Mighty Wanderers were given a rapturous send-off by their travelling army of supporters as the Malawian giants touched down in Dar es Salaam, ahead of Sunday’s high-stakes CAF Champions League clash with Simba Sports Club. Fans, complete with drums, chants and colourful club regalia, descended on Julius Nyerere International Airport to greet the Nomads as […]
The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has granted the Bingu National Stadium a provisional licence to host its sanctioned competitions, in a boost for the Football Association of Malawi (FAM). The stadium is expected to host the Flames’ games in the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, as well as Mighty Wanderers’ matches in the […]
“We also hope that, by September, all our players will be in good shape and fit for the qualifiers.” The Malawi Flames will have to wait until September to start playing football again in the African Cup of nations competition. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) in consultation with world football governing body Fifa, has […]
Football Associated of Malawi (FAM) presiden MacMillan Walter Nyamilandu Manda on Friday lost his FIFA Council seat for the Anglophone bloc to Amaju Pinnick of Nigeria during the Confederation of African Football (CAF) elective conference in Rabat, Morocco. Amaju won convincingly after polling 48 votes against Nyamilandu’s miserable 8. The results are a big blow […]
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) request to Confederation of African Football (CAF) to allow fans to watch Monday’s 2022 African Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifiers return match between the Flames and Burkina Faso at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre has been flatly rejected. The continental football governing body said due to fears over the spread of […]
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has said qualifying matches for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations will go on as scheduled despite fears from some quarters on the global crisis of corona virus. CAF has issued a statement to all its member associations including Malawi assuring them that there is no serious threat about […]
Ex-Football Association of Malawi (FAM) vice president James Mwenda has been removed from the list of CAF Match Commissioners for the year 2020-2021. He has since been replaced by Southern Region Football League (SRFL) Chairperson Raphael Humba. The development comes just after one month since Mwenda lost the position of FAM president during a highly […]
Dates for qualifiers for the Cameroon 2021 Africa Cup of Nations have been brought forward to March following a request by the host nation and the finals of the tournament will start on 9 January 2021 after its dates were moved. The changes mean that the next round of qualifiers that were set for August […]
“We have lots of things to improve”, coach Callisto Pasuwa’s message to his champions-elect Nyasa Big Bullets squad if they want to be ‘real contenders’ in the 2019/10 CAF continental club tournament. Pasuwa has vowed to improve his side, despite Bullets moving within sniffing distance of the TNM Super League title after beating TN Stars 2-0 […]
There are reports that football clubs in Tunisia are threatening to boycott their new season because their government have failed to honour their annual subsidies. The reports say the Tunisian government gives every club a certain amount of money each season and just last year, it gave each top-flight club 90,000 US dollars and 50,000 […]
Due to their poor and non-particiation of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) club championships, only three Malawian clubs, Mighty Be Forward Wanderers, Nyasa Big Bullets and Masters Security appear on African football club rankings. And on the ranking list of 388 clubs across the continent, Mighty Be Forward Wanderers are 151, up from 350 […]
Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Ahmad Ahmad has removed any doubt in connection with rumours that the continent’s football governing body had intentions of withdrawing the rights to host the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations because the country was ill-prepared for it. He made this statement in Cameroon on Tuesday, October 2 at President Paul Biya’s Palace […]
Nyasa Big Bullets board of directors have approved that the club can register for the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Confederations Cup or the Champions league. According to Bullets chief executive officer Fleetwood Kaiya, the club will bankroll the costly continental piece participation. “We are looking at taking part either in the Caf Champions League […]
At its meeting held in 2017 in Rabat, Morocco, Confederation of African Football (CAF) made some revisions on various working groups and one of them is that the African Cup of Nations Under-17 qualifiers will be played in Zones. According to reports the format of the qualifying competition should be changed and split according to zones. […]
A sports analyst has strongly warned TNM Super League side, Masters Security, against their decision to take part in the forthcoming Confederation of African Football (CAF) Cup. CAF Confederation Cup is an international club association football competition run by Confederation of African Football. Kimu Kamawu said in an interview that it was ‘too’ early for […]
Malawian women football export Tabitha Chawinga continues to make grades after being nominated for 2017 CAF Women Footballer of Year. Her nomination comes few days after winning the golden boot award and best forward in the Swedish top league. She finished the season with 22 goals though her efforts were not enough to save her […]
The Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has said it yet to receive an official communication from the Africa football governing body Confederation of African Football (CAF) concerning the change of Flames match against Morocco which has been shifted to October 2018 from the first slated month of March next year. According to the information posted […]
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) president Walter Nyamilandu has welcomed the change of guard at Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) where Ahmad Ahmad of Madagascar was elected Thursday as the new president replacing long serving Issa Hayatau. Former politician and Madagascar Football Association President Ahmad defeated Hayatau who has served CAF President for 29 years. […]