Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has confirmed centre -back Limbikani Mzava, who plays for South Africa Premier Soccer League outfit AmaZulu FC, has tested positive for Covid-19 and could not join the Malawi national football team. Mzava was scheduled to join the Malawi squad in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Monday evening enroute to Ouagadougou for Thursday’s […]
Final 23-man squad for Malawi national football team against Burkina Faso is out, as coach Meck Mwase makes minimal changes to previous lists. The squad for the back to back 2022 Africa Cup of Nations-AFCON matches has no usual striker Gabadihno Mhango of Orlando Pirates, who is injured, but the team welcomes Amazulu defender Limbikani […]
Malawi national football team (Flames) is currently training under flood lights ahead of the ahead of back to back AFCON qualifying matches against Burkina Faso next week. On Monday, the Flames leave the country for Ouagadougou in readiness for Thursday’s crash against Burkina-Faso, possibly under floodlights. The training sessions are meant to enable the players adapt […]
South Africa-based Malawian forward Frank ‘Paladino’ Mhango will be out of action for two weeks following the groin strain injury he sustained in Orlando Pirates encounter against Stellenbosch. Malawi national team coach Meke Mwase said the wonder-boy will face a brief spell on the side-lines. “I will have a picture until an assessment by medical staff is […]
South Africa-based striker Gabadinho Mhango has suffered a muscle injury ahead of Malawi national team back-to-back Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches against Burkina Faso. Mhango suffered the injury during warm up for Orlando Pirates’ DStv Premiership match against Stellenbosch FC at Orlando Stadium on Wednesday night. The Malawian striker featured only in the first […]
Malawi national football team Coach Meke Mwase has included five new faces in his 23-man local based players squad for the upcoming two-legged 2021 AFCON qualifier fixtures against Burkina Faso next month. The five included players include, Paul Ndlobvu of MAFCO, Nixon Mwase of CIVO Sporting and Lusekelo Malema of Karonga United. The others are Moyale […]
Malawi national football team head coach Meke Mwase said on Sunday that his charges had “clear opportunities” to win their 0-0 draw at home to Zimbabwe Warriors in an international friendly at Mpira Stadium in Chiwembe Township, Blantyre. Malawi were looking to return to winning ways just days after going down 1-0 to Zambia in Lusaka, […]
Malawi national team played out a goalless draw against visiting Zimbabwe on Sunday at Mpira Stadium in Blantyre. The Flames are preparing for Burkina Fasso in African Cup of Nations Qualifiers, while Zimbabwe’s Warriors will face Algeria. Warriors named a strong line-up that included overseas-based players like Marvelous Nakamba and Teenage Hadebe, while Khama Billiat […]
Malawi national football team on Wednesday lost 0-1 to Zambia’s Chipolopolo during an international friendly at National Heroes Stadium in Lusaka, Zambia. The hosts had a bright start as Collins Sikombe opened the soring in the 14th minute with a strike from close range after latching onto a long pass beating Bright Munthali in goals. […]
Nine foreign based players are scheduled to arrive into the country today to join the Malawi national football team camp ahead of two friendly matches against Zambia and Zimbabwe next week. First to arrive are Mozambique-based duo of captain John Banda and Schumaker Kuwali followed by six South Africa based players. The six South Africa […]
The Malawi National Football Team, the Flames, is expected to play two strength testing matches against two neighbouring countries before facing Burkina Faso in the 2022 Afcon qualifiers. Nyasa Times understands that the Flames will travel to Zambia to play the Chipolopolo boys before hosting the Warriors of Zimbabwe at Kamuzu Stadium. Currently, local based […]
Two Malawi National Football team players and two officials have tested positive for coronavirus (Covid-19), a global health pandemic, the Football Association of Malawi (FAM) announced. FAM, however, declined, to disclose their details, saying all the positive cases were asymptomatic. “They are currently in isolation being monitored by our medical team and it is expected […]
Malawi national team head coach Meck Mwase released names of players to start camping at Chiwembe next week Monday. The squad features 12 professionals with only former captain Limbikani Mzava the only unattached to any club. Mzava was offloaded at his PSL club Highlands Park following the sell of Highlands Park PSL status to TS […]
The kick-off to the Malawi football season is set to wait for a review of the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 next Thursday but the nataional football team, the Flames, has been given a go ahead to participate in Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) and Fifa World Cup qualifiers under strict conditions, including playing the […]
South Africa-based defender Limbikani ‘Pupa’ Mzava says he is ready to serve the Malawi nation after a two-year absence. Mzava was captain for the Malawi national football team under former Belgian tactician Ronny Van Gneugden until 2018 when his relationship and the technical panel went sour. When Meke Mwase took over, he still never showed up but now […]
Barely a few days after Malawi football legend Kinnah Phiri accused Sports Ministry officials of sabotaging his contract, a top official at the Ministry has revealed that the former Flames international was not reporting for duties after being hired as Director of Football. Kinnah recently told a local daily that government did not renew his […]
Malawi flourishing defender , former Nyasa Big Bullets player, Charles Petro came off the bench and inspired his Moldovan Club, Sheriff FC to a 4-1 win against their archrivals Petrocuba in the National first division league on Wednesday night. The defender opened hus account for the Europena club when he added the fourth goal for […]
Former Malawi national football team maestro, Young ‘Ayugo’ Chimodzi retired from the international scene in 1996 having served for 19 years (1977-1996) and the teammate he says he admired most and was his mentor was another genius on the field — late Jack Africa Chamangwana. His generation of international players included the likes of Jack, […]