Songwe United snatched a 1-1 draw against Mzuzu City Hammers to earn their first point in the TNM Super League.
In a match played at Mzuzu Stadium, Mzuzu City Hammers were the first to score through Gerald Ngwira who scored in the 29th minute.
Ngwira scored with a powerful header following a well taken cross from Chimwemwe Kaliyala but Lusekero Kishombe who was also voted man of the match, equalised for the visitors with a beautiful finish in the 63rd minute.
Man of the match Lusekero Kishombe
Hammers are on position 14 on the log table with 4 points after playing 4 games while Songwe remain bottom with one point after playing 5 games.
Elsewhere, there was another 1-1 draw at Karonga Stadium between Chitipa United and Civil Service United.
Ramson Lukali scored for the home side while Chifundo Damba scored for the civil servants.
Chitipa are on position 12 with 5 points from 5 games and Civil are a step ahead with the same number of points.
Malawi national football team, the Flames are out of the CAF African Nations Championship (CHAN) following their 2-0 loss to South Africa at Lotus Versfeld as the hosts managed to overturn the first leg result to end at 2-1 on aggregate.
Flames went into the match with a 1-nil lead following victory at Bingu National Stadium (BNS) in Lilongwe but failed to hold on to that lead as they conceded their first goal on Sunday just 13 minutes from kickoff.
Victor Letsoalo broke the deadlock as he scored with a powerful left foot finish beating George Chikooka in goals for Flames.
Bafana Bafana captain Neo Maema scored the winner for the home side, scoring from close range as Flames’ defenders failed to clear the ball in the box.
The win means that Bafana Bafana have secured their passage to the African Nations Championship finals scheduled to take place in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda in August 2025.
Malawi National Council of Sports (MNCS) says it is deeply saddened with the death of cricket coach Arjun Menon who was brutally murdered at his house in Blantyre on Saturday night.
Is a statement released on Sunday afternoon, signed by MNC Chief Executive Officer Henry Kamata, the country has lost a dedicated coach and a passionate advocate for the development of cricket in the country.
“His contributions to the sport were immense and far-reaching, playing a pivotal role in the growth and success of the Malawi cricket team on regional and international platforms,” reads the statement in part.
Arjun who was from Singapore began his cricket career at Saint Patrick’s School and went on to represent Singapore at youth level and made senior debut against United Arab Emirates in Malaysia.
He played five senior matches for the Singapore national team before moving to Australia in 1999.
In 2017, the late Arjun led Singapore to a historic Gold Medal win in T20 cricket at the Southeast Asian Games.
Apart from Malawi and Singapore, Arjun also led cricket national teams in Chile, Botswana and Indonesia.
Meanwhile, the MNS has urged law enforcement authorities in the country to investigate Arjun’s murder.
As primary elections continue in MCP, one of the most contentious constituencies of Mzimba Central has spoken in favor of President Lazarus Chakwera’s Advisor on Rural transformation, Adamson Joseph Kuseri Mkandawire
Mkandawire
In a long awaited primary elections, Kuseri Mkandawire got 262 votes against 5 of Vitumbiko Mumba who is the Minister of Trade.
This has brought to an end the long time debate on who is to represent MCP in the constituency.
The elections were held at Katunguwiri school on Sunday, 11th May, 2025.
Listed NBS Bank and Football Association of Malawi (FAM) have announced that the NBS National Division League (NDL) will kick off on May 24 in Mchinji with great optimism that it will improve the country’s football quality.
The Bank’s Chief Operating Officer, Shadrick Chikusilo, and FAM president, Fleetwood Haiya made the announcement jointly during the media kick off session at Mpira Village in Blantyre on Friday.
“We are very excited that this league is kicking off. When the FAM president and his team came to bring us the concept to transform football in Malawi and its significance in terms of our tiers in the football league, plus the impact it will have, we felt that it was a cause that we needed to jump into and assist. We feel it is a good choice that we made to partner with FAM on this transformative agenda.”
“You all know we are a Bank, and once the brand is found everywhere, it becomes so easy to do business, so we will take advantage of the preference of us being everywhere to market our products,” said Chikusilo.
In his remarks, Haiya stated that the NBS Bank NDL will bring more competition to the Super League.
He also announced that the recent FAM executive meeting agreed to raise the subvention for the teams to participate in the NDL to K15 million.
“I thank NBS for helping us ensure these teams receive a subvention initially set at K7.5 million, but has now increased to K15 million. This is just like seed money, it might not be sufficient, but we believe it will provide a solid starting point for the teams to compete and honour all the fixtures,” said Haiya.
NBS Bank injected K982 million into the NDL for three seasons, and will involve 12 teams from the regional football leagues and the three relegated from the Super League. The top three teams in the NDL will qualify for the Super League next season.
The first match will see Villa United host Mitundu Baptist at Mchinji Community Centre Ground.
