Category: Sports

By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi top golf pro, Paul Chidale made a gross score of 67 on Day 1 to lead a field of 24 pros in the 2020 SeedCo Lilongwe Open that teed-off Friday morning. Chidale’s gross score was four ahead of compatriot Adam Sailesi (71) and five ahead of much touted South Africa pro, Irvin Mazibuko (72) — who is former Sunshine Tour champion. On 4th position with gross 72 was Robson Chonhoi from Zimbabwe’s Royal Harare golf…

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By Duncan Mlanjira, Maravi Express & Moses Nyirenda, MANA In order to motivate the Malawian professional golfers participating in the SeedCo Lilongwe Open that tees off Friday, SAWA Group Ltd has offered a  K1 million purse as an incentive to the top 5 best finishes. Announcing the sponsorship, Sawa Group Director, Shueb said the company decided to offer the additional cash for the local pros to the flag high. This is on top of the cash purse of US$5,000…

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By Duncan Mlanjira In order to remain the ultimate destination for lovers of ‘The Beautiful Game’, SuperSport International has renewed its partnership with the Premier League as itsofficial broadcaster until 2025. According to a statement from MultiChoice Group, these rights extend across the entire broadcast territory of Sub-Saharan Africa in all languages and through all distribution platforms, including television, internet and mobile. “These are challenging times for everyone, so to secure these rights is most gratifying. We have been…

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By Duncan Mlanjira Top South African professional golfer, Irvin Mazibuko — who is former Sunshine Tour champion — has confirmed his participation as guest player for the SeedCo Lilongwe Golf Open that tees-off on Friday, October 13. Mazibuko, who will be joined by compatriot James Mapunda from Pretoria Country Club, is expected to jet into the country through Kamuzu International Airport on Thursday through Malawian Airlines, courtesy of the sponsors, SeedCo Malawi. Information gathered on South African website, Solo…

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By Duncan Mlanjira The main sponsor SeedCo Malawi has offered a cash purse of US$5,000 to the professional category of the forthcoming SeedCo Lilongwe Open golf tournament to be played from November 13-15. The tournament is expected to attract a field of about 30 pros from Malawi and neighbouring Zambia, Zimbabwe and Tanzania. This is a second return of the SeedCo Lilongwe Open which also took place last year complemented by its business partners such as NBS Bank, Standard…

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By Duncan Mlanjira Professional Golfers Association of Malawi (PGAMW) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Ministry of Tourism, Culture & Wildlife on the hosting of the next Warm Heart Pros Tour. Speaking at the signing ceremony on Sunday at Lilongwe Golf Club that was graced by the Minister himself, Michael Usi, PGAMW president General Henry Odillo, Rtd said this partnership is an opportunity of helping in the promotion of tourism, which is one of the key priority…

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Football Journalists Association Media consultant, Hastings Ndebvu has said football journalists need to adapt to to digital changes of reporting the beautiful game in cognizance that the ever-growing changes in technology and the impact of social media has rendered irrelevant the conventional way of reporting. In his presentation as the main facilitator of a day-long workshop held at Red Zebra in Salima on Saturday organised by Football Journalists Association (FJA), Ndebvu said the industry is at a point where…

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