Two Malawi’s soldier football out-fits, Moyale Barracks and Red Lions have turned down Football Association of Malawi’s (FAM) alleged correction in the Presidential Cup semi-finals fixture which was made at the eleventh hour. In a draw, which was conducted by FAM, Moyale Barracks was supposed to tussle with Big Bullets in Mzuzu while Red Lions […]
Malawi national team right back, Elvis Kafoteka has dragged the Football Association of Malawi (FAM) to court for failing to compensate him on his open fractured arm, which he suffered on December, 8, 2010 during the Cecafa Tournament in Tanzania. Kafoteka got injured in a match against Ivory Coast. Since that injury, the defender has […]
Government says the future of Malawi’s national football Coach Kinnah Phiri would be known in due course, as officials in the Ministry of Youth and Sports are scrutinizing the report they received from the Football Association of Malawi (FAM). Principal Secretary (PS) for the Ministry, Alex Mseka said government, despite being an employer, was not […]
Giants have been kept apart in the 2012 edition of the Presidential Football Cup conducted on Tuesday at Football Association of Malawi (FAM) Offices in Chiwembe. The draw, which was led by FAM’s Sugzo Nyirenda, saw teams in the Super League drawn with less fancied teams from the districts. For instance, Big Bullets will have […]
Local brewer Carlsberg Malawi has broken its decade long absence from mainstream football sponsorship by announcing a lucrative K30 million sponsorship deal to be shared between the country’s two football giants Big Bullets and Mighty Wanderers. As if that is not enough the company has also announced that it has agreed to sponsor a new […]
Just a week after Nyasa Times broke news that Malawi’s soccer governing body, the Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has succeeded in identifying potential sponsors for local soccer power houses Mighty Wanderers and Big Bullets, latest reports indicate that the financier of the two rival teams is Carlsberg Malawi. Nyasa Times sources at both FAM and Carlsberg […]
Malawians will have to dig deeper into their pockets if they want to watch the Flames home games in the World Cup and African Cup of Nations qualifiers encounters’, as the Football Association of Malawi ( FAM) has hiked gate charges. Speaking to members of the press at Chiwembe Technical Centre in Blantyre, FAM’s Commercial […]
While sponsorship drought continues to hit Malawian football teams hard, lady lucky seem to be smiling on two traditional rivals Big Bullets and Mighty Wanderers as a potential sponsor has agreed in principle to bankroll the financially crippled teams, Nyasa Times has established. The two sworn rivals have been sailing through turbulent waters following the pull out […]
Malawi national football team, popularly known as the Flames, will play two more friendly games against Tanzania national team and Simba FC on May 26 and 28, 2012 respectively as part of their 2014 World Cup and 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. Football Association of Malawi (FAM) general-secretary Suzyo Nyirenda said the games will […]
Controversy still surrounds the Flames trip to China, as many soccer analyst have described it a shopping trip basing on the fact that the team will play only one strengthen testing match with a Chinese Under-22. According to Chinese website, it shows that Malawi will play a Chinese Under-22 side because China senior team was […]
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) president Walter Macmillan Nyamilandu Manda on Saturday got engaged to his girlfriend Maria Inglis at Mulanje Golf Club. The FAM boss, who late last year lost his former wife Rehana Surtee Manda, one of the pioneers of Television Malawi, reportedly went down on one knee and presented Maria with an engagement ring. […]
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has strongly condemned the behavior of some soccer administrators particularly in the central region who are trying to bring politics into the game of football. The development comes following the on going wrangle of leadership in the Central Region Football Committee (CRFC). Few weeks ago, FAM fired six members of […]
The six suspended members of the Central Region Football Committee (CRFC) have demanded an immediate resignation of chairman Austin Ajawa, claiming he is a politician as he holds a position of an executive member in the United Democratic Front (UDF) political party. This was disclosed at a news briefing held at the Lilongwe Community Centre […]
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has suspended six members of the Central Region football committee for dragging the Malawi soccer governing body to court December last year over election matters. Central Region Committee chairman Austin Ajawa and FAM Chief Executive Officer Suzgo Nyirenda confirmed the fired members are Vice Chairman George Mussa, Vice General Secretary […]
The Football Association of Malawi says it is writing to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) protesting at the hostile reception and violence the Malawi national team faced in N’djamena, Chad. Malawi lost 2-3 to Chad in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations first-leg qualifier. But apart from hostile reception, according to a live commentary monitored on […]
The Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has joined the rest of the African continent in congratulating Zambia’s Chipolopolo Boys for winning the 2012 African Cup of Nations. Zambia beat Ivory Coast on post match penalties after a goalless 90 minutes to become the new football kings of Africa. A statement from FAM signed by Chief […]
The Malawi national soccer team regroups on Sunday for camp training to prepare for the first leg of the 2013 African Cup of Nations qualifier against Chad in N’djamena on 29 February. Football Association of Malawi (FAM) in consultations with the Kinnah Phiri led technical panel has released a 25 local member squad to go […]
The newly elected Football Association of Malawi (FAM) Executive Committee has unanimously agreed to bring back former female member Flora Mwandira into the fold. The new executive co-opted Mwandira into the team during their first meeting, which lasted for about nine hours, held Saturday at Chiwembe Technical Centre in Blantyre. FAM Chief Executive Officer Suzgo […]