NYONDO SCORES AGAIN AS WANDERERS REACH CASTEL FINAL

Mighty Mukuru Wanderers has become the first team to reach the 2024 Castel Challenge Cup final after beating Panthers 3-0 at the Kamuzu Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

Forward Clement Nyondo scored his 13th goal of the tournament before Blessings Singini's thunderbolt and Gaddie Chirwa's cool finish sealed the win following an impressive second half display by the team.

Head coach, Bob Mpinganjira, was happy with the win saying it was not an easy thing to beat the lower league side.

"It was a tough game, I said it already that they are good and you could see today they came and held us in the first half then Second half, we pushed hard then we got the goals." Said Mpinganjira.

He further said that the team will keep on fighting in order to find a silverware this season as the Castel Challenge Cup is their only hope for a trophy this season.

The team will face either FCB Nyasa Big Bullets or Mzuzu City Hammers in the final of the to

NOMADS-PANTHERS GAME MARRED BY JUJU BELIEFS

The belief in superstition and Juju resurfaced at the Kamuzu Stadium as Mighty Mukuru Wanderers were seen attacking some other people suspecting them to have kept the Nomads goal for them not to score.

30 minutes into the game, two women wearing the Nomads colours suspected a certain woman to be one of the Panthers traditional doctors and despite others proving to them that she is a Nomads fan, four men came and took him to search her what he carried.

"I started supporting Wanderers when it was Yokohama Wanderers in 1982 so what are they trying to say?" Said the Woman after returning from being searched.

Meanwhile at half time, some supporters were spotted taking a cooler box which was suspected to be the one Panthers is using in order to stop Wanderers from scoring and they broke it before burning it.

The Nomads then went on to score three goals through Clement Nyondo, Blessings Singini and Gaddie Chirwa to seal the win and a place into

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KALIATI NAMED 2024 BEST PLAYER, WANDERERS BEST CLUB

Mighty Mukuru Wanderers midfielder, Isaac Kaliati, has added two accolades at MBC Entertainers of the Year award after being voted as 2024 Player of the year and Sports Personality of the year.

This follows a tremendous effort put in the 2024 season that saw him win 8 man of the match awards to score 17 goals and provide 9 assists in 27 games and win the golden boot this season.

He has however defeated Crispin Mapemba and Chimwemwe Idana for the best player award and he got the best of Frank kandu and Peter Mponda to win the best Sports personality award.

Meanwhile, trophyless Mighty Mukuru Wanderers has been named as the best Football Club in 2024 beating FCB Nyasa Big Bullets and Silver Strikers while Ascent Academy beat FCB Nyasa Big Bullets Women and Ntopwa Super Queens for the best female team award.

In Women's Football, Temwa Chawinga beat her Sister Tabitha for the best female player of the year, Joyce Mvula won the best

NRFA DELIGHTED WITH 2024 NORTH LEAGUE SEASON

Northern Region Football Association has described the 2024 SIMSO - Mzuzu 12 Northern Region Football League as successful and competitive after finishing the it's season on Saturday.

The Association's General Secretary, Masiya Nyasulu, spoke this to the media following the conclusion of the League which Songwe Border United has been crowned the Champions and also been promoted to the TNM Super League.

He said the League went well from the start to end and that the competition was high in the season.

"From the day we launched the League, there has been high competition, at first Jenda United was leading but towards the end, Songwe Border dominated hence we are saying they are the Champions now." He said.

He however said teams that failed to honour their fixtures as a tendency they they think they do not have anything to fight for the last days of the League will be punished as per rules and regulations of the League.