Malawi will have five referees officiating in the preliminary rounds of the 2026/27 CAF Interclub competitions, running from 4 to 13 September, after the Confederation of African Football (CAF) confirmed a series of appointments. According to the Football Association of Malawi (FAM), Easter Bright Kalikokha Zimba has been named centre referee for the CAF Confederation […]
The Super League of Malawi (SULOM) has turned down a plea from the National Referees Committee to hike game allowances with 75 percent. The referees lamented that the cost of living had gone up in Malawi with so many things expensive on the market, hence the increase. But SULOM indicated that it was not possible […]
Malawi’s multi-award winning Fifa Female Assistant Referee Bernadetta Kwimbira-Mzika is among 41 referees to attend a five day Video Assistant Referee (VAR) Course slatted for next month in Rabat, Morocco. According to a selected list released by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), only three female referees will take part. During the Course the referees […]
Just as they annually do, football referees from the northern region were involved in charity work on Saturday before playing a social game and later a party in their Christmas and end of year celebrations. This year, the referees donated assorted items in the Paediatric and Maternity Wards at Chitipa District Hospital. The recipients were […]
FIFA Refereeing Instructor Responsible for English Speaking Countries in Africa, Felix Tangawarima has hailed Malawian referees for an impressive performance over the past two years. Tangawarima, who is Confederation of African Football (CAF) Referees Committee Member, made the remarks during the official opening of the five-day FIFA Member Association Elite referees course at the Mpira […]
Malawian elite league clubs have been warned of tough times ahead of the new soccer season after shunning a refresher course over the weekend. The course organised by Malawi FA in conjunction with the National Referees Association and Super league of Malawi (Sulom) took place in all the the three regions of the country. It […]
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has confirmed that the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has assigned four Angolan match officials to take charge of the Flames’ 2019 AFCON qualifier against Morocco scheduled for this coming Friday at the Bingu National Stadium (BNS) in Lilongwe. The four include Referee Helder Martins Rodrigues De Carvalho,1st Assistant Referee […]
The Blantyre District Referees Committee (BDRC) has handed an eight weeks suspension to Grade 1 Assistant Referee Stanford Chitseko and Grade 3 referee Subusiso Sibande for failing to turn up at a match venue for the Southern Region Chitetezo Mbaula Premier League involving Steffords F.C and Wizards which was supposed to be played on July […]
National Referees Association (NRA) General Secretary Chris Kalichero has assured the soccer fraternity of a much improved elite TNM Super League second round in terms of officiation always say the decisive round gets underway this weekend. Kalichero said this following heavy criticism of biasness towards whistle-persons during the first round of the 2018-19 soccer season. Most […]
Newly promoted TNM Super League outfit TN Stars’ coach has attributed his team’s 4-3 loss to Moyale Barracks Football Club on Sunday at Mzuzu Stadium to poor officiation. Speaking in a post-match interview coach Meke Mwase said he was not satisfied with the result of the match because referees were not up to the task […]
Nine central referees and nine assistant referees from the COSAFA region have been assembled in South Africa in readiness for the 2018 COSAFA Cup Tournament scheduled to kick off on May 27, Malawi’s Clement Kanduku is among the nine FIFA assistant referees on list seen by Nyasa Times. Speaking to Nyasa Times from South Africa on […]
Malawi’s top notch Fifa Women’s assistant referee Bernadettar Kwimbira Mzika has been appointed in the 45-member team to handle 2018 Fifa Under-20 Women’s World Cup in France. Kwimbira Mzika, who also made the cut on provisional officiating team earmarked for Fifa Women’s World Cup also in France, is excited with the appointment. “It’s always good […]
Malawi Police in the southern district of Chikwawa have arrested a 28 year old man McKnight Nyekheya, one of the country’s football referees for allegedly killing a player in Thyolo. Chikwawa district police spokesperson Constable Foster Benjamin while confirming the development said Nyekheya is suspected to have hit to death a yet-to-be identified player of […]
Central Region Referees Fitness Test slated for 4 March 2018 have been postponed due to lack of finances, National Referees Association (NRA) General Secretary Chris Kalichero has confirmed. However, Kalichero has described the development as ‘worrisome’ considering that the dates for the commencement of the 2018-19 Soccer Season are coming closer. “It is true that the Central […]
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has offered a lifeline relief to the four referees who were banned for life last year due to match-fixing. Ref Aziz Nyirenda, assistant referees Limbani Chisambi and Stephano Gomani, and fourth official Jimmy Phiri, were all found guilty of fixing a Malawian cup match between Nchalo United and Chitipa United. […]
it has been on BBC, CNN and even Supersport. Malawi’s football image was dented. Malawian referees from the northern region were attacked left and right for being involved in corruption to fix a Carlsberg Cup Round of 32 match involving Chitipa United and Nchalo United at Mzuzu Stadium on 13th July 2017. They ended up […]
National Referees Committee (NRC) Sunday retained 94 per cent of its old national executive committee members. The NRC held its Annual General meeting in Lilongwe at Baptist Theological centre. Delegates to the meeting elected Patrick Kapanga unopposed while they ushered new kid on the block, Kalyoto Ngosi as his deputy with 16 votes against 13 […]
The main highlight of elections at the forthcoming National Football Referees Association (NFRA) AGM slated for October 15 in Lilongwe will be a contest between body’s outgoing general secretary Chris Kalichero, who is vying for re-election and renowned FIFA referees instructor Verson Lwanja. Lwanja is the challenger while Kalichero is seeking re-election on the position […]