By Edwin Mbewe
LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-Top-flight league team assistant coach died suddenly in Blantyre, Malawi on Thursday, October 3, 2024.
The Football Association of Malawi (FAM) confirmed the death of Chitipa United assistant coach, Gift Mkamanga in a statement.
Mkamanga was found dead in his bedroom in Blantyre where he was attending a CAF B coaching course at the Football Association of Malawi’s village head office.
“Mr Mkamanga was found dead in his room after his friends noticed that he was missing during breakfast.
“His body has been taken to the Kamuzu University of Health Sciences for a postmortem and FAM will give an update once it gets the report”, read the statement.
The coach was set to graduate from the three-month course alongside 23 other participants on October 18.
Chitipa United who are based in the Northern part of Malawi are sitting on position 13 in the 16-member league.