The first ever Under 15 national football league for primary schools may roll out in September as schools begin first term in the 2019/2020 academic year. The league will be administered by the Football Association of Malawi (FAM) in conjunction with the Malawi Schools Sports Association (MASSA). The league was supposed to begin in January […]
World football governing body, FIFA has paid tribute to the services which Football Association of Malawi (FAM) Marketing & Commercial Director, Limbani Cliff Matola rendered at the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Poland. Under the FIFA Forward programme, Matola was selected to the U-20 World Cup to be part of the core organising team in […]
Four members of the Football Association of Malawi (FAM) leave the country this Thursday for Paris, France to attend the 2019 FIFA council meeting. FAM oresident Walter Nyamilandu Manda will be accompanied by the association’s first vice president James Mwenda, second vice presoident Othaniel Hara,and National Women’s Football Committee Chairperson Suzgo Ngwira, who is an […]
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) is hosting an international FIFA Forward Infrastructure workshop at Protea Ryalls Hotel in Blantyre, the first to be held in Africa since its inception last November, a programme which the world football governing body emphasizes on how serious it is trying to improve the fabric of the game through infrastructure […]
Former Nigerian national team star Yakubu Ayigbeni will visit Malawi enroute from Mozambique on Thursday (May 16) in the company of three FIFA Foundation officials to visit the Cylone Idai hit areas as the Foundation aims at assessing the areas so that they can help renovate affected football/sport infrastructure and to appreciate the damage effects […]
Football Association of Malawi ( FAM) Commercial and Marketing Director Limbani Matola has been appointed as the Marketing Venue Manager for the FIFA Under -20 World Cup to be held in Poland from 23 May to 15 June 2019. Matola emerged the successful candidate among the 10 applicants from the African and Caribbean Region in […]
FIFA, the governing body of world football, issued lifetime bans to former Silver Strikers and Malawi national team midfielder Hellings Mwakasungula and seven others after they were found guilty of match fixing. Mwakasungula,who is the current Silver Strikers team manager has been banned alongside Kudzai Shaba of Zimbabwe, Ibrahim Kargo of Sierra Leon, Seidath Tchomogo […]
The Malawi Under 15 League is expected to kick off early March and it will be funded by the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA). First Vice President of the Football Association of Malawi (FAM), James Mwenda, said Malawi was privileged to be the only pilot country in the world for the Under 15 League […]
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) says it is supporting Gianni Infantino for his re-election as presudent if World football governing body, Fifa. Infantino faces a re-election vote in June this year, three years after he took control of world football’s governing body after long-time leader Sepp Blatter was ejected amid a bitter corruption scandal. FAM presudent […]
Northern region based youthful female referee, Rose Zimba, says she is excited with her recent achievement in attaining the highest rank in her refereeing career which is a clear manifestation of her hard work. Zimba was recently promoted from Grade 1 to obtain a FIFA batch which allows one to take charge of football matches […]
Malawi’s top referees Dennis Nguluwe, Patrick Ngoleka and Mercy Mziya have been stripped of their badges by the world football governing body Fifa and have been replaced by other new whistle-blowers. The referees were stripped of their badges following their lapses in performance as regards behaviour, competence in officiation of games and fitness levels, Football […]
President of world football governing body FIFA , Gianni Infantino has taken his turn to congratulate Football Assoiation of Malawi (FAM) president Walter Macmillan Nyamilandu Manda following his recent election to the FIFA Council. In a letter copied to Confederation of African Football (CAF) signed by Infantino himself and seen by Nyasa Times, the FIFA […]
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) president, who was elected as FIFA Council African Anglophone member, says his victory is for Confederation of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) and will make sure the region benefits from him. Nyamilandu was reacting to a report by a Zambian media ZamFoot that suggested that the Malawian’s victory will haunt some COSAFA officials […]
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) president Walter Nyamilandu has been elected for the post of African Anglophone of the FIFA Council during the elective General Assembly held on Sunday September 30 in Egypy by beating South Africa Football Association president Danny Jordaan by 35 votes to 18. He was first up against Jordaan and Tanzanian Leodegar Tenga and Nyamilandu […]
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) president Walter Nyamilandu refused to bow down to the pressure of recent weeks coming from a section of the general public that threatened to march demanding his resignation and that of coach Ronny Van de Geneughden (RVG) on the basis of the national team’s poor performance. Nyamilandu alleges that the motives […]
Malawi national team Belgian coach Ronny Van de Geneughden (RVG) nominated his compatriot Kevin van de Bruyne to be considered as the winner of this year’s FIFA Ballon D’or while his captain John Lanjesi favoured Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo. Representing the Malawi media, Peter Kanjere nominated France’s Kylian Mbappé. All three’s nominations were beaten to it by others, who preferred Real […]
Malawi national football club poor performance in the past games has been manifested as they moved two steps down the FIFA world rankings from 123 to 125. Released on Thursday September 20 by the world football governing body, the Flames are under the likes of fellow Africans; Mauritania (103), Niger (105), Madagascar (106), Kenya (107), […]
The long-serving president of the Football Association of Malawi (FAM), Walter Nyamilandu Manda, is seeking to become an executive member of the FIFA Congress in elections to be held September end. Following a vacancy that was created by a former member from Ghana, four individuals from the COSAFA region have expressed interest to vie for […]