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There is a buzz of excitement in Malawi football circles, as the inaugural Women’s National Football League kicks off on Saturday (29 May 2021).
Twenty-four (24) teams from across the Southern African country will take part in the league that lasts until September 2021, Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has
FAM Women’s League kick off Saturday
After a year-long absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic Women’s football returns with the kickoff of the FAM Women’s League this Saturday, FAM website reported. About 24 teams will take part in the competition which is divided into two phases. The first phase will be a Regional championship involving eight teams per region who will play in a round robin format on home and away basis.
Then a national championship will follow drawing together the top three teams from each Region.
National Women’s Football Association General Secretary Linah Mtegha said the association is looking forward to a competitive season.
February 8, 2021 Phillip Pasula-Nyasa Times 1 Comment
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.
DD Sunshine players celebrating their success
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 on Sports (PIS) in women’s football and champions of the Central Region Women’s Football League as well.
The team has been heavily relying on financial support from China based Tabitha Chawinga for almost five years now. Tabitha together with her sister Temwa had their talent identified, groomed and nurtured by DD Sunshine as a club before they were exported. They both ply their trade in China and are key players for the Malawi Women’s National Team, nicknamed The Scorchers.
February 4, 2021 Phillip Pasula-Nyasa Times 2 Comments
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.
Asimenye Melody Simwaka
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 what she was being offered and declined to sign a one-year contract with the club.
She scored six goals in two games during the trials and the club could not resist roping her into their squad but Simwaka had to think critically on the matter.