Thirty six local coaches on Saturday graduated from a weeklong coaching course ahead of the Fifa/ FAM Under 15 national League. The graduation function took place at Chiwembe Technical Centre in Blantyre, where Flora Mwandira represented FAM President Walter Nyamilandu. Speaking during the courses closing ceremony, Mwandira challenged the graduating coaches to go out and […]
World soccer governing body, Fifa has given Malawi an Okay to play their forthcoming World Cup qualifiers against Tanzania on next month, at the Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre. Football Associaition of Malawi (FAM) general secretary Sugzo Nyirenda disclosed this on Wednesday a news conference at Chiwembe Technical Centre in Blantyre. The Football Association of Malawi […]
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has disclosed that it has requested the world football governing body Fifa to conduct interviews for the position of Commercial Director within the month of September. The position fell vacant after the dismissal of head of marketing Dan Tambala on allegations of misappropriating money for the World Cup ticket sales. […]
Malawi national football team, the Flames, have moved ten places up in the grading released by the world football ruling body FIFA. The Flames rose up ten spots to 98 from 108 in Jul, a perfect tonic for new coach Ernest Mtawali and his assistant Nsanzurwimo Ramadhan. The next fixture for the Flames will be […]
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) President Walter Nyamilandu has said the resignation of the world football governing body Fifa president Joseph Sepp Blatter is welcome development for the of game. Nyamilandu said the resignation was inevitable with the mounting pressure over money laundering, corruption and bribes dogging the association. “It’s shocking but not surprising. That […]
The latest Fifa rankings have been published and Malawi national football team, the Flames, are now 95th in the World. They are 26th in Africa and 5th in the Cosafa Region behind Zambia, South African, Mozambique and Angola. At the top of the rankings, World Cup 2014 winners Germany remain on top while the big […]
Sepp Blatter resigned as Fifa president on Tuesday, four days after being re-elected to a fifth term. Blatter, 79, announced the decision at an unexpected news conference in Zurich, six days after the FBI raided a hotel in Zurich and arrested several Fifa officials. After holding the role for 17 years he was re-elected after his only rival, Jordan’s Prince […]
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) president Walter Nyamilandu took part in the voting at FIFA congress in Zurich on Friday which saw Sepp Blatter emerged victorious once again as president of world soccer’s governing body for a fifth term . The corruption scandal that has shaken Fifa seemed to play a part as Blatter narrowly failed to […]
Malawi national football team has plummeted five places down the Fifa rankings from 88 to 93 in the latest release. The team has however dropped just one place in Africa from 25 to 26 and fifth in the Cosafa Region from fourth behind South Africa, Zambia, Angola and Mozambique. The drop have been attributed to […]
Portuguese and Real Madrid great Cristiano Ronaldo won his third Ballon d’Or on Monday at the FIFA ceremony in Zurich. The 29-year-old — who played a key role in Real Madrid’s charge to a 10th Champions League trophy — beat eternal rival and four-time winner Lionel Messi of Barcelona and Germany’s World Cup winning goalkeeper […]
Five Malawian referees, among them Raphael Anthony, Jones Makuwila and Linda Chikuni can no longer handle domestic high profile and international matches as world football government body FIFA has chopped them off on Malawi’s 15-member quota for 2015 international referees and assistants. They have been replaced by others after failing the FIFA Fitness Test, meaning […]
Malawi national soccer team the Flames has moved 15 places up the ladder—from 109 to 94—to find their way back into the double-digit bracket in the latest Fifa Coca Cola ranking released on Thursday November 27th November, 2014. The impressive showing in the last two matches of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers has […]
Malawi national football team, the Flames, have paid dearly for their poor performance in the Africa Cup of Nations against Algeria after falling 11 steps down the Fifa rankings released on Thursday. The Flames have dropped to position to 109 from 98 in the world while Algeria who beat Malawi 2-0 at home and 3-0 away […]
In a bid to establish a strong foundation base for the country’s ailing national soccer teams, Football Association of Malawi (Fam) has introduced an Inter-City Under 14 football tournament that is expected to culminate into formation of an U-14 National Football Team. Outlining the initiative in an exclusive interview with Nyasa Times, Fam’s technical director […]
Malawi national football team rose eight places up to 98 in the latest Fifa/Coca-Cola World ranking updated Thursday—reflecting the 3-2 win over Ethiopia in the Africa Cup of Nations. Malawi are now rated 26th out of 54 Africa teams and fifth in Southern Africa from the list of 14. In the continental ranking, Algeria leads followed by […]
Malawi national football team has moved a step up on the Fifa World rankings for the month of July released on Thursday. The ranking, which has included latest results for games played at the latest Brazil World Cup, has seen Malawi move to position 122 in the world and 38 in Africa. Algeria, have dislodged Ivory […]
Germany clinched the Fifa World Cup on Sunday night for the fourth time and becmae the first European team in history to clinch soccer’s greatest prize on South American soil. Mario Goetze volleyed in the winning goal in extra time to give Germany its fourth World Cup title with a 1-0 victory over Argentina today. […]
Malawi national football team has dropped a step down on the Fifa rankings released on Thursday. The Flames have dropped to 122 in the world and 36 in Africa following a massive seven steps down recorded last month after a 1-4 thrashing loss to Zimbabwe in March 5. In the top 20 most have maintained their positions […]