Fired General Secretary for the Athletics Association of Malawi (AAM), Frank Chitembeya, has hit back at the association saying it did not follow procedures to remove him from his position. The association announced his removal saying he was making decisions for the association without consulting fellow executive committee members. One of the issues was that […]
The Athletics Association of Malawi (AAM) has chopped its General Secretary, Frank Chitembeya, with immediate effect. Chitembeya is being accused of making decisions all by himself without consulting the rest of the executive committee members. He has since been replaced by Mzee Makawa on interim basis. Makawa, who is also Chairperson for Southern Region Athletics […]
Four Malawian athletes who went to take part in the “All Comers Tournament” in Lusaka, Zambia last Saturday, have made Malawi proud by doing well in the competition. The four who are Stain Lifa, Gift Kawale, Mercy Malembo and Asimenye Simwaka, were in camp for a month before leaving for Zambia and are expected to […]
After a successful first race held in June, Malawi’s international mountain trail (ultra marathon) specialist, Edson Kumwamba has set December 20 for the second leg of the Legend Trail Challenge Series to be run along Mulanje tea plantations. The second series has been named ‘MwanaMulanje’ (Mulanje child) because the route is at the foot of Mount […]
Athletics Association of Malawi (AAM) general secretary, Frank Chitembeya is allegedly demanding a bizarre fee of R1,000 (about K50,000) to issue a clearance letter to enable Malawian athlete Imran Paya to race in South Africa’s Comrades Ultra Marathon scheduled for May. Imran Paya, who is from Mbulumbudzi in Chiradzulu District but left for greener pastures […]
Malawian athlete based in South Africa, Edson Kumwamba, is carrying the national flag higher and very little is known about him. This reporter managed to connect with him through a lady he has asked to become his personal manager. He revealed that at the recent 80km Ultra PURfeR 2018 race in South Africa broken the record as he […]
Athletics Association of Malawi (AAM) has hailed Standard Bank for bringing back the second edition of Be More Race scheduled to take place in Lilongwe on June 9, 2018 saying it is a motivation to athletes in the country. AAM General Secretary Francis Chitembeya said the association is looking forward to another well-organized race of […]
Malawi Sunbird Hotel has been silent on sponsoring one of the country’s lucrative Kuchawe Mountain road race for this year but sources within the hospitality organisation said Sunbird had lost trust in Athletics Association of Malawi due to negative publicity over corruption and financial abuse. The source said in fact Sunbird was skeptical to renew […]
Malawian athlete Ndacha Happy Mcherenje swallowed his pride that he would break the international record by finishing on position 44 out of 77 athletes in 2.21:39 during the world athletics championship marathon in London on Sunday. Mcherenje, who participated at the world athletics championship without a coach, showed lack of tactical nouns by bursting into […]
Malawian athlete Happy Mcherenje is set to participate in world athletics championship on Saturday in London, England in marathon but he left without a coach. Mcherenjere’s coach Always Zingile said the development was not good for the athlete. “It’s a requirement that an athlete should be accompanied by an international event which has not been […]
Athletics Association of Malawi faces stiff penalty from International Athletics Associations Federation for failing to send an athlete to World Junior Championship which was held in Kenya. The world athletics governing body has been provoked after the Malawi athletics body committed to participate in the competition by entering an athlete Mercy Malembo who was provided […]
Athletics Association of Malawi (AAM) executive committee in a desperate effort to tighten its grip on power interfered in elections for its regional athletics committees held over the weekend. AAM secretly appointed candidates to stand in the elections so that they should be manipulated and not raise a finger whenever they have burning issues. Impeccable […]
Athletics Association of Malawi has a mountain to climb to realise their far-fetched dream of producing a medallist at a major competition. Both AAM president Godfrey Phiri and General Secretary Frank Chitembeya waxed lyrical of fulfilling the rhetoric promise they classically failed during their previous four term of office after being re-elected recently. The association sanctioned […]
Athletics Association of Malawi (AAM) has been dealt a below the belt blow after a losing candidate in the executive committee controversial elections has withdrawn a K3 million sponsorship. After the elections re-elected president Godfrey Phiri bragged about securing a sponsorship but told the general assembly that he would not disclose the particulars of the […]
Athletics Association of Malawi (AAM) long at last went to polls at Sunbird Livingstonia Beach Hotel in Salima on Salima with the executive committee abusing their powers by barring other delegates deemed to be their opponents. The AAM barred a section affiliates by limiting the general assembly to the executive committee members and their own […]
Athletics Association of Malawi (AAM) will hold its long awaited Annual General Meeting at Livingstone Beach Hotel in Salima in which top on the agenda is the election of new office bearers. The elections would take place after twice being cancelled as in November last year Malawi National Council of Sports postponed after noticing glaring […]
Confederation of Africa Athletics (CAA) President Hamad Kalnkaba Malboum cancelled his two-day visit to Malawi at the eleventh hour. Malboum, who is a Cameroonian, was scheduled to visit Malawi from February 17 to 19, to meet Athletics Association of Malawi (AAM), Malawi Olympic Committee (MOC), Malawi National Council of Sports and government officials. In a […]
Confederation Of Athletics Associations Of Africa president Kainkaba Maboum will visit Malawi from Thursday, 17 February. Athletics Association of Malawi General Secretary Frank Chitembeya said Maboum would hold discussions with officials from athletics, Malawi Olympic Committee and goverment officials. However, Chitembeya did not hint on the agenda of his visit at a time the association […]