Parly Chinyama, a football analyst who has been following the growth of women’s football in Malawi, said that despite their determination the sisters faced many challenges to reach international status.
Tabitha and Temwa Chawinga’s rise to international football stardom began on the humble, dusty football pitches of Rumphi, a district in northern Malawi.
Their talent was first spotted by the late David Dube, a local coach who used to run a women’s football club called DD Sunshine (now Silver Strikers Women), where Andrew Chikhosi worked.
The prize money is modest – the winners of the top flight gets 9m MWK (about £4,000) – and the FAM competitions and communications director, Gomezgani Zakazaka, says: “Women’s football only got organised as a game around 2009 and we are still developing the game.
How Tabitha and Temwa fought preconceptions in Malawi to make it to the top of women’s football.
