Covid hit Flames’ Coaching Panel ahead of Tanzania Friendly

With a double-edged sword, the ravaging novel coronavirus has hit the Malawi National Team, the Flames, in the ‘nibbles’ as two of the senior top coaching management, the head coach and his vice have both tested positive to the marauding global pandemic and will miss the test match against the Taifa Stars of Tanzania this […]

Meke has earned his contract as Malawi coach, says FAM president Walter

Football Association of Malawi (FAM) president Walter Nyamilandu has  said  Flames coach Meke Mwase has earned himself a long-term deal for guiding Malawi national football team to qualify for Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals within a year. Nyamilandu said this after Malawi’s 1-0 victory over Uganda at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre. This was the last game […]

Malawi coach pleased with clean sheet against Zimbabwe

Malawi national football team head coach Meke Mwase said on Sunday that his charges had “clear opportunities” to win their 0-0 draw at home to Zimbabwe Warriors in an international friendly at Mpira Stadium in Chiwembe Township, Blantyre. Malawi were looking to return to winning ways just days after going down 1-0 to Zambia in Lusaka, […]

Meke names Malawi squad as Khuda spits venom over no call up

Malawi national team head coach Meck Mwase released names of players to start camping at Chiwembe  next week Monday. The squad features 12 professionals with only former captain Limbikani Mzava  the only unattached to any club. Mzava was offloaded at his PSL club Highlands Park following the sell of Highlands Park PSL status to TS […]

Bullets dominate Malawi squad: Training camp starts Monday

Nyasa Big Bullets Football Club has had a lion’s share in terms of number of players included in coach Meke Mwase’s provisional squad released on Thursday  ahead of the national team’s 2021 back to back African Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifying matches against Burkina Faso next month. Bullets has contributed 10 players in a 31 […]

Meke describes Malawi’s World Cup group a challenge: Gaba says ‘odds stacked against us’

Malawi National Football Team coach, Meke Mwase, has described Group D in which Malawi has been drawn against Cameroon, Cote D’Ivoire and Mozambique as a big challenge. Mwase was reacting to the draw  conducted Tuesday night  in Cairo, Egypt. According to the rules, only one team from the group will sail through to the next […]

Malawi coach Meke ropes in 7 new players, recalls Chimango

Malawi National Football Team Head Coach, Meke Mwase has called seven new faces into the Flames camp ahead of the preparation for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Malawi will play Botswana back to back in the first week of September in a preliminary round with the first leg set for Saturday, September 7.2019 away […]

Meke Mwase hired as full time coach for Malawi

The Football Association of Malawi (FAM), Executive Committee at its meeting held Saturday at Chiwembe Technical Football Centre, agreed to conclude the recruitment process of the Malawi Senior National football team Coach by appointing Meke Mwase on a full time basis with effect from 1st July 2019. According to FAM, the appointment of Mwase was […]

I can Meke it! Mwase ready on Malawi coaching job full-time

The Malawi national team caretaker coach Meke Mwase has expressed readiness to be a full-time Flames coaching job after guiding the team to Cosafa Cup plate finals. Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has advertised the post targeting both local and expatriates. The Flames coaching job fell vacant after FAM decided not to renew Belgian coach Ronny […]

Meke banks his hopes in Malawi pro’s at Cosafa

Malawi Senior National Football Team Coach Meke Mwase has expressed a lot of confidence that the troops he has assembled this time will do well and perform wonders at this year’s Council of Southern Africa Football Association (Cosafa) tournament. Mwase has however revealed that he expect professionals he has included in the squad to prove […]

Pundits fault  Meke on Flames selection: ‘We should stop experimenting’

Sports scribe Leonard Sharra and former Football Association of Malawi (FAM) General Secretary Charles Nyirenda have faulted Malawi national team coach Meke Mwase on national team players selection. This comes few days after Mwase through the FAM released a list of 34 players to undergo training Camp at Mpira Village in Blantyre in Preparations for […]

Meke recalls veteran strikers in Malawi squad to face e-Swatini

Malawi national football team caretaker coach Meke Mwase has named his final 20-member squad for Saturday’s 2020 Championship of African Nations (Chan) first round first leg qualifier against e-Swatini. Mwase has taken on board a majority of the players he was using in his Under-23 squad that participated in the joint 2020 Tokyo Olympics and […]