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Office of the President and Cabinet has ordered the Inspector General of Police to impound government vehicles as a last solution to ensure there are enough vehicles for use at the Region 5 Youth Games Malawi hosts from December 2-11 this year. "Efforts to mobile the required number of vehicles through circular letters from this office have not yielded the required number of vehicles from government ministries, departments and agencies," reads part of the memo dated 28th November 2022.

Nyasa Big Bullets has signed a one-year partnership agreement with Precious Medical International for a Goal of the Month Award Sponsorship. Precious Medical International, Chief Executive Officer, Dr Gertrude Mateyo said they will be paying for the people's team's monthly best goal scorer award. Bullets Chief Executive Officer, Suzgo Nyirenda, said the club is looking for the best means to grow bigger than now. He said the club believes that the new partner will add the Goal of the Year Award in future. He further said they will set aside a special panel of four people to select and analyse the best goal for each month. Bullets initially partnered with CIC Insurance Company which sponsors the Player of the Month Award.

Nyasa Big Bullets will miss the services of their main strikers: Babatunde Adepoju and Anthony Mfune when they face resilient Karonga United in the second leg of the Airtel Top 8 Cup in the north this coming Saturday. The other players to miss the game include Ernest Petro and Yankho Singo both are nursing various degrees of injuries ahead of the second leg in Karonga. This is according to information made available to local media on Thursday. However, Head Coach for the Blantyre based side, Kalisto Pasuwa, warned his charges against complacency when they face the Karonga based team. “We will not take the match lightly. It’s a game like the first leg we played. Yes, we got a healthy lead but again we know with football, anything can happen because if we can score seven here [at h...

In an effort to enhance participation among primary school learners, Football Association of Malawi FAM has reiterated the need to incorporate sports activities in the country's education curriculum. Football for School Programs Coordinator, McWilliams Nkunika was speaking in Dedza district on Thursday when the football governing body oriented sports teachers from the Central West Education Division on the project. He revealed they have received 50 000 United States Dollars and over 32 000 playing balls from FIFA to help in the implementation of the program, among others. "We have received about 50 million dollars and other sports materials for the program which is set to target primary school learners of the ages 4 to 14 years old," said Nkunika. One of the participants, Saki...

Chitipa United risk being banned from the Northern Region Football Association – NRFA SIMSO-Innobuild League over allegations of match-fixing.Rival teams are accusing the current league leaders of bribing referees and other team’s players and officials to influence the outcome of their games or those involving other teams.Purported evidence gathered by the accusers suggests that Chitipa United were offering 10,000 kwachas to Chintheche United players before the two teams’ recent encounter.Five teams: Chintheche United, Mighty Rumphi Wanderers, Kadona Stars, Baka City and Mzimba United have written the NRFA to take action against Chitipa United else they will boycott their outstanding games. Mavuto Kamanga, Chintheche United Technical Director says he was approached with money to allow ...

We are still building the team--Pasuwa Talks underway on the next sponsorship. At it again! Nyasa Big Bullets are here again with bragging rights as they are officially crowned the 2022 TNM Super League defending champions after defeating Dedza Dynamos at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre on Saturday; carting home K40 million and a trophy. Babatunde Adepoju put the People's Team ahead in the first half after chipping in Ernest Petro's short pass before Ibrahim Sadik cancelled the lead before recess. Come second half, Dedza Dynamos started piling pressure hunting for an early goal but Bullets defence led by Captain John Lanjesi proved too solid for them. Hassan Kajoke was the hero of the match as he nailed the winning goal to make it two nil in favour of Bullets. Of course, the ...