s Preliminary Round’s second leg to qualify for the group stages by 3-1 on aggregate having won 2-0 in the first encounnter. They join Malawi ??, Burkina Faso ?? and Uganda ?? in Group B whose back to back Match 1 and 2 fixtures are set for week of November 11-19. The other match days are up in 2010, first on the week of August 31 to September…

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By Duncan Mlanjira Football Association (FAM) Competitions & Communications Director Gonezgani Zakazaka says the local governing football body is galvanized to become more professional after COSAFA Media Group made a special mention in its report that FAM has an excellent working relationship with the Malawi media. As part of the COSAFA Under-17 legacy, a workshop for practicing journalists was organized in conjunction Football Journalists Association and FAM held at Mpira Village in Blantyre where all the U-17 games were…

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