Swaziland’s Manzini Wanderers has hired Malawian tactician Charles Manda as their new head coach with the team’s Managing Director Mduduzi ‘Tsotsi’ Mabila revealing that the club want to get “back to basics” under their new coach. “We are delighted to confirm Charles Manda as our new coach,” Mabila said in an interview with Nyasa Times. […]
South Africa’s top league side Free State Stars have reshuffled their coaching panel with Malawian coach Kinnah Phiri moved back to Technical Director role. The reshuffle has been necessitated by Free State Stars engagement of another former Malawi national football team coach Belgian Tom Saintfiet as head coach, according to Soccer Laduma. Soocer Laduma reported […]
Former Malawi national football team coach Kinnah Phiri rescued Free State Stars from relegation virtually on the last day of South Africa top league PSL with a 3-0 drubbing of Moroka Swallows on Saturday in Soweto. The Kinnah boys achieved the feat with a favour from Supersport United who beat Essau Kanyenda’s team Polokwane City […]
Malawi government through the Ministry of Sports and Youth Development has fired former Flames coach Kinnah Phiri from his position as a Football Development Officer for the Northern Region. Published reports on Thursday indicates that the decision has been made on disciplinary grounds. Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Sports Justin Saidi is quoted in […]
Former Malawi national football team coach Kinnah Phiri is confident that the Free State Stars will survive the chop in South Africa’s top league (PSL). Kinnah, who was elevated to the position of head coach, from assistant told PSL website following his team won 3-1 against third placed BudVest University on Saturday. “We are confident that […]
Kinnah Phiri has dismisses possibilities to return coach of Malawi national football team after he was unceremoniously fired in March this year. The football legend , who was fired alongside his deputy Young Chimodzi and Technical Director Jack Chamangwana said the solution to the team’s never ending woes was not to remove them . He was […]
Football Association of Malawi (Fam) bestowed awards to four football personalities for contributing to football development in the country in their respective roles during the Constitutional meeting held at Livingstonia Beach in Salima on Saturday. Fam honoured Malawi national football legend Kinnah Phiri for his contribution both as a player and coach for the team, Bester […]
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has told Nigerians not panic with Malawi’s mere propaganda and mind games ahead of the two country’s last group match of the 2014 World Cup qualifier on September 6, in Calabar. NFF Vice President, Chief Mike Umeh has told Nigeria daily, Vanguard that the Super Eagles have never lost a match […]
Minister of Sports and Youth Development Enoch Chihana has said Government is committed to ensuring football development in the country as evidenced by its recent move to deploy former national coach Kinnha Phiri and his deputies to be Regional Sports Officers in the country’s three regions. Chihana said this in parliament on Tuesday as a […]
Eddington Ng’omano has been appointed Malawi national football team head coach. Big Bullets FC coach succeeds Kinnah Phiri who has been deployed into a demoted role of northern region football director. Football Association of Malawi on Wednesday also agreed the backroom staff of Ng’onamo. Former national team stars Patrick Mabedi and Ernest Mtawali have been […]
Malawi national football team (the Flames) captain Peter Mponda has slammed Minister of Sports Enock Chihana for dictating Football Association of Malawi (FAM) on Flames coach issues instead of concentrating on funding the national team. Mponda said it was surprising for the minister to be dealing directly with the coaching issues instead of just working on […]
Newspaper columnist Raphael Tenthani has tacked the subject of Malawi National football team head coach Kinnah Phiri who has been demoted to a northern region football director. Nyasa Times reproduced the Muckracking on Sunday ‘extra’ article below. I magine Bakili Muluzi – who has been the country’s president for not one but two terms – […]
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) is preparing to hire SureStream Football Academy official, who is also England football consultant Andy Dell as the new Flames coach, Nyasa Times understands. “There are two names from SureStream Academy tipped for the job. Patrick Kulemeka and Andy Dell. But the favourite name to take the mantle as the […]
Kinnah Phiri, fired as Malawi national football team coach, has kept his cards close to the chest if he will take up his new role as northern region football director. Government announced on Friday that Kinnah has been deployed to a northern region sports development office. Kinnah’s assistant Young Chimodzi has been handled the mantle […]
The Malawi national team head coach Kinnah Phiri has argued that the Football Association of Malawi (FAM) had no basis to recommend to government that he should be sacked. FAM issued a media statement last week that it had fired Kinnah alongside his technical team following a string of poor results by the Flames. But the sports […]
By Jeromy Kadewere, Nyasa Times Sacked Malawi mational football team trainer Kinnah Phiri has said he remains as such despite fresh assertions from Sports Minister, Enock Chihana, that the legend is still the Flames head coach. Football Association of Malawi (FAM) issued a media statement last week that it had fired Kinnah alongside his technical […]
Zimbabwe Football Association has opted to play Botswana in a friendly encounter on February 6, 2012 snubbing Malawi national soccer team citing the current situation where the Flames have no coach. Football Association of Malawi (FAM) President Walter Nyamilandu said they were keen to make use of the February 6 which is a FIFA international […]
Malawi government through youth and sports Minister Enoch Chihana has said it has not sacked national team coach Kinnha Phiri as it is consulting the Attorney General to find out the implications of the decision Football Association (FAM) made to reshuffle the technical panel. The minister has squarely blamed FAM for not following procedures in […]