Malawi Olympic Committee (MOC) has organized a training workshop to have a pool of resourceful persons to be readily available to guide and assist its sports affiliates and other stakeholders in the formulations of strategic and operational plans. This workshop, to be facilitated by an international expert from Zimbabwe under the Olympic Solidarity, is scheduled […]
Non-profit national sports organisation, the Malawi Olympic Committee (MOC), says it is planning to venture into sports marketing in a move to attain self-reliance in all its operations. MOC president Oscar Kanjala revealed on Monday that majority of the sports organisations in Malawi are failing to grow because of their overdependence on government subvention and […]
The Malawi Olympic Committee says it has intensified preparations for next year’s Olympic Games to take place in Tokyo, Japan. Malawi Olympic Committee (MOC) general secretary Jappie Mhango said Malawi intends to send representation in six sporting disciplines including the Malawi Under 20 Women’s Football Team and the Malawi Under 23 Football Team which is […]
Malawi has won the bid to host a meeting for Secretary Generals of Association of National Olympic Committees in Africa (ANOCA) in October next year after beating Tunisia in a decisive vote in Cape Verde. Administration Manager for Malawi Olympic Committee (MOC) Naomi Chinatu, who represented the association at this year’s meeting in Cape Verde […]
Malawi Olympic Committee will sideline associations in coming up with potential athletes to represent the country at international games. MOC executive committee official, speaking on strict conditions of anonymity, confided in Nyasa Times that it will deal directly with individual athletes from different sporting disciplines to prove themselves. The official said the athletes would be […]
Southampton and Chelsea came out victorious in a FutbolNet bonanza organised by Olympiafrica Centre of the Malawi Olympic Committee (Moc), which recently embarked on a comprehensive programme aimed at identifying Under 12 and Under 15 youngsters to represent Malawi at the forth-coming international FutbolNet tournament in Zambia. Funded by Olympiafrica Foundation, the programme started last […]
Malawi Olympic Committee (MOC) has beefed up its secretariat staff with the recruitment of Projects Officer Lovemore Kanyoza with effect from July 1. Kanyoza was recruited after emerging successful in an interview for the position advertised in the media. MOC President Oscar Kanjala said the role of the Projects Officer would be a liaison role between the board […]
Malawi Olympic Committee has offered a new lease of life to athletes in a bid to qualify for Rio Olympic Games to be held in Brazil this August. MOC has sponsored four athletes Mercy Malembo (5,000 m), Benedicto Makumba (5,000 m), Happy Ndacha Mcherenje (10,000 m), Khumbo Makwakwa (100 m) to participate at Africa Athletics […]
Malawi Olympic Committee (Moc) says the newly constructed hostel funded by the Japanese government is going to ease camping problems that sports associations and their athletes were facing during preparations of major events. President of the National Olympic Committee (Noc) Oscar Kanjala made the remarks on Wednesday, May 4, 2016 when the Japanese Ambassador Shuichiro […]
About 90 young boys and girls from different schools within Lilongwe city over the weekend gathered at Malawi Olympic Committee’s (Moc) Olympafrica Centre in Kawale II as the centre hosted the third edition of Samsung sponsored FutbolNet games. For the past there years, the Olympafrica centre has been holding Samsung FutbolNet games involving youngsters under […]
A 10-day Level One Handball coaching course closed at Don Bosco Technical College in Lilongwe last week with participants urged to spread the sport in their districts. Attracting 16 coaches drawn from across the country, the course was conducted by Czech Republic expert Frantisek Taborsky, who is an Associate Professor of Physical Education and Sport as […]
An expert from world wrestling governing body United World Wrestling (UWW), Eric Ciake is in the country drilling 16 wrestling coaches drawn from across the country on some wrestling basics and other modern techniques of the game. Funded by Olympic Solidarity through the Malawi Olympic Committee (Moc), the Level One training course started on Monday, […]
Malawi Olympic Committee (Moc) has disclosed that it will provide grants ranging from K200,000 upwards to all its affiliate bodies that have offices as a way of encouraging briefcase associations establish their own homes. This was disclosed by president of the Malawi national Olympic committee Oscar Kanjala after the body held its annual general meeting […]
The Balaka District Council has received a timely donation of 75 bags of cement from the Malawi Olympic Committee (MOC) to help in the maintenance of part of the wall fence that collapsed early this year due to heavy rains. The donation comes as the country’s elite league is just less than a month away […]
About 100 young boys and girls from Lilongwe city gathered at Olympiafrica Ground, situated at Kamuzu Institute of Sports in the capital city for a two-day Olympiafrica FutbolNet tournament organised by Olympicafrica Centre of the (Moc) last Saturday and Sunday. Developed by a university under Spanish football giants FC Barcelona, FutbolNet is a program that uses […]
Twenty four local Judo coaches at the weekend graduated from a weeklong Judo coaching course at Kamuzu Institute of Sports in Lilongwe- courtesy of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in conjunction with International Judo Federation. The course followed a series of regional training exercises that started last year in the cities of Blantyre, Lilongwe and […]
Malawi Olympic Committee (MOC) President Oscar Kanjala has contradicted himself on the significant reduction of Malawi’s Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games squad by dropping 47 athletes and officials who were confirmed to participate. Kanjala earlier said MOC had decided to reduce a 96-member delegation after finding out that most athletes were not good enough to participate […]
The Malawi Olympic Committee (MOC) has snubbed former Secretary General Helene Mpinganjira after picking Netball Association of Malawi (NAM) president Rosy Chinunda into the executive committee to fill the quota of female member in the committee. MOC is the mother governing body of Olympic and Commonwealth Games’ sporting disciplines. Newly elected Secretary General Jappie Mhango […]