Malawi’s Women’s National Football Team, the Scorchers, produced another sensational display at the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), thrashing Egypt 3-1 on Match Day 2 of Group C to send shockwaves through the tournament in their debut appearance. Fresh off a stunning 3-2 win over defending champions Nigeria in their opener, the confident Scorchers […]
Malawi head coach Lovemore Fazili says his side’s dramatic victory over Nigeria proves the Scorchers belong on the WAFCON stage, praising the squad’s resilience and the impact of the returning Chawinga sisters, Tabitha and Temwa . Speaking at Al Madina Stadium in Rabat on Tuesday night, Fazili said Malawi’s fearless approach was key to securing […]
WAFCON debutants Malawi produced a sensational upset in Rabat, beating defending champions Nigeria 3-2 in a dramatic Group C opener. Two goals from Temwa Chawinga and a strike from captain Tabitha Chawinga saw the Scorchers secure a famous victory over the 10-time African champions at the Al Madina Stadium. Coach Lovemore Fazili’s side executed a […]
Malawi women football team head coach Lovemore Fazili has vowed his side are ready to scrap for every point when they take on defending champions Nigeria in their WAFCON opener tonight. The Scorchers face Nigeria’s mighty Super Falcons in a Group C clash at Al Madina Stadium in Rabat, Morocco — kicking off at 10pm […]
Malawi’s women’s national football team, the Scorchers, are in the final stages of preparation for their first appearance at the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon), which runs from 26 July to 16 August in Morocco. Local analysts have expressed confidence in the squad but say expectations should be kept realistic given the strength of […]
The much-awaited women’s football league in Malawi will kick off in April this year but with only eight teams to start with. The league will be funded by the Football Association of Malawi (FAM) when government allows resumption of sporting events in the country. Teams to kick start the maiden season of the league include […]
Lilongwe-based DD Sunshine Women’s Football Club has to be supported financially, materially, technically and psychologically for it to realize its important dream of competing at this year’s Cosafa Women’s Champions League. The club says it needs support from the Football Association of Malawi (FAM) and all well-wishers. DD Sunshine were the champions of Presidential Initiative […]
Malawi national women football team and Topik Sisters FC forward, Asimenye Melody Simwaka, is back home in Mzuzu from Tanzania where she failed to clinch a deal with Simba Queens. Simwaka was courted by the Tanzanian champions in women’s football. She was exposed to a three-day trials and performed very well but was disappointed with […]
The National Women’s Football Association (NWFA) has said women’s football clubs in the country will now compete in a national league. This will be a departure or an addition from or to regional leagues orchestrated by the Football Association of Malawi (FAM) and dependence on the Presidential Initiative on Sports (PIS) which has been dangling […]
End of the road for Malawi in Cosafa Women’s Championship as hosts Banyana Banyana of South Africa defeated the 10-player Malawi 6-2 in the second semifinal at Wolfson Stadium in Port Elizabeth on Thursday. to set a final berth against Botswana for a chance of clinching their fourth consecutive Cosafa Women’s Championship title at the […]
In a typical manifestation of the adage “what goes around comes around”, Zambia’s Copper Queens on Monday paid dearly for denying the Scorchers a chance to reach last year’s COSAFA Senior Women’s Championship semifinal. The scorchers returned the favour in style following a 1-0 win over Zambia in a potentially COSAFA Women’s Championship group B […]
Malawi has claimed the bragging rights in the southern African women football after winning narrowly 1-0 at the on-going Cosafa Women’s Championship in Port Elizabeth qualified for the semifinals. China-based Temwa Chawinga scored the only goal of the match. No fans are allowed access into the stadiums, but the senior championship matches are being broadcast LIVE […]
Tabitha Chawinga scored six goals as Malawi thrashed Lesotho 9-0 at the Cosafa Women’s Cup encounter at Wolfson Stadium in South Africa. Chawinga, who plays for Jiangsu Suning in the Chinese Women’s Super League, opened her account at the tournament with half-a-dozen goals. Mcnelbert Kazuwa’s team came into the event on the back of a failure […]
The Malawi national women football team will on Wednesday fly out to South Africa for the 2020 Cosafa Women’s Championship scheduled between 3-14 November in Nelson Mandela Bay. The team will depart through Kamuzu International airport. Coach McNelbert Kazuwa has named his final 20-member squad as he looks forward to lead the team to the […]
The Malawi senior womens football team have received a morale booster with the coming in of China-based Chawinga Sisters, Tabitha and Temwa, which coach McNelbert Kazuwa calls it “a full house”. The sisters reported in Blantyre on Tuesday but went into self-isolation, waiting for their Covid-19 tests which came out negative. Then on Thursday, the […]
Minister of Youth and Sports Ulemu Msungama says he is optimistic Malawi Senior Women’s Football Team-Scorchers will be successful in the Cosafa Senior Women’s Championship set for South Africa next month. Msungama said this on Saturday afternoon in his surprise visit to the team at the Mpira Village in Blantyre where they are camping, preparing […]
Wife to South Africa-based Malawian controversial forward Khuda Muyaba, Enelecio Mhango, a national women’s football team striker, has been dropped from the Malawi squad that will go into training camp from Friday in preparation for Cosafa Championship. She recently sparked a row on the local football scene following her rants against the Malawi national football technical […]
The Chinese Women’s Super League will set up a duel between two sisters considered to be Africa’s best strikers as Jiangsu Suning’s Tabitha Chawinga faces Wuhan’s Temwa Chawinga on Saturday. Tabitha, 24 and Temwa, 21 are sisters from Malawi and have enjoyed playing together for most of their careers, from Malawian club DD Sunshine to Sweden side Kvarnsveden and the national […]