Super League coaches urged to embrace modern coaching technology

Maravi Express Football Association of Malawi (FAM) president Walter Nyamilandu says the game has evolved a lot and the use of technolgy in analysing team perfomance and opponents is the game changer in modern football. Nyamilandu said this on Monday when he officially opened a two-day refresher course for Super League and senior national team coaches at Mpira Village in Bantyre where he urged elite league coaches to embrace the use of technology in their coaching as one way…

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Minister Jappie Mhango pulls the strings in ensuring the sport remains glamorous

Analysis by Duncan Mlanjira Despite his involving schedule as a politician and Cabinet Minister, Volleyball of Malawi (VAM) president, Jappie Mhango still pulls the right strings to assist the sport to continue functioning as it is currently performing.    Volleyball was a very glamorous sport in the past, especially in secondary schools and the colleges, whose teams made the sport a must-watch and when its top players graduated, they joined league teams and some formed their own. The trend…

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Chidale takes early joint lead with Kenyan top pro in Safari Tour

By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi’s up and coming pro golfer, Paul Chidale tied at the top of the leaderboard with Kenyan Safari Tour Order of Merit leader Greg Snow during Day One of the Safari Tour grand finale at the par 72 Karen Country Club course in Kenya on Sunday. According to a report by Kenya’s Daily Nation, the two fired three under par 69 each as Zambia’s Madalitso Muthiya and Rwanda’s 23-year-old Alloys Nsabimana tied for the third place…

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Real Madrid spoil Gareth Bale’s move to China

SuperSport.com Real Madrid’s last-minute decision to insist on a transfer fee ended the club’s hopes of offloading Welsh winger Gareth Bale to Jiangsu Suning, the Chinese Super League side’s head coach Cosmin Olaroiu said. Bale, who joined Madrid from Tottenham Hotspur in 2013 for a then-record fee of 100 million euros, was heavily linked with a move to Jiangsu throughout last year’s summer transfer window after falling down the pecking order at the La Liga side under Zinedine Zidane….

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Over 360,000 people die of drowning each year worldwide

By Duncan Mlanjira South African lifesaving examiner, Deon Woodley, who is in Malawi to train youths in prevention and stopping of drowning at local level along the shores of Lake Malawi, disclosed an alarming rate of deaths by drowning that is at 360,000 annually worldwide. Woodley arrived in the country on Monday and proceeded to travel to Nkhata Bay on Tuesday with Lytton Mabeti, a qualified lifeguard by professional and swimming instructor at St. Andrews International High School. Woodley…

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Malawi Chess Association secures sponsorship from Mybucks

By Duncan Mlanjira A few days after its president Susan Namangale was voted Best Sports Administrator for the second year running during the Malawi Sport Award held on Valentine Day at Bingu International Conference Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe, Chess Association of Malawi (CHESSAM) has secured sponsorship from Mybucks Bank at K1 million. CHESSAM publicity secretary Alfred Chinthere said the symbolic presentation of the cheque is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon at Mybucks premises at City Centre in Lilongwe. “CHESSAM appreciates…

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Malawi Airlines once more sponsors return air ticket for pro golfer Chidale’s Safari Tour in Nairobi

By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi Airlines is once again sponsoring pro golfer Paul Chidale to travel to Kenya to take part in the final round of matches of the Safari Tour at Karen Country Club in Nairobi on February 22-26. Malawi Airlines is also offering 30 percent discount for any ticket which Malawi Professional Golfers Association (PGAMW) might need for any extra pro golfer it might want to accompany Chidale. “We wish the golfer all success at the tournament as…

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Gabadinho, his coach win monthly Absa Premiership accolades

By SuperSport Orlando Pirates’ in-form striker Gabadinho Mhango and his coach Josef Zinnbauer and scooped the South African Absa Premiership Player and Coach of the Month awards for January 2020. The Buccaneers went unbeaten throughout January thanks, partly, to the six goals in five matches from striker Gabadinho. The Malawian kicked off the month with a hattrick away to Polokwane City and then secured wins over champions Sundowns and Highlands Park respectively.  His terrific scoring form in January has…

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FAM EGM endorses names of judicial bodies members

By Maravi Express Football Association of Malawi (FAM) held a successiful extra-ordinary general meeting (EGM) where, among other issues, the delegates endorsed the names of the members of its judicial bodies as proposed by the FAM Executive Committee.  The bodies include the Disciplinary, Appeals, Ethics, Club Licensing First Instance, Club Licensing Appeals and Ethics Committees. The EGM, held at the Chatonda Lodge in Chintcheche, Nkhata Bay on Saturday, the delegates discussed all agenda items that were shelved during the…

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Brazil legend Pele ’embarrassed’ to leave house because of ill health

By BBC Legendary Brazil forward Pele is reluctant to leave his house because he cannot walk unaided, his son has said. The three-time World Cup winner, widely regarded as the greatest player of all time, was taken to hospital with a urinary infection last year. Pele, 79, has had problems with his hip for some time and now needs a frame to walk, with many of his recent public appearances in a wheelchair. “He is very sheepish, reclusive,” his…

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