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) has come under fire for sponsoring President Peter Mutharika’s live broadcast on taxpayer-funded MBC television and Radio One the nomination papers presentation to Malawi Electoral Commission at Comesa Hall in Blantyre on Friday. FAM funded the live broadcast in disguise to advertise the Rough Diamonds tournament held last weekend at […]
Southern Region Football League Select on Sunday became the inaugural winners of the newly established developmental Rough Diamond Tournament whose organisers are the Football Association of Malawi (FAM). The tournament featured four select teams comprised of best players in the three regional leagues namely Simama Northern Region Football League, Chipiku Central Region Football League, Chitetezo […]
The Football Association of Malawi (FAM) is this weekend expected to launch the inaugural Rough Diamond Tournament. The tournament will feature four select teams comprised of best players in the four leagues namely Simama Northern Region Football League, Chipiku Central Region Football League, Chitetezo Mbawula Southern Region Football League and First Capital Bank Under 20 […]
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) will from this year start receiving direct funding from parliament unlike in the past whereby it was receiving its funding through the Malawi National Council of Sports. Parliamentary Committee on Social and Community Welfare has since backed and given a nod to the idea the Football Association of Malawi (FAM) […]
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 […]
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) Director of Competitions and Communications, Gomezgani Zakazaka has said the 2019/2020 football calendar will be released next week. Zakazaka said everything concerning the draft of the calendar was finalized and that they were just waiting for the competitions committee to approve it in a meeting to be held next week. […]
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has been given seven days to fire national team coach Ronny van Geneugden (RVG) and president Walter Macmillan Nyamilandu Manda to step down. Sports activists, Henry Gome and Kalowe Ajasi, who claim they have written on behalf of concerned football fans, say Nyamilandu and RVG have let the nation down […]
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) president Walter Nyamilandu Malawi has described former South African international Phil Masinga, who died on Sunday, January 13 after a long illness, as the best target striker Bafana Bafana ever had. Nyamilandu, himself a former Malawian international defender, played against Masinga’s Bafana Bafana side in 1996 during the 1998 FIFA […]
The Chiwembe Stadium upgrade at Football Association of Malawi’s Mpira Village is expected to be completed as planned by end of February of early March. FAM general secretary Alfred Gunda told Nyasa Times that the materials for the bleachers and the seats which were procured in China have since arrived in the country and are […]
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 […]
FDH Bank has renewed its sponsorship partnership with Football Association of Malawi (FAM) for the Malawi national football team for another three years with the package increased by 100 percent to K60 million a year. Speaking during the contract signing ceremony at FAM’s Mpira Village in Blantyre on Wednesday, December 19, FDH Bank Deputy Managing […]
Dowa North Member of Parliament (MP) Enos Chitatanga has said Football Association of Malawi (FAM) is leaving in denial calling the national football team, the Flames, ‘Barcelona’ when it is having a run of poor results . He said this after presenting the petition to Parliament which he received on behalf of Parliamentary Committee on […]
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has asked all grassroots football coaches to lead by a good example to their players all the time. FAM Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Alfred Gunda said this on Tuesday during the official opening ceremony of the one-week 2018 second FIFA Youth Coaching Course which was held at Mpira Village in […]
Football journalists in Malawi have decided to detach themselves from the existing Sports Writers Association (SWAM) and form their own special grouping called Football Journalists Association (FJA) with the aim of promoting and maintaining a high professional standard among journalists who specialise in football and to serve their interests. A statement from FJA says an […]
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has downplayed Nyasa Big Bullets concents that Friday’s a Fisd Cup quarter-finals fixture against Chitipa United at Kamuzu Stadium FISD Challenge ahead of their CAF Champions League encounter against Kenya’s Gor Mahia next week will affect the team. The People’s Team chief executive officer Fleetwood Haiya said the football governing […]
Some soccer pundits in the country have urged Football Association of Malawi (FAM) president Walter Nyamilandu to honorably step down from his position to avoid further embarrassment. Nyamilandu had a difficulty afternoon on Tuesday where supporters booed him while watching the under 23 match between Malawi and Botswana which ended in 1-all draw and cemented […]
Malawi Under-23 national football team coach Meke Mwase has requested the Football Association of Malawi ( FAM) to organise friendly games for the Junior Flames before meeting their neighbours Zambia side in March 2019 in the Under-23 Afcon second round. Malawi has progressed to the second round after knocking out Botswana with a 3-2 goal […]