The Malawi National soccer team coach Kinnah Phiri can finally breathe a sigh of relief with news that South African outfit Bloemfontein Celtic has released defender Limbikani ‘Pupa’ Mzava to join camp with only 2 days to go before the Afcon qualifier game against Tunisia. Kinnah registered his disappointment with Celtic’s delay to release the […]
TNM Super League action will only return to the pitch on Sunday with no game on Saturday to allow Flames supporters to go and cheer their team as they take on the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier. According to a member of the Super League of Malawi (Sulom) […]
Malawi national team coach Kinnah Phiri says the question of whether captain Peter Mponda will feature in the crucial 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Tunisia on Saturday is in the hands of the player himself and the team’s medical staff. Mponda arrived in the country on Tuesday and trained with the rest of […]
Malawi coach Kinnah Phiri says he is disappointed with South African club Celtic’s delay in releasing defender Limbikani Mzava to join camp ahead of 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Tunisia on Saturday. Mzava was expected to jet in on Tuesday with Mponda and Spain- based striker Robin Ngalande but failed to make it. […]
Tunisia coach Sami Trabelsi has said the 2012 African Cup of Nations qualifier against Malawi this Saturday at Kamuzu Stadium will decide who will grab the Group K’s last qualifying berth. With two games remaining for each side, Malawi and Tunisia are level on ten points. Botswana have already qualified as group winners but with […]
Russian-based striker Esau Kanyenda has been installed as Malawi’s captain ahead of the 2012 African Cup of Nations qualifier against Tunisia and Flames coach Kinnah Phiri can relax Tunisia with the arrival of 11 foreign based players on Monday afternoon. Europe based strikers Kanyenda and Russel Mwafulirwa joined the squad with hope that Malawi will […]
Barely two weeks after being sacked as coach by Azam Tigers, Macdonald ‘Anginde’ Mtetemera has found another job at defending champions Escom United, Nyasa Times understands. Escom general secretary Richard Samba told Nyasa Times that Mtetemera will deputise head coach Charles Manda and will work alongside assistant coach Aubrey Nankhuni. He has been hired to inject […]
Escom Sisters were superior over MTL Queens on Sunday in the OG Issa Southern Netball League after beating them by 35 baskets to 32 at Blantyre Youth Centre. However, it was a highly contested encounter that the electricians won with a whisker. As usual, Escom Sisters coach Griffin ‘Zagalo’ Saenda fielded almost his first seven […]
Coach Leo Mpulula’s hopes that he can lead Azam Tigers to challenge the TNM Super League title were kept alive at the weekend when his club chalked maximum six points from two games with a win against Blue Eagles on Saturday and Civo United on Sunday. Civo have been leading the TNM Super League with […]
TNM Super League rookies Cobbe Barracks have fired its coach Billy Phambala and his assistant Chifundo Masapula due to a run of bad results. Reports from Zomba indicate that after a heated meeting of the Malawi Defence Force (MDF) team’s rank and file, it was felt that the two have failed in their duties as […]
Mighty Wanderers on Saturday defeated Zomba United 2-0 in an empty stadium at Balaka. The Nomads, who lost 1-0 to Red Lions last Sunday, were fined for causing that game’s abandonment and ordered to play in empty stadium away on their home fixture after they were found guilty of perpetrating acts of violence and hooliganism. […]
The violence that marred a TNM Super League game between Mighty Wanderers and Red Lions last weekend has attracted international attention and was featured on a popular soccer television program in Africa called “African Soccer show” on SuperSport on Thursday. Panellists which included Mamadou Gaye and Thomas Kwenaite and led by host Thomas Mlambo condemn […]
Reports from the northern region indicate that TNM Super League rookies Embangweni United have fired three players who were leading a training boycott due to unpaid allowances and game bonuses. Nyasa Times can reveal that Waza Nkhoma, James Mwase and Musakaike Mlenga are the players that have been sacked for being in the forefront asking […]
Out of the 27 member squad that was in camp preparing for the 2012 African Cup of Nations qualifier against Tunisia on 3 September, only eight players survived the chop on Thursday and will remain in camp to continue tuning up for this defining clash. The eight are; goalkeepers Swadick Sanudi and Charles Swini. Defenders […]
It doesn’t rain but pours for Bingu Tigresses camp, as Netball Association of Malawi (Nam) has suspended four of their officials for their misconduct during the Presidential Cup finals in Mzuzu. The four officials, Tigresses coach-player Peace Chawinga-Kalua, assistant coach Charles Mhango, team manageress Judith Chalusa and Hellen Mpinganjira following their actions that delayed the […]
Malawi national football team, the Flames, have dropped on the latest FIFA/Coca Cola World rankings released on Wednesday with a single step from position 72 to 73 in the world. The Flames have also dropped from position 15 to 16 in Africa. Analysts have attributed this drop to the team’s failure to play a friendly […]
Malawi’s only netball export to Australia, Mwayi ‘Professor’ Kumwenda will embark on her project of drilling girls netball skills in various primary and secondary schools in the country, Nyasa Times can reveal. The 21-year-old Kumwenda is back in the country on off-season from her Peninsula Waves Club. In an exclusive interview with Nyasa Times, the […]
Mighty Wanderers have been handed another heavy punishment and will play their next TNM Super League fixture against Zomba United in an empty Balaka Stadium this Saturday. This is part of their punishment for causing the abandonment of their game against Red Lions and causing violence last weekend. “Apart from the K500,000 fine and have […]