Zobran Elias, Lilongwe’s Ascent Soccer Academy’s (formerly known as Chigoli Academy), has earned a fantastic three-year scholarship to one of America’s best academic and soccer institutions, the Taft School of Connecticut. Elias was the first player to graduate a training programme by Chigoli Football Academy, which has since rebranded to Ascent Soccer in February 2019. […]
Zobran Elias, a young player that Lilongwe-based Chigoli Football Academy sent to the United States of America for an academic scholarship at Indiana Mountain School where he will also continue with his football playing career, has settled down brilliantly into his new school settings and football wise he has scored 3 goals in 3 games. Chigoli Academy […]
Lilongwe-based Chigoli Football Academy has sent its player, Zobran Elias, for an academic scholarship at Indian Mountain School in the US where he will also continue with his football playing career. He becomes the first player to graduate from Chigoli and be sent outside the country. According to information from Chigoli Academy director George Maguire, Elias was […]
In the capital city, Lilongwe, a footbaĺl academy was born in 2014 called Chigoli, which has made huge strides to nuture the country’s brightest football talents and three of its products performed superbly at the just ended COSAFA Under-17 tournament held in Mauritius. The three, Francis Mtoso, Emmanuel Mitole and Lovemore Mbeta, were Chigoli’s first players […]
Soccer analysts have urged football administrators in the country to introduce more soccer academies if the sport of football is to be revived. Zomba based sports analyst Joy Khakona said soccer academies are the only solution to upset the misfortune the Malawi national team, the Flames is facing. “Having many soccer academies can help to […]
South Africa-based forward, Robin Ngalande, has been named Lilongwe’s Chigoli Academy Pro-Player Ambassador. According to a statement from Chigoli Academy founder Alex Scot, the Bidvets Wits striker met Chigoli officials last week to discuss on how they can work together. “The 23-year-old Malawian forward is in a unique position among Malawian footballers having experienced first-hand […]
Malawi have never been to the World Cup, have been to Africa Cup of Nations only twice, and on paper their greatest accomplishment in the sport was winning a bronze medal at the 1987 All Africa games. The Flames have also won Africa’s oldest tournament, the CECAFA Cup three times, while being runners up three times […]
Duncan Mlanjira – Nyasa Times A couple of dignitaries from European High Commissions in Malawi are expected to add pomp and colour to the first of its kind sport in Malawi, FootGolf tournament to be played at Lilongwe Golf Club on Sunday, May 29th. One of the tournament’s organisers George Maguire said the dignitaries are […]
Lilongwe-based Chigoli football development organisation recently hosted a group of 19 students from San Francisco as part of its programme towards a global partnership with similar football academies. Through football, the students from a French American International School in San Francisco shared cultural experience with their Malawian counterparts. “The group had an amazing time here both […]
Chigoli football academy visited Kamuzu Academy in Kasungu last weekend for a training session with students there and its staff took an opportunity to introduce the sport of FootGolf there. Lilongwe Golf Club will on May 29 host the FootGolf tournament, the first of its kind in sport, courtesy of the fast-growing-in-stature Lilongwe-based football academy. Their online […]
Lilongwe Golf Club will on May 29th host the first of its kind in sport, FootGolf tournament, courtesy of a football academy based in Lilongwe named Chigoli. Chigoli is a non-profit football development organisation based in Lilongwe and they want to use the funds to be raised through the FootGolf championship to support its work with talented […]