Malawi former Captain Moses Chavula has left Costol do Sol to join Empresa Nacional Hydrocarbobates (EHN) on a year-long loan deal. The former Azam Tigers, Silver Strikers and Mighty Wanderers nimblefooted leftback struggled to break into the starting line up forcing him to have limited game time. Chavula confirmed of his loan deal to the […]
Malawi national football team,coach Young Chimodzi has handed Zimbabwe Caps United midfielder Gerald Phiri Jnr his first ever Flames call up as the team goes into camp this Sunday at the Chiwembe Technical Centre in preparation for a friendly match against Tanzania away on 28th March. Phiri , formerly of Mighty Wanderers, scored a brace against Silver […]
Former Blue Eagles and Mighty Be Forward Wanderers Striker Wister Phiri who now plays for Comoros Island side Fomboni F.C has confessed that he is looking forward to put on national colours and play for the Malawi national soccer team the Flames. Phiri said this on Sunday after his club was booted out of the […]
Malawi’s Flames will play Mozambique’s Black Mamba in the quarter finals of the 15th edition of the Council of Southern African Football Associations (COSAFA) Cup in May this year. Flames have been paired against their neighbours during a draw that took place on Thursday evening in South Africa. The Flames were seeded from the preliminary […]
Malawi national football team, the Flames will be seeded from the preliminary round of the 2015 Cosafa Cup due to their Fifa ranking position. The Flames are ranked fifth in Cosafa according to February rankings behind South Africa, Zambia, Angola and Mozambique in the order and ahead of Botswana on sixth. They are on position […]
Malawi national football team has plummeted five places down the Fifa rankings from 88 to 93 in the latest release. The team has however dropped just one place in Africa from 25 to 26 and fifth in the Cosafa Region from fourth behind South Africa, Zambia, Angola and Mozambique. The drop have been attributed to […]
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has announced that national team coaches will start conducting countrywide training aiming at identifying new talent to be included in the Malawi national senior soccer team. According to a statement released by FAM and made available to Nyasa Times, the training will be conducted in all the three regions where […]
Malawi national team skipper Joseph Kamwendo said he is optimistic to get a regular starting lineup at DRC’s TP Mazembe after managing to push his way through to the star-studded team towards last season. Kamwendo, who has scored four goals in 17 appearances, endured a difficult start to the season when he was offered a limited […]
All is well that ends well. And that is exactly how the 2014 football season can be summarized on club and national team fronts in Malawi. There were ups and downs during the campaign, but come December 6 2014 when the season wound up, the good prevailed. Big Bullets winning the TNM Super League title […]
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has confirmed that the Flames will be participation in the 2015 African Nations Championship competititon (CHAN). FAM General Secretary Suzgo Nyirenda told a local press on Thursday that the association had already completed the registration process for the competition. “We are now just waiting for the details including the dates […]
The Malawi Under 17 national team have sailed through to the semi-final berth of the African Union Sports Commission (AUSC) Region 5 Youth Games following their 1-1 draw against Swaziland. The point moved them to seven points in their three games, a mark only Zimbabwe and Angola can match, but as Malawi defeated the Angolans […]
Malawi’s combative midfielder Robert Ng’ambi scored in the team’s two-all draw against Kaizer Chiefs in the Absa Premier League on Tuesday. Ng’ambi scored in the 8th minute but veteran Siphiwe Tshabalala equalised 8 minutes later but Eleazar Rodgers restored Platinum’s lead in the 45thminute and on course to hand Kaizer their first league loss. But Chiefs fought […]
One of Malawi national football coach said Algeria’s 2-0 loss to Mali on November 19 in the crucial Group B second spot automatic qualification for 2015 Africa Cup of Nations finals smacks of match-fixing. The coach, who spoke on strict conditions of anonymity to avoid sanctions, said Algeria displayed unsportsmaship behaviour in the manner that […]
Malawi national soccer team the Flames has moved 15 places up the ladder—from 109 to 94—to find their way back into the double-digit bracket in the latest Fifa Coca Cola ranking released on Thursday November 27th November, 2014. The impressive showing in the last two matches of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers has […]
The game between Malawi and Mali played on Saturday at the Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre raised K13.1 million after Football Association of Malawi (FAM) verified and reconciled the amount collected from ticket sales. FAM General Secretary Suzgo Nyirenda said from the revenue the association profited K7.5 million to be shared with Malawi National Council of Sports after […]
Malawi National team the Flames’ failure to qualify for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) has been described as a let down to the nation. Flames drew 0-0 with Ethiopia on Wednesday evening at the time the country was hoping for the team to make it to the final stage in Equatorial Guinea next year. Team […]
Nigeria held to 2-2 draw by South Africa Bafana Bafana and Congo qualify for E. Guinea DR Congo qualify as best third-placed finisher Head coach for Malawi, Young Chimodzi on Wednesday picked positives in the campaign for the Flames in Africa Cup of Nations despite losing a qualification ticket to the 2015 finals in Equatorial […]
Malawi national football team, the Flames failed to go through to the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations finals in Equatorial Guinea after settling for a goal less draw away to Ethiopia on Wednesday in their final qualifier. Mali booked their ticket in Group B after beating 2-0 Algeria which had already won the group. Head […]