Minister of sports Ulemu Msungama has defended allocation of 9.4 Billion Kwacha for the construction of a swimming pool. The development comes as the ministry has awarded a Chinese company a contract worth K 9.4 Billion to construct the Olympic standard swimming pool and its ancillary structures at Kamuzu Institute of Sports. According to a […]
Malawi is to be represented by three archers at Morocco All Africa Games. Mark Abel and Bizalani Kamtotole the country’s champions, Switzerland-based Areneo David, who won a gold medal at FITA open competition on 23 June in Switzerland, are part of Team Malawi has set for this years All Africa Games from August 19-31 in […]
A group of 110 under-20 athletes from Malawi has yesterday left for Botswana where the African Union Sport Council Region 5 (AUSC Region5) under 20 Youth Games will take place in Gaborone from 7-12 December, 2018. The group has been funded by Malawi National Council of Sports (MNCS), and they have travelled by road. In the […]
Malawi may be a landlocked Sub-Saharan country and officially the world’s poorest, but one swimmer is out to prove Malawi can rise to the occasion. The Good News follows young Malawian swimmer Ammara Pinto, as she overcomes one of the toughest struggles of her life to swim in the 2016 Olympic Games. Ammara is just […]
Malawi Olympic Committee Elective Annual General Assembly is all set for Nkopola Lodge in Mangochi on March 22 with incumbent President Oscar Kanjala expected to retain the post unopposed. Kanjala is the only presidential candidate on the nominated list endorsed by the association’s Judicial Commission, according to a press statement released by MOC Administration Manager, Naomi Chinatu. […]
Minister of Sports Enock Chihana had the luxury of flying to Zone VI tournament in Lusaka, Zambia, but he chose to travel by road to save costs. A reader, only identified as James K, posted on Weekend Times facebook page Tuesday: “I have just seen the minister driving past the border in Mchinji, is he […]
Malawi’s budding swimmer Joyce Tafatatha has broken her personal best record and won her 50m freestyle heat, but failed to reach the semi-final of the 50m free style women’s swimming event at the on-going London Olympic Games. Tafatatha emerged the winner in her heat after clocking 27:74 breaking her personal best record by two seconds. […]
‘Team MW’, Malawi’s representation at the London Olympic games, gets down to business in their respective fields starting this Friday. Team MW comprises Joyce Tafatatha, Mike Tebulo and Ambwene Simkonda, who is based in the United Kingdom. Swimmer Tafatatha is participating in heat four, lane two, at 12 noon Malawi time on Friday. Simukonda will […]
It’s just the first day of the London 2012 Olympics, and the Chinese have started their Shaolin things and currently the lead on the medals table. SWIMMING American swimmer Ryan Lochte dazzled on Day 1 taking gold in the 400m Individual Medley, but it was a disappointing night for Michael Phelps as the eight-time Beijing […]
Chinese shooter Yi Siling won the first gold of the London Olympics on Saturday, while swimmer Michael Phelps barely qualified for his final and Beijing 400-meter champion Park Tae-hwan was disqualified. Top-ranked Yi won the women’s 10-meter air rifle while Sylwia Bogacka of Poland took silver and China’s Yu Dan the bronze. In the swimming […]
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