Italy-based Malawi women’s football star Tabitha Chawinga has called on journalists in the country to promote women football because it has potential to put Malawi on the world map.
Chawinga,who has just arrived in the country from her base, said this during a press briefing at Bingu International Convention Centre in Lilongwe.
She said: “If the game is well covered in the papers, radio and television, it will attract more sponsorship and more girls will have a platform. There is good future for women football if well exposed. This is turn will help Malawi export more girls to play football in Europe. I am grateful for how you have welcomed me but you should extend same huge coverage to women football.”
National Women’s Football Association chairperson Adelaide Migogo has since called on the corporate world and government to invest more in women soccer.
“Tabitha Chawinga is an example that girls can have a bright future through football. But more money is invested in men’s sport. Look at what she has achieved… Let us support the girls,” said Migogo.