Malawi national football team aka the Flames has suffered a fresh ranking blow in the Coca-cola Fifa world rankings as the team has dropped seven slots to 94 in the latest chart released on Wednesday. Flames perfomed badly during this year’s Cecafa Cup in Tanzania after winning only one match against Kenya, two draws to […]
After six years of sponsoring the Cosafa under 20 youth championship, Metropolitan Bank has announced its withdrawal of sponsorship to the showpiece. A statement from the bank which has been forwarded to Nyasa Times by the Cosafa head office says: “Metropolitan regrets to announce its withdrawal from the sponsorship of the Cosafa under 20 youth […]
The Malawi Under-20 national football team players who are based in Blantyre were on Monday this week dropped off at Shoprite Shopping Complex car park in Blantyre. The team was returning from Gaberone, Botswana where they travelled by road to take part in the Metropolitan Cosafa Under-20 tournament. They came out fourth in the tournament […]
Malawi failed to claim bronze when they lost 0 – 1 to a not so impressive Botswana side while Zambia’s young Chipolopolo were crowned champions of the Cosafa under 20 youth tournament for the third time in a row after coming from behind to beat Angola 2 – 1 at the University of Botswana stadium […]
It was another astonishing and painful afternoon of drama for Malawi’s soccer fratenity as the junior Flames gave away a 2 – 0 lead to go down 4 – 2 at the hands of Angola in their semifinal clash of the 2011 Metropolitan Cosafa youth championship at Molepolole stadium in Botswana. Malawi played well in […]
The Malawi under 20 national soccer team will meet Angola in the semifinal of the 2011 Metropolitan Cosafa tournament after Angola beat Namibia 4 – 3 to finish top of group D. Malawi already qualified for the semi’s on Sunday and was waiting for group D to identify its winner for a date at Molepolole […]
Malawi national football team, the Flames, have been booted out of the Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup by hosts Tanzania 1-0 in a quarterfinal final match played on Tuesday in Dar es Salaam . The Flames were invited to the tournament as guests alongside Zimbabwe, who also lost earlier to Uganda. Tanzania will now meet Uganda […]
Malawi’s top scorer at this year’s Metropolitan Cosafa youth championships Isaac Maluwa failed to train with the rest of the squad on tuesday with a knee injury raising doubts over his availability for Malawi’s semifinal clash on Thursday. Maluwa who has scored 3 goals so far in the competition got a knock on his knee […]
Malawi under 20 national soccer team became the first team to qualify for the semifinals of the 2011 Cosafa Metropolitan youth championship with a hard fought 3 – 2 victory over Lesotho at the University of Botswana stadium. This means the junior Flames have finished top of group B which had three teams. Seychelles and […]
Towering Malawi national team striker Russel Mwafulirwa was spotted at the South African Premier League Moroka Swallows training ground in Dobsonville and is believed to be joining the club. Mwafulirwa is a free agent after his contract with Swedish club IFK Norrkoping expired recently. The former Silver Strikers hitman played for Jomo Cosmos and Ajax […]
Malawi national football team, the Flames, have booked themselves a place in the quarter-finals of the Cecafa Cup after a one-all draw with Ethiopia on Friday. Henry ‘Magetsi’ Kabichi scored a vital goal to secure a creditable point when he netted from a beautifully taken free kick. Kabichi was introduced from the bench after John […]
Malawi national football team, the Flames on Wednesday settled for a goalless draw with Sudan in CECAFA Senior Challenge at Dar-es-Salaam Stadium. Malawi could have qualified for ithe quarter-finals if they had beaten Sudan, the only team at the Cecafa Cup who will contest January’s Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon). The Flames were disjointed in […]
Flames coach, Kinnah Phiri has heaped praise to his team’s spirited performance, in their first match in CECAFA tournament in Tanzania. Malawi started their campaign for this year’s tournament through a 2-0 victory over Kenya. Kinnah, who did not have enough preparation time for the tournament, following late confirmation about Malawi’s participation by CECAFA, speaking […]
Malawi national football team, the Flames made an impressive start in their quest for their fifth council of East and Central Africa Senior Challenge (Cecafa)Tusker title on Monday when they beat Kenya’s Harambee Stars 2-0 Dar-es-Salaam and lead their Group C. But Blue Eagles dangerous raider John Banda was a hero of the day for […]
Malawi national football team, the Flames has maintained her 87th position in the world football ranking by FIFA r for the month of November. In the latest ranking which was released by FIFA on Wednesday, the Flames are ranked 87 in the world and 21 in Africa. In Southern Africa, the Flames are ranked fifth […]
Malawi national football team coach Kinnah Phiri has included Angola based experienced defender James Sangala in the Flame squad that will participate in the 2011 Cecafa senior challenge cup which kicks off on November 25 in Tanzania. Football Association of Malawi(FAM) chief executive officer Suzgo Nyirenda confirmed in an email to Nyasa Times that Sangala […]
Current top goal scorer in Malawi’s Super League and a clear favorite for the golden boot award, Ishamel Thindwa of Epac United has been handed a call for the national team, the Flames which will take part in this year’s Council for East and Central Football Associations Senior Challenge Cup. Flames coach Kinnah Phiri on […]
Malawi national team, the Flames will open their Council for East and Central Football Associations Senior Challenge Cup campaign against Kenya’s Harambe Stars on November 28 in a Group C clash at the National Stadium. in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The tournament kicks off November 25 in Dar es Salaam. Second group match for Malawi […]