Malawi lose to South Sudan to finish second in Cecafa Group C

Malawi national team, the Flames, on Friday lost to South Sudan 2-0 in their last Group C match of the Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. The Flames qualified for the quarter-finals with a game to spare, when they beat Djibouti 3-0 on Wednesday. The Ernest Mtawali side has now finished the group […]

10-man Malawi beat Djibout 3-0 to reach Cecafa quarter finals

Malawi national team, the Flames, looked to be heading back to their best as they stunned Djibout to book a place in the quarter finals of the Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup  in Ethiopia at Bahir Dar stadium. Gerald Phiri  scored for the Flames  in the 30th minute on a spot kick, before John Banda  made it 2-0 five minutes later […]

Malawi kickoff Cecafa with 2-1 win over Sudan

Malawi national team, the Flames, on Monday started their Cecafa campaign on a high note after they edged out Sudan 2-1 in second match of Group ‘C’ played at Abu Akir stadium. Chiukepo Msowoya put the Flames ahead in the 15th minute before Sudan levelled matters through Atahir El-Tahir. Dalisto Sailesi scored in 32nd minute to ensure Malawi […]

Malawi team off to Ethiopia for Cecafa: Mtawali optimistic of better results

After bringing hope and optimism into the Malawian National team, coach Ernest Mtawali is now confident that the Flames will upset the tables for the 2015 Cecafa Cup in Ethiopia. Mtawali made the remarks on Thursday afternoon before the team’s departure for Ethiopia at Chileka International Airport. Malawi are in group C alongside Sudan, Djibout […]

Flames donate money to ailing former keeper Trust Lunda

Malawi national football team, the Flames, donated K38,000 to former Big Bullets and international custodian Trust Lunda, who recently underwent surgery at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe where he had his toe amputated. Lunda, who was discharged and now is back in Dwangwa left Bullets for South Africa in 2011, before coming back home this […]

Mtawali calls up Kagunje, Linje to Malawi squad for the first time: Sankhani recalled

Coach Ernest Mtawali has called up Mighty Be Forward Wanderers striker Jabulani Linje and Civo United man of the moment Nelson Kangunje into Flames squad for the very first time in both players’ careers. The Malawi National Football team, the Flames will go into camp on Monday at the Chiwembe Technical Centre in Blantyre in […]

CECAFA nods to Malawi participation as guests

Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (Cecafa) has given its seal of approval for the Malawi team, the Flames, to take participate in this year’s East and Central Africa Senior Challenge Cup  tournament scheduled for November 21 to December 6. Football Association of Malawi (FAM) General Secretary Suzgo Nyirenda confirmed that they received communication from […]

Malawi, Tanzania match grosses K7 million

Malawi national football team game in the World Cup qualifier preliminary round second leg against Tanzania on Sunday played at Kamuzu Stadium only managed to raise a meager K7 million gross from gate collection. Football Association of Malawi (Fam) General Secretary Suzgo Nyirenda attributed the meager revenue to among other things the team`s first leg […]

Malawi beat Tanzania 1-0 but booted out of World Cup on 1-2 aggregate

Malawi national team on Sunday defeated Tanzania 1-0 at Kamuzu Stadium the second-leg of the 2018 Fifa World Cup preliminary qualifier but were eliminated in the World Cup following their 0-2 defeat in a midweek first-leg fixture in Dar es Salaam. Malawi needed to win by a three-goal margin to sail through, or at least, […]

Awful Malawi lose to Tanzania: World Cup qualifier

Malawi’s calamitous 2018 World Cup Qualifying campaign suffered a big blow on when they lost 0-2 to Tanzania as they conceded two quick goals within a space of just five minutes in the first half during a match played in Dar-es-Salaam. Tanzania capitalised on poor defensive lapses in Malawi’s inexperienced and tactless side to record the […]

Malawi coaches put pen to paper for one-year deal

Malawi national football team coach Ernest Mtawali and his assistant Nzazwirwimo Ramadhan at long last put pen to paper to officially authenticate their contract running for a year. The signing of the contract just two months after the two were hastily offered engaged as coach after the unceremonious departure of their predecessors Young Chimodzi and […]

Mtawali recalls Simplex, Gaba in Malawi squad

Malawi national football team coach Ernest Mtawali has recalled former first choice goalkeeper Simplex Nthala to the national team as he has been named in a 25-man squad for Tanzania game. Malawi face Tanzania in a midweek match in Dar-es-Salaam in the World Cup qualifier first leg match. Mtawali has also called Bloemfontein Celtic striker […]

Ng’ambi scores again as Platinum Stars tops Absa Premiership

Malawi international midfielder Robert Ng’ambi continues to shine in the Absa Premiership with impressive performance that helped his team Platinum Stars thrash SuperSport United 3-1 on Saturday to move top of the league table. Goals from Sibusiso Msomi, Bonginkosi Ntuli and Ng’ambi condemned SuperSport (Matsatsantsa) at Lucas Moripe Stadium to their third straight defeat. Robert […]

Malawi coach Mtawali refuses to guarantee Ng’ambi starting place

Malawi national team head coach Ernest Mtawali has urged Malawians to be less “obsessed” with veteran players and has refused to guarantee Platinum Stars midfielder Robert Ng’ambi a place in his first-choice  Wrld Cup qualifiers line-up to face Tanzania. Mtawali has warned all players need to produce good form to be guaranteed a place in […]