Airtel spoils Malawi Queens: Awards them K3m to share

Style, pomp and colour added vibe to the celebratory mood that was accorded to the Malawi national netball team ‘The Queens’ on their return from Glasgow, Scotland where they participated in the 2014 Commonwealth games. The celebration mode was activated right after the Queens landed at Kamuzu International Airport at noon Tuesday, they paraded in an […]

APM says Malawi owes Flames, Queens ‘unpayable debt’

Minister of Sports and Youth Development Grace Obama Chiumia promised for more support from government to the Flames following their 4-3 victory against Benin. Malawi President Peter Mutharika has congratulated the national football team, the Flames for reaching the group stage of qualifying for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations after beating Benin on penalties […]

Malawi Queens beat South Africa to claim 5th place: Commonwealth games

Malawi Queens maintained their fifth position at the Commonwealth Games after beating their bitter continental rivals South Africa 53-45. The Queens registered one of the biggest wins over their African rivals recently having taken the lead throughout the game. They won first quarter 13-11, second quarter 28-19 by half time. In the third quarter,  South […]

Malawi Queens sponsors Airtel impressed with performance

Airtel Malawi, the sponsors of Malawi Queens netball side have said they are impressed with the team’s performance at the on going  Glasgow commonwealth games. The company’s country director Andrew Santhe told reporters in Lilongwe when he held a joint news conference  with Netball Association of Malawi president Rose Chinunda. “Truth be told that the […]

McConnell, Team Malawi celebrate Scotland-Malawi relationship

Scotland’s former First Minister and members of Malawi’s Commonwealth Games team today celebrated the strong Scotland-Malawi links at an event in Glasgow. Jack McConnell was joined by Team Malawi at the first ever ‘Pop-Up Malawi House’ at Strathclyde University Union to help raise awareness of the 155 year old partnership between the two nations. The […]

Malawi Queens beat Scotland 62-35: Commonwealth Games

Malawi Queens netball side finished their Pool A fixture  on a high Tuesday everning by beating hosts of the 2014 Glasgow XX Commonwealth Games , Scotland by 62-35. The Malawi side can no longer realistically challenge for the championship, but just the third place in the Pool A after their 50-81 loss to fourth-ranked  Jamaica […]

Malawi Queens suffer Jamaica loss: Commonwealth games

Malawi netball Queens on Monday night suffered a devastating loss to Jamaica’s Sunshine girls  50-81 in their Pool A match of the on-going Commonwealth games in Galsgow Scotland. The Queens needed to beat Jamaica and then wrap-up Pool A fixtures on Tuesday with awin again hosts Scotland to stand a chance of sailing through. But […]

Malawi Queens third in Pool A: Commonwealth Games

Malawi national netball team Queens need to dig deeper  into their reserves to break into the top four dominated by Australia, New Zealand, England and Jamaica. The Queens trail Pool A leaders Jamaica they are facing on Monday on third despite recording two wins out of three games. The Malawian side  beat Northern Ireland 71-50 falling short of Jamaica […]

Malawi Queens beat St Lucia 69-28: Commonwealth games Glasgow

Malawi Queens vented their anger of losing to New Zealand in the Commonwealth games by beating St Lucia on Saturday in Glasgow 69-28 in their third Pool A match. The Malawian side opened their games with a win against Northern Ireland before succumbing to world champions New Zealand on Friday. But on Saturday, Malawi Queens […]

Malawi Queens impresses despite loss to N. Zealand in C’wealth games

Malawi Queens netball side received praise from BBC television commentators in their live second match of the Pool A Commonwealth games in Glasgow, Scotland on Friday despite losing narrowly to world champions New Zealand 47-50. The Malawian youthful squad gave the Silver Ferns a good run in a match which commentators gave Malawi kudos for […]

Malawi Queens in C’Wealth games flying start, beat N.Ireland

Malawi national netball team started the Glasgow Commonwealth Games campaign on a high with a resounding 71-50 victory over Northern Ireland on Thursday. Malawi overcame their opponents after struggling in the first quarter in which they were kept under pressure in the early stages of the first quarter where they committed a lot of errors from […]

Malawi Queens lose to England’s second string before Commonwealth Games

The Malawi Queens opened their preparations for the Commonwealth Games with a shock 53-51 defeat to England A in front of a packed crowd at GL1 in Gloucester. Ranked fifth in the world, Africa’s best netball team came close to an inspired comeback on Saturday but fell desperately short against a makeshift England outfit full […]

Malawi Queens play England Sat July 5  

Malawi Queens will face England netball side this Saturday at the Gloucester’s GL1 arena in London as part of preparations  for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland starting on July 23. Malawi team is camping at University of Gloucestershire’s Oxstalls Campus. The game is scheduled for a 2.30pm start. The Queens will then play Wales at the […]

Malawi Queens squad for C’wealth Games released

Netball Association of Malawi (NAM)  has released a list of 12 national netball team players for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games scheduled from July 22 to August 16 in Scotland. Netball Association of Malawi (NAM) General Secretary Carol Bapu said the team would leave on Sunday for England where they will play friendly games against England and Wales before heading […]

Malawi shooter Kumwenda gets New Zealand netball talent award

Malawi sharp-shooter Mwai Kumwenda has been named as the best new talent in the trans-Tasman netball competition in New Zealand. Kumwenda, who plays for the New Zealand’s Tactix outfit, was rewarded for an outstanding debut season. The 24-year-old Malawian international finished the regular season as the competition’s most prolific shooter. Kumwenda’s 540 goals, at 91.4 […]

Malawi Queens date England, Wales for pre-C’wealth test games

Netball Association of Malawi (NAM) has approached Wales and England for strength testing matches with Malawi Queens ahead of the Commonwealth Games expected to start next month in Scotland. NAM General Secretary Carol Bapu said they were confident that the Queens would play against the two teams before the start of the Commonwealth Games scheduled […]

Malawi Queens squad for C’wealth: Tigresses stars drafted back

Netball Association of Malawi (NAM) has released a list of national netball team players to go to camp on Saturday for Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games recalling Complex Tigresses players. NAM General Secretary Carol Bapu said the team would camp in Blantyre and players are expected to arrive by Sunday for the camp training at Blantyre […]