Malawi Under 23 national football team on Tuesday drew 1-1 against Botswana at the Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre to progress to the next round of the 2019 Under 23 Africa Cup of Nationa qualifying campaign and senior side head coach Ronny van Geneugden (RVG) and his deputy Peter Mponda were booed by fans as they […]
Malawi national team coach Ronny van Geneugden’s (RVG) has played down a sustained push for his resignation, saying he is satisfied with the progress he has made with the Flames. There have been renewed calls for the Belgian coach to go after a 2-1 loss to lowly-ranked Comoros in a 2019 Africa Cup of Nations’ (Afcon) […]
Main organisers of the FISD Challenge Cup, the Football Association of Malawi (FAM) have officially announced dates and venues for the competition’s round of 16 matches. A total of six games are scheduled for this weekend of 3rd and 4th November 2018 while the rest of the games will be played on Tuesday 6thand Saturday […]
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) said it has cancelled its planned all-inclusive football conference to resolve outstanding differences between stakeholders and provide solutions to the national team’s poor performance. FAM had organised the conference this Saturday as part of the dialogue with some protestors against the association’s president Walter Nyamilandu to resign and for the […]
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 […]
Former chairperson of Malawi National Council of Sports and now leader of opposition in parliament, Lazarus Chakwera has congratulated Football Association of Malawi (FAM) president Walter Nyamilandu for being elected as FIFA Council African Anglophone member during an elective congress held on Sunday in Egypt. Chakwera said in statement signed by his Malawi Congress Party (MCP) publicity secretary […]
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) is set to pay Gerald Phiri about K11 million payout after they terminated his services as one of the coaches for the national team. The association’s general secretary (GS) Alfred Gunda confirmed that the discussed the matter during the August meeting and agreed that Phiri should have been getting his […]
Reacting to the furore that sorrounded Football Association of Malawi (FAM) in which a certain section of the general public were demanding the resignation of president Walter Nyamilandu and national team coach coach Ronny van Geneugden (RVG) following the Flames’ 0-3 loss to Morocco a fortnight ago, FAM has created annual Football Summit to bring together […]
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) president Walter Nyamilandu said the contract for the national team coach RVG extends up to the end of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers and that mandate will be respected because the Flames are still in contention. Nyamilandu made this statement at a news conference he convened on […]
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) president Walter Nyamilandu has declared that he will not bow down to pressuring calls coming from a section of the general public for his resignation on the basis of the national team’s poor performance, saying he has constitutional mandate to lead the association until December 2019. Nyamilandu made this stand […]
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) president Mac Millan Walter Nyamilandu has thrown his weight behind coach Ronny van Geneugden (RVG) despite calls for the Belgian’s head following the Flames’ poor performance, the latest coming just Wednesday when they lost 1-0 to Kenya in an international friendly match at Moi International Sports Centre in Nairobi. Flames […]
Being the only public facility that offers physiotherapy treatment in the country, the wards for Malawi Against Physical Disabilities’ Kachere Rehabilitation Centre in Blantyre are overcrowded and there is need to construct an extra ward. This was disclosed by MAP’s Board Chairman Thom Mwamadi on Tuesday, August 15 when Football Association of Malawi (FAM) donated physiotherapy […]
From the proceeds realised from the pre-season Charity Shield, Football Association of Malawi (FAM) reserved MK4.5 million and procured various physiotherapy and medical equipment which were donated to Malawi Against Physical Disabilities’ Kachere Rehabilitation Centre in Blantyre on Tuesday, August 15. The items include a treadle mill, a trampoline, a gym bike, 10 wheelchairs, 10 pairs […]
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) sent a strong warning to teams and their supporters that it shall not tolerate any acts of violence for the next stages of the 2018 Carlsberg Cup, saying perpetrators found as well as their teams shall be heavily punished. This was said by FAM’s Competition Subcommittee vice-chairman Daudi Mtanthiko on […]
A renowned football analyst has questioned the charge of pitch invasion that Football Association of Malawi (FAM) Disciplinary Committee meted on Nyasa Big Bullets following the fracas that ensued in the Airtel Top 8 Cup final game between Bullets and Blue Eagles a few weeks ago. Giving his views on the development, Charles Nyirenda said […]
The Football Association of Malawi (FAM) second vice president, Othaniell Hara, says the football governing body is impressed with the hunger that some soccer loving individuals have to develop the sport by becoming qualified football coaches. Hara was speaking when he visited 29 coaches who are undergoing a ten day FAM C coaching course at […]