Northern and Central West Education Division are champions for the 2016 Airtel Rising Stars men’s and women’s football categories respectively. The two teams carted home K2 million each, after emerging finalists during derbies held at Mzuzu Stadium. Northern Education Division boys beat South West Division 3 goals to 1, while Central West girls beat Northern […]
Soccer lovers in Mzuzu are in for an action packed weekend, as six divisional teams battle it out in the MK 79 million Airtel Rising Star (ARS) football tournament’s national finals. The football extravaganza, which will run from Friday, 12 August to Sunday 14 August, will be hosted at the City’s Mzuzu Stadium. This year’s […]
Airtel Malawi on Saturday unveiled 2016 season five of the football tournament, Airtel Rising Stars, at the tune of Mk79.3 million from Mk70 million in 2015. Speaking at the launch of this year’s season at Luchenza Secondary School in Mulanje District, Airtel Malawi Director of Marketing Emmanuel Kasambala expressed the company’s commitment to continue supporting […]
Yamba Community Day Secondary School (CDSS) and New Version Private School are this year’s champions of the 2015 Airtel Rising Stars edition after emerging national winners in boys and ladies categories in thrilling encounters at Kamuzu stadium on Sunday. Yamba, a side from northern district of Chitipa beat Zatonse Private Secondary School of Chikwawa 8-7 on […]
The 2015 season of Airtel Rising Stars (ARS) is here, the countdown to the finals is ticking and all is set to take centre stage this Sunday 23rd August at the Kamuzu Stadium. Key on the menu of activities to spice up the finals, include an exclusive match between the Airtel Rising Stars select team […]
The K70 million 2015 Airtel Rising Stars (ARS) football competition was officially launched Saturday, July 4, 2015 in Salima, where sponsors Airtel in conjunction with Malawi Schools Sports Association (Massa) held a number of activities to celebrate the landmark sponsorship. Gracing the occasion were officials from government led by Principal Secretary II for Youth and […]
After going through the disappointment of failing to fly out to the Pan African Airtel Rising Stars (ARS) football tournament in Gabon last year, the 2014 Airtel Rising Stars will now be smiling all the way to the bank- courtesy of Airtel Malawi, which has dished out K1.6 million in total to be shared amongst […]
The Malawi Schools Sports Association (MASSA) has hailed Airtel Malawi for fulfilling its MK2 million corporate social responsibility dubbed ‘Goal for Education’ in which school teams earned money for projects through a number of goals scored during the national finals. According to MASSA, New Version Girls soccer team scored most goals (14) that made them accumulate […]
The crusade towards the pan African Airtel Rising Stars (ARS) in Gabon next month has begun. 32 players, comprising 16 girls and 16 boys, have been shortlisted into the national select squad. According to Airtel’s Emmanuel Kaunda, the national select is expected to go into camp as soon as administrative logistics are completed. “Right now, […]
Young soccer stars from 12 school teams competing at the national finals for this year’s Airtel Rising Stars’ boys and girls’ football competition on Friday, June 27, 2014 put behind all their rivalry as they joined hands in cleaning the streets of Lilongwe City. The stars started cleaning the city from the road junction at […]
Three Airtel Rising Stars who participated in the week-long Manchester United Youth Soccer Clinic in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania are back home with fond memories of their East African tour. The stars- Timothy Gova from Joyce Banda Foundation, Limbani Phiri from Nanjati CDSS and Omega Kapulukila from SOS arrived home on Tuesday, April 29, 2014 after acquiring […]
Managing Director of DD Sunshine Football Club David Dube has distanced himself from the story of the missing girl, who has failed to travel with her colleagues to Tanzania for a week-long football training camp. On Tuesday this week, Airtel Malawi flew out three ‘rising stars,’ a girl and two boys to Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, where the […]
Airtel Malawi Limited on Tuesday, April 22, 2014 flew out three young Malawian soccer stars to Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, where they are expected to undergo a week-long training camp under the guidance of experts from Manchester United Football Club (MUFC) soccer academies. The youngsters, who were identified during last year’s Airtel Rising Stars secondary schools competition […]
The Ministry of Sports has endorsed the fourth season of the Airtel rising stars (ARS) as a key program that has facilitated the development of sports in the country. Speaking during the launch of the 2014 season of ARS in Mchinji on Saturday, Deputy Director of Sports Justice Msopera said airtel has demonstrated as a […]
Airtel Malawi has pumped in K69million cheque towards 4th season of the Airtel Rising Stars (ARS) activities implemented by the Malawi Schools Sports Association (MASSA). Speaking during the cheque presentation to MASSA on Thursday, Airtel Malawi Acquisition and Research Manager Richmond Chinula said the fourth season of the ARS gives youths a platform to explore their talent and […]
Airtel Malawi is this year again running the ambitious soccer talent programme that focuses on identifying and nurturing budding soccer talent from the grassroots onto a national stage. The program dubbed – Airtel Rising Stars – will be supported in Malalwi by one of the world’s leading soccer teams, Manchester United of England. Commenting on […]
Airtel is to send two Malawian winning teams in the Airtel Rising Stars Competition to Kenya to participate in the company’s newly introduced Pan African Tournament. To be held in that country’s capital, Nairobi, the tournament will draw together representatives from 16 African countries where the firm currently operates. “The tournament will be held over […]