Ghanaian footballer stuck at Mumbai Airport for 74 days; rescued by social media

kickgh.com Ghanaian footballer, who slept in an Indian airport for over two months during the country’s Coronavirus lockdown, has finally left the hub. Randy Juan Muller, who turned 23 this week, flew to India on November 7 last year for a six-month contract to play soccer for ORPC Sports Club in Kerala, south India. As the Coronavirus pandemic spread, Muller booked a flight home to Ghana for March 30. A week before the flight, he took a train to…

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Cameroon’s 2017 AFCON winning coach resisted temptation to recall Eto’o from retirement

By Angu Lesley, kick442.com Former Cameroon coach, Hugo Henry Broos has revealed that he resisted the temptation to impress on Samuel Eto’o to come out of his retirement as he prepared for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). Speaking in a recent interview with kick442.com, Hugo Broos — who arrived Cameroon in February 2016 two years after Eto’o had retired from international football — said by then the Indomitable’s all-time top scorer was still very productive with Turkish side, Antalyaspor. When the 68-year-old Belgian coach arrived in Cameroon for to prepare for the 2017, he set his…

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Former Ghanaian footballer claims fathering Man United’s Rashford

Ghanasoccernet.com A former Ghanaian footballer, Michael Boye Marquaye is claiming to be the biological father of Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford, insisting the England international has Ghanaian roots. The 65-year-old, based in the United Kingdom, claims he fathered the sensational Man United forward, who is — however— known to have been born to a Jamaican Joseph Rashford and Brit Melaine in Wythenshawe, Manchester in the UK. But Boye Marquaye has told Ghanaian radio station Starr FM that he is…

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Kumwamba desperately seeks sponsorship for winners’ cash prizes for his Mulanje race

By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi’s international mountain trail running (Ultra marathon) specialist, Edson Kumwamba says he is set to organising the 30km trail trail race to be held in Mulanje on June 21 but he just short of securing sponsorship for the winners cash prizes. Kumwamba said the preparations for the race he solely initiated are on course as he has sponsorship for water, instant energy drink, T-shirts, caps and sanitizers in response to the COVID-19 preventive measures. “But we are…

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Live football back on DStv, GOtv as three major European leagues resume

  By Duncan Mlanjira After the German Bundesliga resumed their league matches last month, three other major European leagues — the English Premier League, the Spanish La Liga and the Italian Serie A are now set to follow suit. The English Premiership, which Malawians closely follow live through SuperSport on DStv and GOtv, will resume next week with two catch-up fixtures — Manchester City v Arsenal and Aston Villa v Sheffield United — on Wednesday, June 17. The next…

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Mwale wins inaugural SRCL online chess tourney

By Duncan Mlanjira After being outsmarted by Candidate Master (CM) Petros ‘Razorblade’ Mfune in the second edition of CHESSAM’s online MyBucks Blitz Challenge that was played on May 31, Malawi’s highest rated player, Joseph Mwale rose above the occasion by clinching the inaugural Southern Region League (SRCL) online tournament. The South Africa-based Fide Master chess professional with a Blitz rating of 2203, scored 13 points in the 15-round tournament on Sunday beating a field of 64 players. His runner-up…

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Honouring Francis Songo: One of rare breeds who played as striker, midfielder and defender

By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi’s international legend Francis Songo has been described as one of the rare breeds of football, who in his long span of a career he played as a striker, midfielder and finally in defence. And he has only played for two clubs locally — first with defunct Railways United before joining Silver Strikers where he ended his career in 2000. Growing up in Blantyre in Kanjedza Township, where every youth knew and wanted just one passion,…

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CAF executive back Ahmad’s candidacy for 2021 presidential race

By Angu Lesley, kick442.com Following last Sunday’s video conference meeting of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), reports gathered are that the of the executive committee members have approved the candidacy of president Ahmad Ahmad in the next CAF presidential election in March 2021. The Malagasy football administrator braved the odds three years ago to oust long-serving Issa Hayatou from the biggest football position in Africa. Barely nine months before the next presidential race, reports have emerged from Algerian…

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Ultra marathon specialist Kumwamba organises own race in Mulanje

By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi’s international mountain trail running (Ultra marathon) specialist, Edson Kumwamba has taken a step further by organising his own race — a 30km trail course to be held in his home district of Mulanje on June 21. It’s been named Legend Trail Challenge Series as the race will be in three legs, first leg in Mulanje, second in Thyolo while the third’s logistics will be communicated later. “Those that shall run and finish all the series will…

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Southern Region Chess League opens up its online tournament for other regional leagues

By Duncan Mlanjira Southern Region Chess League (SRCL) has secured K200,000 sponsorship from two individuals, Godwin Ulaya and Wasoka Chirwa, for three online chess tournaments, which as open for participation for Centre and Northern leagues SRCL chairperson Steve Mpighu said the first tournament will be on Sunday, June 7, the second on June 21 and the third on July 5, to be played from 20:00hours.  The chess tournaments on lichess.com, an open-source internet chess server run by Lichess. “The…

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