Malawi national football team, the Flames, on Tuesday lost 1-0 to Tanzania’s Taifa Stars in an international friendly match played at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam. The Flames conceeded in the 36th minute . This was the second meeting between the two teams in a space of two weeks. Stars were held to […]
The world soccer governing body Fifa is expected to reschedule Malawi national soccer team World Cup qualifying game, Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has . According to FAM, the development comes following the qualification of Nigeria to the Fifa Confederations Cup. Nigeria are the reigning African champions after beating Burkina Faso 1-0 in the 2013 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Mounting pressure on the Football Association of Malawi (Fam) and Flames’ coach Kinnah Phiri (Mr Untouchable) has forced the FA to consider setting targets on the Flames’ mentor. According to Fam chief executive officer Suzgo Nyirenda, the FA, at its executive sitting on Saturday, October 27, 2012 agreed that Fam’ technical sub-committee must set targets […]
Malawi national team, the Flames, remained on course for a place in the 2013 finals of Africa Cup of Nations after beating Chad 2-0 at the Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre on Saturday. The Flames had faced a heartbreaking early exit from Africa Cup of Nations when they lost in a topsy-turvy first leg match 2-3. But the […]
Malawi National Soccer Team, the Flames, has climbed a single step up in both the world and African ranks according to Fifa’s latest rankings released on Wednesday January 15th, 2012. The Flames, who are currently in camp expecting face Chad month end have only managed to move up with a single step in both world and […]
Malawi are on their way back to Blantyre after exiting the 2011 Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup at the quarter-final stage, but their team coach Kinnah Phiri is full of praise for the level of organization by the regional football body. “The far sightedness and level of organization by the Council for East and Central African […]