Central Region Football Association (CRFA) authorities must comply with the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) restriction notice and fully cooperate with the corruption investigations currently underway, Football Association of Malawi (FAM) president Walter Nyamilandu has said . On Wednesday, ACB issued a restraining order stopping the holding of CRFA’s elective Annual General Meeting scheduled for next weekend. […]
Malawi will bring fans back to stadiums under strict Covid-19 guidelines as the top flight league is to kick-off, the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 has confirmed. Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda, who is co-chairperson of the Taskforce, said they will allow supporters will be allowed but only half the capacity of the venue to […]
World football governing body, FIFA has okayed the Football Association of Malawi (FAM) to update a new player registration and transfer period from 7th November to 21st November 2020 while the mid season window will fall between 22nd March 2021 and 21st April 2021. This follows the change in Super League kick off dates and […]
There is no nomination for seasoned football administrator James Mwenda ahead of the Central Region Football Association (CRFA) elections later this month, a communique from Football Association of Malawi (FAM) shows. Indications exhibited that the erstwhile FAM first Vice President had went underground, canvasing support for his bid to unseat the incumbent CRFA Chairperson Austin […]
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has announced that Malawi’s 2020/2021 football season which was scheduled to return on November 14 with the Charity Shield has been pushed a week ahead to November 21 because the earlier date clashes with the national team 2022 Africa Cup of Nations fixture. FAM competition and commercialisation director Gomezani Zakazaka […]
The 2020/2021 Malawi football season is expected to kick start on November 14 2020 with the Ecobank sponsored Charity Shield, the Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has announced. The season which was supposed to kick off in March was put on hold following a government directive to suspend all sporting activities due to the Covid-19 […]
Two Malawi National Football team players and two officials have tested positive for coronavirus (Covid-19), a global health pandemic, the Football Association of Malawi (FAM) announced. FAM, however, declined, to disclose their details, saying all the positive cases were asymptomatic. “They are currently in isolation being monitored by our medical team and it is expected […]
The kick-off to the Malawi football season is set to wait for a review of the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 next Thursday but the nataional football team, the Flames, has been given a go ahead to participate in Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) and Fifa World Cup qualifiers under strict conditions, including playing the […]
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) says it will sit down to look at a report involving corruption at the Football Association of Malawi (FAM) to determine whether the issues raised in the report fall under its mandate to investigate. The bureau says it has received a report from a concerned Malawian but will have to go […]
The document highlights on corruption and abuse of football resources in Africa and particularly in Malawi by the Football authorities. The paper seeks relevant authorities to investigate and redress the malpractices in Malawi. Introduction Cases of corruption, abuse of football resources and clinging to power are very common in African Football Associations. It is high […]
Football referees feel the Football Association of Malawi (FAM) should hold a symposium in which coaches from all the sixteen super league clubs can be updated on the new amendments made to football laws by IFAB. One referee’s instructor, MoffatChampiti, has said it is important for coaches to understand the new amendments together with all […]
There are calls and loud calls from all corners of Malawi for football to return especially the TNM Super League. But the Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has often said it will not put pressure on government for resumption of football activities until it (government) through the Ministry of Health directs that it is safe […]
Barely seven months after incumbent Football Association of Malawi (Fam) president Walter Nyamilandu won his bid for a fifth term of office, the local FA has got rid of the Beach Soccer Malawi executive committee, which rallied for Nyamilandu’s opponent James Mwenda during the December 2019 polls. This follows elections, which took place Saturday, July […]
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) first vice-president Jabber Alide has been appointed in the Council for Southern African Football Associations (Cosafa) to serve in subcommittees together with three additional Malawian football administrators. Alide, a judge at the High Court, who is also chairperson for the association’s competitions and marketing committee, has been appointed in the […]
The Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal has overturned the High Court ruling that awarded former national football team coach Ernest Mtawali damages for defamation. High Court Judge Joseph Chigona in November 2017 ruled in favour of Mtawali after he claimed general and special damages over broadcast and published articles, in which Football Association of Malawi […]
Sports Minister Ulemu Msungama has cautioned Football Association of Malawi (Fam) president Walter Nyamilandu against actively engaging in partisan politics. Msungama made the direct appeal on Thursday during his familiarisation tour at the FAM offices. During his tour, the minister also toured the Malawi National Council of Sports offices and Blantyre Youth Centre. Speaking at […]
Newly- appointed Minister of Sports Ulemu Msungama has accused Football Association of Malawi (FAM) president Mac Milan Walter Nyamilandu of being politically compromised for his active role in the former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Nyamilandu has been accused of participating in politics associating with the DPP. But the new Sports Minister Msungama said the […]
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has warned that it will take strong disciplinary action against those who claim to be soccer agents and but without licence or proper documents. In a statement released by FAM signed by its general secretary Alfred Gift Gunda, all transfers whether local or international involving non-registered intermediaries shall not be […]