Month: June 2019 Posts

Malawi lose Cosafa Plate final

Jun 07, 2019 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Malawi on Friday lost to South Africa in post-match penalties in the Cosafa Plate final. Regulation time ended 0-0 and in penalties Malawi’s Petros missed the last kick to give South Africa. Malawi got the… ...

Kakhobwe apologizes to Flames fans after Cosafa Castle Cup blunder

Jun 05, 2019 Andrew Cane Chilapondwa 1 &

...says the pitch was bumpy... Flames and Nyasa Big Bullets goalkeeper Ernest Kakhobwe has issued an apology to his teammates and fans after making a costly error in Sunday's quarterfinal defeat to Zambia in the… ...

Malawi reach Cosafa Plate final

Jun 05, 2019 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Malawi National Team beat Comoros 2-1 on Tuesday to cruise into the Cosafa Plate finals. Meke Mwase made changes to the squad that lost to Zambia as he trusted Brighton Munthali in goals. The Flames… ...

We have cricketers not footballers: Khuda mocks Flames players

Jun 04, 2019 Andrew Cane Chilapondwa 0 &

Controversial Silver Strikers forward Khuda Muyaba is at it again, this time, mocking his fellow Flames players as cricketers and not footballers. In a video clip being circulated in the social media, Muyaba is seen… ...

Flames look to beat Zambia for first time in 16 years

Jun 02, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

The Flames of Malawi will today play Zambia in the quarterfinals of Cosafa Castle Cup in South Africa. Meke Mwase's men finished top of Group B with 7 points from three games to book a… ...

Malawi beat Seychelles in Cosafa Cup

May 26, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 4 &

Malawi have beaten Seychelles 3-0 in their first game at the Cosafa Cup in South Africa. Malawi started well especially in ball possession. Frank Gabadinho Mhango missed an early golden chance after the striker received… ...

Mwase names final Cosafa squad

May 23, 2019 Andrew Cane Chilapondwa 0 &

...Malawi to fly to South Africa on Friday Flames coach Meke Mwase has named his final 20 man squad for the COSAFA Cup with the inclusion of five foreign based players. The five are Mozambique… ...

Mwase names Cosafa squad

May 18, 2019 Andrew Cane Chilapondwa 0 &

...drops Khuda, Chiukepo Flames caretaker coach Meke Mwase has released a provisional squad for 2019 Council of Southern Africa Football Associations in South Africa next week. Mwase will have the final 20-member squad for the… ...

Flames crash out of CHAN

May 11, 2019 Andrew Cane Chilapondwa 2 &

Malawi National football team (the Flames) are out of the 2020 Africa Nations Championship (Chan) qualifiers after they were held to a 1-all draw at home to Eswatini. The Flames have exited the competition on… ...

FIFA bans Hellings Mwakasungula

Apr 24, 2019 Andrew Cane Chilapondwa 0 &

Former Flames and Silver Strikers midfielder Hellings Mwakasungula has been banned for life from all football related activities by the world soccer governing body, FIFA. In a statement released by the body on Wednesday, nine… ...

Kakhobwe in top form as Flames hold Eswatini in Chan qualifier

Apr 20, 2019 Andrew Cane Chilapondwa 0 &

Ernest Kakhobwe produced a man of the match performance as Malawi National Football team played to a goalless draw against Eswatini in the first leg first of the 2020 Championship of African  Nations (Chan) qualifier… ...

No 2019 Afcon for Flames: 2018 was a bad year for Malawian football

Dec 31, 2018 Andrew Cane Chilapondwa 0 &

The year which is going to an end, 2018, has been a year to forget for the Flames. When top African nations will be battling it out for supremacy in the 2019 Africa Cup of… ...

Flameless: RVG’s men out of 2019 AFCON qualifiers

Nov 17, 2018 Andrew Cane Chilapondwa 0 &

The Island proved too difficult for Malawi as they lost 2-1 to Comoros Island to officially end their 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying hopes. As usual, a minute after the kick-off, the Flames were… ...

‘It’s Ugly’! Malawians react to Flames replica jerseys

Nov 15, 2018 Andrew Cane Chilapondwa 1 &

... "Even if it were going at K200 I wouldn't buy it"... Andrew Cane Chilapondwa sums up the sentiments of many Malawian soccer fans who say they will not fork out K20, 000 for the… ...

Flames replica jerseys finally on market

Nov 13, 2018 Andrew Cane Chilapondwa 0 &

Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has finally unveiled Flames replica kit which is already on the market. The FA announced last month that they were launching an in-house kit for all the national soccer teams… ...