Sports

Government has pledged to revise with immediate effect daily training allowances and game bonuses for the Malawi National Netball team- ‘The Queens’. Minister of Sports Richard Chimwendo said this when he visited the The Queens on the side-lines of the Tri-Nations tournament which Malawi has been hosting this week at the Kamuzu University of Health Sciences Sports Complex in Blantyre. Currently Queens’ players receive MK5,000 as daily training allowance and MK50 000 for a win. Chimwendo observed that the current perks are on the lower side especially considering the current cost of living. “The queens are the pride of the nation and they deserve better and that’s why my ministry will work towards improving their welfare by revising upwards their training allowance and game bonu...

Sable Farming ended a run of six games without victory by beating Mighty Tigers 2-0 at Mulanje Park Stadium on Wednesday afternoon. Following excellent start of the first half, Sable took the lead after 10 minutes through Franklin Mlimanjala who made a simple finish inside the box. The Macdonald Mtetemela's side continued to dominate the midfield and creat numerical chances in the entire 45 minutes but they failed to utilize. Christopher Gototo increased Sable Farming lead on 55 minutes after a good exchange of passes with Simion Singa and Mlimanjala. The game changing moment happened midway in the second half when Tigers brought in Bright Ntondagowa and Henry Chiwaya for Iven Mwakapenda and Frank Chikufenji but they rarely threatened their opponents. The Chiradzuru based si...

Maritzburg United has announced the acquisition of former Malawian player John Maduka as their new head coach. Maduka resigned from Royal AM last week after enjoying great success for the Shauwn Mkhize's side last season. Reports from the Rainbow Nation indicates that the former Royal AM manager was unveiled at a special press conference earlier today. Maduka has signed a three year contract with the Team of Choice and will start at the Club ahead of the 2022/23 DStv Premiership season. He will be assisted by Ditheko Mototo who has also been announced today as the assistant coach. Maduka enjoyed a stellar season at Royal AM and led Shauwn Mkhize's side to a third-place finish in the League. They also reached the Semi-Final of the Nedbank Cup. Maritzburg United have been w...

The Professional Golfers Association of Malawi (PGAMW) has announced the return of the Warm Heart Pro Tournament 2022, after three year of absence. The tournament which was last played in it's inaugural year back in November 2018, has been slated for the month of September and will run from 7th up to 11th this year. The PGAMW will run the tournament with the support from the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Wildlife as per their memorundum of understanding signed in October 2020, in which Government agreed to be supporting the annual professional Golf tournament dubbed "The Warm Heart Professional Golf tournament" after realizing the positive impacts the tournament will bring to this nation. Part of the statement by the PGAMW reads: "PGAMW passionately feels that the game of Golf ...

Mighty Mukuru Wanderers Commercialization Chairperson Clement Stambuli has called on government to step in and bail out the team from a K59 million debt the team accumulated for the 2017 CAF Champions League. Stambuli was speaking on Wednesday in Blantyre during the unveiling ceremony of Mukuru Financial Company as the team's official sponsor. The Nomads announced last month that they secured a K200million naming rights sponsorship deal from Mukuru financial company which has now been revealed tobe K175 million. Weeks later the team managed to change its official colors from Blue to Orange on its home jersey as well as bus and they have as well rebranded their name to Mighty Mukuru Wanderers. Stambuli hailed Mukuru for coming to the rescue of the Nomads who have been struggling...

The Malawi Open chess tournament featuring four Zambian international players has concluded over the weekend at Lingadzi Inn, in Lilongwe and the winners have been awarded various prizes. According to Chess Association of Malawi (Chessam) Publicity Secretary, Chimthere Alfred, there were four sections attracting 62 participants that were played during the three-day event namely; the Open, Ladies, Youth and Veterans category. He said in the Open Section, Candidate Master George Mwale won with 7 points out of 9 games, while the Zambians Geoffrey Lwanja and William Mwape came second and third on 7 and 6.5 points respectively. Luanja tied with Mwale on overall points but trailed on Buchholz tie-break system. The champion Mwale has received MK300.000 cash, a trophy and gold medal. The ...

Member of Parliament for Kasungu North Constituency, Mike Bango mesmerized the crowd which gathered to witness the elevation ceremony of Traditional Authority (TA) Njombwa to Senior Chief. The ceremony had Group Village Heads Chikwa from Bango's constituency and Suza being installed as Sub TAs. Bango who became a household name when he worked as a sports reporter and football commentator, invoked his commentary skills when he took the microphone to make a brief speech by mimicking a football commentary. He mimicked commentary to summarize the event including narrating requests from chiefs to government which led the crowd to splash money in approval of his oration skills. After his performance he said he wanted to support Chewa Heritage Foundation (CHEFO) for their activities a...

‘You can be wrong half the time and still make a fortune’ (Unknown) Presiding over the reigns of Malawi National Football senior team, by executive powers and authority vested upon him, it pleased Head Coach Mario Marinica to introduce ‘fast and very fast football’ philosophy which prefers long passes into the final third, as Flames technical and tactical approach to matches. In its maiden application, the ‘fast, and very fast football’ philosophy has yielded a win against Ethiopia at home and sadly in the very dying minutes, a loss against Guinea away. How explicit, by tactical and technical football terms, is Marinica’s newly inducted philosophy? Does the philosophy really fit in the dictates of current crop of players? Is it a tactical gamble in modern football philosophy? Spor...

Malawi Netball team ‘Queens’ perfect start to the Cosana Tri-Nations Cup on Sunday after beating Namibia has impressed official sponsors of the team, FDH Bank plc. The queens came from a jittery first-quarter to produce a super performance beating Namibia with an impressive 60-23 margin at the games being played at Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (Kuhes) Sports Complex in Blantyre. FDH Bank plc Marketing and Public Relations Manager Lorraine Chikhula said as sponsors of the team, they are impressed with the perfect start by the Queens. “As a sponsor we are very happy and proud of The Queens. Our aim has always been sports development and this is what we like to see. We are confident of The Queen's performance in this COSANA Tri Nations Tournament and the upcoming Commonwealth...

Rejuvenated, Ethiopia Thursday evening beat the Pharaohs of Egypt 2-0 at Bingu National Stadium in Area 48, Lilongwe to go top of Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers Group D. With Ethiopians win and Malawi’s 1-0 defeat to Guinea, Group D is now wide open to all teams from the first two rounds of matches. The Ethiopians are leading the packed with three points have a better goal advantage over Malawi which is second, Guinea are third and Egyptians are anchoring the group. Over 15,000 spectators watched one of the best entertaining 2023 AFCON qualifiers and the six start display by Ethiopians made the seven time AFCON Champions look like an average team. Without, their Liverpool star, Mohammad Salah nursing an injury and Arsenal midfielder, Mohammed Elneny, the Pharaohs fail...