U-17 CAF Youth Championship: Malawi's Under-17 national football team came from behind to beat Botswana 2-1 in the Confederation of African Football (Caf) Youth Championship first leg match played at Silver Stadium on Saturday before a misery crowd supporters.

The Black Stars of Ghana on Saturday beat the Flames by two goals to nil in the first leg of the final Cup of Nations qualifier at the Accra Sports Stadium. Malawi finished the match with 10 men after central defender James Sangala was shown a red card 11 minutes before the end of the match.

BIG Bullets ended an excruciat¬ing eight-year wait for silverware Saturday when they dethroned domestic cup kings Moyale FC in the Presidential Cup final played at a jam-packed Civo Stadium in Lilongwe.

Malawi's Central Region Youth Football Committee (CRYFC) has said it is impressed with the FMB U-20 national league's contribution to the Under-17 national team.

Beach Soccer Malawi has plans to establish a national beach soccer team by December despite financial challenges that have dogged the sport.

Champions of Malawi's K20 million Carlsberg Cup, which kicked off Saturday at regional levels, will pocket K7 million.

The Ministry of Youths and Sports has barred Kamuzu Stadium from hosting sporting activities pending an inspection of the facility by engineers.

Airtel has sent two schools football teams to Kenya that emerged champions in the recently ended Airtel Rising Star (ARS) football championships in Malawi.

Big Bullets red-hot striker Gabadinho Mhango on Saturday scored three times to boot out Blantyre United from the Standard Bank Knockout Cup at Blantyre's Kamuzu Stadium in the southern city of Malawi.

It was a question of 'short in stature, but not short at heart' when the Malawi Netball team took to the Heartfelt Arena against the gangling Proteas of South Africa during the finals of the four-nation Netball Diamond Challenge 2012 in South Africa.

Presidential Wom¬en's football cup finals will involve only re¬gional champions this year in sharp contrast to last year's inaugural competition which pooled eight teams.

Big Bullets FC have dangled the carrot offering players an attractive 50 percent cut from the K10 million grand prize should they win the Presidential Cup.

The future of the Malawi's Chipiku Lilongwe and District Football League (LDFL) outfit Salima Town Hammers looks bleak following the withdrawal of the sponsorship by a Burundian national. 

The side's chairperson Heston Mulli said the sponsor Manuel Mvula informed them that he could no longer continue bankrolling the side due to financial constraints.

He said the development could force the lakeshore district based team to disband if well wishers do not come to their rescue.

"We are not sure if we will participate in this year's season because of the withdrawal of the sponsorship. This is why we would like to take this opportunity to appeal to well wishers to support us," Mulli said.

The team had a fairly wonderful performance last season as it finished on position seven on the log table.

Mulli said the money which they earn from gate collections during home matches was not enough to sustain the club.

"The money which we earn from the gate fee is not enough to sustain the team because we have many players from other districts that require accommodation and food," he said.

However, he said they were keeping their fingers crossed that they would find sponsorship by the beginning of the new season. 

The new season, to be sponsored to the tune of K5 million is expected to start towards the end of the month.

The current TNM Super League top goal scorer Vincent Chinthenga is this afternoon expected to spearhead Bvumbwe Research's fight for revenge against Bullets FC at Kamuzu Stadium in the Presidential Cup quarterfinal. Chinthenga says he is under no pressure for today's game.

The Flames added the icing on the cake for Malawi's 48 Independence Celebration when they defeated the reigning Africa Champions Zambia's Chipolopolo 1-0 at Kamuzu Stadium.

The Sunday Times followed the international friendly match and assessed how the Malawi national football team players faired.

The African kings, Zambia's Chipolopolo boys, have conceded the 1-0 defeat to their neighbours and long time rivals Malawi's Flames at Kamuzu Stadium on Friday at the climax of the hosts' Independence Day Celebrations.

Southern Region Football League Premier League side Chikhwawa United dented Blues Eagles' reputation  as cup kings with a 2-0 victory at Kalulu Stadium Saturday in the Presidential Cup.

If football has a god, then Ma¬lawi needs to thank him for saving the team from the jaws of defeat against Nigeria's Super Eagles Saturday at Kamuzu Sta¬dium in a World Cup qualifier that was full of high-blood-pressure-inducing drama.

Former Big Bullets forward Majid Sanudi is admitted at Queen Elizaberth Central Hospital after he was involved in an accident at Stella Maris in Blantyre on Friday.

Pharmanova Lim¬ited has offered the country's only profes¬sional boxer Agnes Mtimau¬kanena a one-year sponsor¬ship of K1.2 million.