Flames coach Kinnah Phiri has kept his cards close to his chest on the final squad to face Tunisia’s Carthage Eagles in Saturday’s swim or sink battle on who will join runaway leaders Botswana to next year’s Africa Cup of Nations. Kinnah was expected to name his final squad of 18 to 20 players for […]
Malawi coach Kinnah Phiri has described their penultimate 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Tunisia at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre on Saturday as a final but said the Flames have nothing to fear. “We have nothing to fear as we are playing at home. We cannot afford to underrate the Tunisians though. They are […]
Malawian South Africa-based key defender, Moses Chavula has declared war on Tunisia’s Carthage Eagles, ahead of Saturday’s crunch 2012 Africa Cup of Nations Chavula, who missed the first leg that ended 2-2 through injury, is rearing to know that a place at the Equatorial Guinea/Gabon finals is at stake. “It will be a tough game […]
The Malawi National soccer team coach Kinnah Phiri can finally breathe a sigh of relief with news that South African outfit Bloemfontein Celtic has released defender Limbikani ‘Pupa’ Mzava to join camp with only 2 days to go before the Afcon qualifier game against Tunisia. Kinnah registered his disappointment with Celtic’s delay to release the […]
Malawi national team coach Kinnah Phiri says the question of whether captain Peter Mponda will feature in the crucial 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Tunisia on Saturday is in the hands of the player himself and the team’s medical staff. Mponda arrived in the country on Tuesday and trained with the rest of […]
Malawi coach Kinnah Phiri says he is disappointed with South African club Celtic’s delay in releasing defender Limbikani Mzava to join camp ahead of 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Tunisia on Saturday. Mzava was expected to jet in on Tuesday with Mponda and Spain- based striker Robin Ngalande but failed to make it. […]
Ahead of the African Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifier between Malawi and Tunisia, the country’s musicians have teamed up for a morale booster gig in Blantyre where the match will take place this Saturday. The show, which has been dubbed ‘Flames Woza Friday’, will be at Chez Ntemba night club, one of the hottest entertainment […]
Tunisia coach Sami Trabelsi has said the 2012 African Cup of Nations qualifier against Malawi this Saturday at Kamuzu Stadium will decide who will grab the Group K’s last qualifying berth. With two games remaining for each side, Malawi and Tunisia are level on ten points. Botswana have already qualified as group winners but with […]
Russian-based striker Esau Kanyenda has been installed as Malawi’s captain ahead of the 2012 African Cup of Nations qualifier against Tunisia and Flames coach Kinnah Phiri can relax Tunisia with the arrival of 11 foreign based players on Monday afternoon. Europe based strikers Kanyenda and Russel Mwafulirwa joined the squad with hope that Malawi will […]
Out of the 27 member squad that was in camp preparing for the 2012 African Cup of Nations qualifier against Tunisia on 3 September, only eight players survived the chop on Thursday and will remain in camp to continue tuning up for this defining clash. The eight are; goalkeepers Swadick Sanudi and Charles Swini. Defenders […]
Malawi national football team, the Flames, have dropped on the latest FIFA/Coca Cola World rankings released on Wednesday with a single step from position 72 to 73 in the world. The Flames have also dropped from position 15 to 16 in Africa. Analysts have attributed this drop to the team’s failure to play a friendly […]
Malawi National football team’s preparations for the swim or sink 2012 African Cup of Nations qualifier against Tunisia were given a timely boost on Wednesday when the Malawi National Lottery made a donation of K500,000 towards the team’s camp expenses and as an incentive to do well. The company has even gone a step further […]
Crocked Malawi national team skipper Peter ‘Mjojo’ Mponda is keeping his fingers crossed for him to be released by his club, Santos FC for next weekend’s 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers encounter against Tunisia. Mponda has just recovered from his knee ligament injury but Malawi coach Kinnah Phiri named the captain in his squad. […]
By Jeden Chilikunzako, Nyasa Times Malawi national team and Escom United winger Ndaziona Chatsalira has all the reasons to smile after passing the first phase of his trials at South African outfit SuperSport United understands. Chatsalira who was in the rainbow nation last week for the one week trials impressed head coach Gavin Hunt and […]
By Evelyn Chibwe, Nyasa Times Malawian international midfielder Joseph ‘Shakira’ Kamwendo has quit South Africa’s Premier Soccer League (PSL) side Orlando Pirates by mutual consent and he is now hunting for a new club. According to the South Africa’s newspaper Sowetan. Kamwendo asked Pirates to release him after being put on transfer early this month following […]
By Nyasa Times Sports Reporter Malawi national football team coach Kinnah Phiri has defended his decision to call up injured captain Peter Mponda in his squad for next month’s crucial 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Tunisia despite doubts over his fitness. Mponda, who plays for Santos in South Africa, suffered a knee injury […]
Robin Ngalande could be forgiven if keeps pinching himself at the moment. Last year, the 18-year-old striker became the first Malawian to be signed by a club from Spain’s La Liga when he joined Atletico Madrid’s youth set-up. After impressing in his first season, Ngalande has spent pre-season training with established first-team stars such as […]
Malawi Flames have drawn in Group F of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers with Nigeria and the winners of the preliminaries between Seychelles and Kenya and Djibouti versus Namibia as opponents. Nigeria , South Africa, Tunisia, Cote d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Algeria, Cameroon and Senegal were seeded and top their groups. Flames drawn against Nigeria South Africa was […]