Malawian coaches stand a chance of upgrading their professional qualifications following the announcement by Football Association of Malawi (FAM) that it will conduct a CAF A Licence course this year. Flames Technical Director John Kaputa said in a statement seen by Nyasa Times emailed through FAM Secretariat that the coaching course will run from 1st […]
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has announced that national team coaches will start conducting countrywide training aiming at identifying new talent to be included in the Malawi national senior soccer team. According to a statement released by FAM and made available to Nyasa Times, the training will be conducted in all the three regions where […]
Football Association of Malawi (Fam) had advised Big Bullets and Kamuzu Barracks to sign a proper loan deal agreement on attacking midfielder Harvey Nkacha, whose services are being sought at the ‘People’s team’ ahead of the club’s Confederation of African Football (Caf) assignments. Bullets had initially wanted to rope in the Kamuzu Barracks star player and […]
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has said it will not confirm participation in the 2017 African Cup of Nations until Confederation of African Football (CAF) clarifies the dates. According to FAM president Water Nyamilandu, the decision was decided by the association’s executive committee meeting held on Saturday, January 31 in Blantyre in view of the dates set […]
Former Malawi national football team the Flames’ vice-captain Elvis Kafoteka has sued the Football Association of Malawi (FAM) seeking compensation after he got injured during national team duty. Kafoteka got injured after sustaining an open fracture during the East and Central Africa Senior Challenge Cup held in Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania. He said he withdrew the […]
Malawi national football team, the Flames’ coach Young Chimodzi and his deputy Jack Chamangwana have gone five months without pay. The coaches confirmed to SuperSport.com that they were yet to get their perks since last August when they penned one-year contracts. The actual salary figure remain a secret but media reports put it at around […]
The Football Association of Malawi (FAM) on Thursday released the 2015 soccer calendar that showed that the domestic premiership would kick off in April. FAM competitions officer Gomezgani Zakazaka said Thursday that the calendar has almost 69 fixtures, including international games, Super League ties, Under-20 matches, beach soccer and women football events. “We will make […]
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) President Walter Nyamilandu has expressed his fears over unsponsored Malawi top league champions Big Bullets’ daring to participate in the continental 2015 CAF Champions League estimated at K180 million. Nyamilandu fears how Bullets would manage to meet the expenses of the Champions League expenses while the national team, which enjoys […]
All is well that ends well. And that is exactly how the 2014 football season can be summarized on club and national team fronts in Malawi. There were ups and downs during the campaign, but come December 6 2014 when the season wound up, the good prevailed. Big Bullets winning the TNM Super League title […]
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Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has confirmed that the Flames will be participation in the 2015 African Nations Championship competititon (CHAN). FAM General Secretary Suzgo Nyirenda told a local press on Thursday that the association had already completed the registration process for the competition. “We are now just waiting for the details including the dates […]
The Football Association of Malawi (FAM) Sunday awarded certificates on Preparatory Football Coaching to 21 football coaches drawn from across Ntcheu District on completion of a two week football coaching course. Speaking when he awarded the certificates to the coaches, one of FAM’s instructors, Steward Mbolembole said well-trained football coaches are of paramount importance in […]
Roscher Youth Development Centre, a nongovernmental organisation based in Rumphi, has appealed to stakeholders in the country’s soccer to invest in capacity building of personnel that are involved in grass-root soccer. Executive Director of the organisation, Moir Walita, made the appeal during the week-end coaching clinic for thirty grass root soccer referees drawn from the […]
The game between Malawi and Mali played on Saturday at the Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre raised K13.1 million after Football Association of Malawi (FAM) verified and reconciled the amount collected from ticket sales. FAM General Secretary Suzgo Nyirenda said from the revenue the association profited K7.5 million to be shared with Malawi National Council of Sports after […]
Malawi national football team coach Young Chimodzi and captain Joseph Kamwendo have submitted their votes for the 2014 FIFA Ballon d’Or whose winner will be announced in January next year. Every coach, captain as well as media personnel from each of Fifa’s 209 associated nations vote for their preferred candidate to be awarded the prestigious […]
Standard Bank of Malawi has donated K5 million Football Association of Malawi (FAM) as the national team gears up to face Ethiopia on Wednesday in Addis Ababa. Standard Bank Legal Director Etness Chanza said during a news conference that the bank was was obliged to assist the Flames so that it gets good results which will also […]
Malawi national footbaLl team , the Flames, have rekindled their hopes to qualify for the 2015 African Cup of Nations final showdown, which will be played in Equatorial Guinea, after beating Mali with a convincing 2-0 at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre on Saturday. Recalled veteran striker Esau Kanyenda and midfielder Robert Ng’ambi netted in the […]
Draw is not option, we must win—Nyamirandu Premier mobile network provider TNM has come forward to bail out the Flames with a K5 million donation to fill an outstanding budget deficit that stood in the way of preparations for 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. Presenting the donation to Football Association of Malawi (FAM) at […]