The issue of juju beliefs reared its ugly head again last Saturday when Big Bullets refused to use the dressing rooms at Civo Stadium during their encounter with Civo United.

A controversial Facebook page called TNM Super League (Pompo Pompo 3 points) has stirred wasp hornet because of its members' stinging personal attacks on sports personalities.

Barely few days after finishing third in a highly competitive 'Mr. Malawi' body-building contest in Blantyre, Yasin 'Ichocho' Suwedi has been arrested by the police for assault.

Trouble is brewing at Blue Eagles where players are demanding the immediate payment of their Carlsberg Cup bonuses from the club.

National team coach Kinnah Phiri is expected to work on the weaknesses pointed out in the year 2012 if the performance of the Flames is to improve.

Aging pugilist Perpetual Mkandawire refuses to throw in the towel; he is back on Sunday featur¬ing in the main supporting bout on the undercard of Alick Mwenda and Silas Mandeya bill.

SuperSport's Soccer Africa anchor and football analyst Thomas Mlambo has praised Flames defender Limbikani Mzava after a splendid performance for Bloemfontein Celtic against Orlando Pirates last Sunday.

Former Moyale Barracks stopper Charles Sikwewa, who is also known in football circles as Chenga, became a babysitter earlier this week after his wife dumped him and their one-year old child apparently for another man.

Nomads executive member Elea Mbale Sikwese has accused Nomads chairperson Rashid Rashy Gaffar of  dictatorial tendencies that have led to low patronage and membership at the once flamboyant Wanderers  Club.

Players, coaches and officials who make statements on social networks like Facebook and Twitter that can put football into disre¬pute face stiff punishment, Super League of Malawi(Sulom) has warned.

The sports fraternity has questioned the circumstances surrounding the closure of Kamuzu Stadium in Blan¬tyre saying the Minister of Sports, Youth and Culture Enock Chihana must slow down.

Fanuel Nkhono, chairperson for one of Malawi's leading football clubs, Escom United says the club is happy with its caretaker coaches as the team marched through three consecutive matches without a loss.

One of the most followed football clubs in Malawi, Mighty Wanderers, who are now without a coach, say they are not desperate to find one and their fans should not panic about this.

Super League of Malawi (Sulom) says it is revising the way gate collections from matches are shared in a bid to maximize profits for clubs which are complaining that they are being robbed by service providers who get a gargantuan share than the clubs. The issue came to the fore after the high-priced Blantyre derby between Big Bullets and Mighty Wanderers glossed K4.4 million kwacha but, after giving service providers their entitlements, the clubs only got a paltry K800,000 each.

Super League of Malawi (Sulom) has moved a step further in en¬suring that football players are protected against exploitation and has reminded clubs that players without contracts are free agents.

Flames performances at the Kamuzu Stadium have been hor¬rible but sanitation at this sports facility is not any better forcing women to expose their nakedness in front of male spectators during football matches, The Weekend Times can reveal.

Seasoned football analyst Charles Nyirenda has tipped the Flames to capitalise on Chad's vulnerable de¬fence to win the match Saturday and qualify to the next stage of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations to be staged in South Africa.

It was 75 minutes on the clock last Saturday when a near-obese man in a red puma jersey left his seat and started warming up amid cheers from a crowd subdued in their seats the whole afternoon.

Cash strapped teams in the top flight league have described Kuku Matches offer to sponsor football in the country as a big joke.

A lot of hype was created ahead of the long awaited Fellowship Association of Malawi (Fama) trophy final at Civo Stadium in Lilongwe last Saturday which saw Blue Eagles triumph over Big Bullets through post match penalties.