FA Malawi gets new deadline to fire RVG:  Petition for Walter to resign

Football Association of Malawi (FAM)  has been given seven days to fire national team coach Ronny van Geneugden (RVG) and president Walter Macmillan Nyamilandu Manda to step down. Sports activists, Henry Gome and Kalowe Ajasi, who claim they have written on behalf of concerned football fans, say Nyamilandu and RVG have let the nation down […]

FDH Bank doubles Malawi national team sponsorship at K60m a year

FDH Bank  has renewed its sponsorship partnership with Football Association of Malawi (FAM) for the Malawi national football team for another three years with the package increased by 100 percent to K60 million a year. Speaking during the contract signing ceremony at FAM’s Mpira Village in Blantyre on Wednesday, December 19, FDH Bank Deputy Managing […]

RVG brushes off resignation calls: Belgian coach says Malawi team ‘on right track’

Malawi national team coach Ronny van Geneugden’s (RVG) has played down a sustained push for his resignation, saying he is satisfied with the progress he has made with the Flames. There have been renewed calls for the Belgian coach to go after a 2-1 loss to lowly-ranked Comoros in a 2019 Africa Cup of Nations’ (Afcon) […]

RVG unsuccessful Malawi Afcon campaign: Final dream shuttered with loss to Comoros

Malawi senior national team 2-019 African Cup of Nations finals qualifying dream was completely shuttered on Saturday after going down 2-1 to Comoros Island away in a Group B qualifying match played at the Stade de Moron. The Flames needed to win the game at all cost to keep their qualifying dream alive following Morocco’s […]

RVG confident of Malawi squad ahead of Comoros game

The Malawi national team coach, Ronny Van Gneugden (RVG), has said he is confident his team can do well against Comoros this Saturday in the 2019 Afcon qualifiers. The coach was speaking at the airport before departure to Comoros via Ethiopia. “It’s true that Comoros is a strong team looking at their performance against Cameroon […]

Mhone ‘delighted’ with Malawi recall, promises to be disciplined player

Blue Eagles captain and versatile midfielder Micium Mhone has s delighted to earn a recall to  Malawi senior national team which went into training camp on Sunday after missing a number of Flames call ups for two years due to lack of discipline. The former Jomo Cosmos star told Nyasa Times that he is very much excited and humbled […]

‘Lule’ Waya to beef up Malawi technical panel

Former Malawi national football team net-buster Lawrence ‘Lule’ Waya is expected to arrive in the country on Sunday to join the Flames panel to drill the misfiring forwards . Flames coach Ronny van Guenegden said he has invited the legend to help in drilling the strikers ahead of the 2019 Afcon qualifier against Comoros in two […]

MCP veep Mia rewards Malawi players: Flames future bright

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) vice-president Mohammed Sidik Mia said he has donated K500 000 to the national team after  he was impressed with how the Flames faired against the African champions  Cameroon during the goalless draw in Africa Cup of Nations (Afco) Group B qualifier  at Kamuzu Stadium on Tuesday . Mia, who watched the game at […]

RVG says Malawi’ Flames still in it after creditable point against Cameroon

Malawi’ Flames coach Ronny Van Geneugden (RVG) has the point snatched from Cameroon during a 0-0 draw at Kamuzu Stadium on Tuesday would prove vital after the last 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals qualifiers against Morocco who are second with seven points and Comoros who are at the bottom with two points. With […]

 Malawi gave it their all against Cameroon but fans suffer heartbreak once more

Hopes shattered  as Malawi national football team failed to upstage stables against Cameroon in a pulsating, nerve-shredding African Cup of Nations (Afcon)  qualifiers match at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre on Tuesday  as the home team  could not boost their qualification campaign with much needed win as they only managed a barren draw. Malawi’s campaign suffered a […]

Cameroon trains at Kamuzu Stadium, cautious of Malawi at home

Cameroon trained at Kamuzu Stadium on Sunday afternoon ahead of Group B 2019 African Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifier return match against the Flames on Tuesday  in Blantyre. The Indomitable Lions, who  arrived  at Chileka Airport on a chartered plane for the match earlier than the hosts who were still on their way back home, […]

Not a single win for Malawi in West Africa for 24 outings

A win for Malawi national team in Friday’s Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying match in Yaoundé against Cameroon will certainly be the greatest triumph for the Flames as they would break their losing jinx in West and Central Africa alone. Since 1980, in which they made their first trip to West Africa where they […]

RVG impressed with Malawi foreign-based players’ input in Yaounde

Malawi National team, who are in Yaounde for Friday’s Africa Cup of Nation qualifier against Cameroon, had their first full training session on Wednesday morning and afternoon at the Yaounde Millitary Stadium and coach Ronny Van Geneugden worked with the foreign-based for the first time since the team went into camp. The foreign-based players, Gabadinho […]

No way Malawi can play like Barcelona, Nyamilandu tweaks statement

Football Association of Malawi (FAM) president Macmillan Walter Nyamilandu Manda, has clarified that he  was quoted out of context  in his statement likening  Malawi national team   to Spanish giants Barcelona under Belgian coach Ronny Van Geneugden. Football fans in the country have been calling for resignation of RVG and Nyamilandu following recent poor showing of […]