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- Sports_in_Malawi abstract "Sports in Malawi have been shaped by its history as a colony in the old British Empire, the most popular sports coming from Britain.Football is the most popular sport in Malawi. It is played by boys at all levels from makeshift village playfields to prep school league competition. Malawi fields a national football team. Netball has long been a popular sport for schoolgirls. Malawi is a full member of the International Federation of Netball Associations, and is currently ranked fifth internationally. The Malawi national netball team has put Malawi on the African map, qualifying for and coming first in regional tournaments such as the COSANA tournament. Malawi have competed at two Netball World Championships, and one Commonwealth Games. At the 2007 Netball World Championships, Malawi finished fifth beating strong teams such as Wales, Cooks Islands, and South Africa. In post-colonial Malawi, other sports have been introduced into the schools. Volleyball and basketball have taken hold, principally through the efforts of Peace Corps Volunteers from the USA in the mid 1960s. The African Bible College has further contributed to the growth of basketball, by bringing professionals from USA to hold coaching clinics and also sending some of the best players to the USA.Athletics and cross-country running have also been developing since Malawian independence. A pioneer in the systematic training of talented young runners is Dr. Harold Salmon, a Peace Corps Volunteer who served in Malawi from 1966-1968. From the year 2000, there has been an improvement in the quality of athletes, the most notable of whom is Catherine Chikwakwa, now based in Germany. There are other runners from the University of Malawi and the Army who have shown significant progress.Smartex Tambala represented Malawi at the Olympic Games in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain. He competed in the Marathon road race.Cricket has started growing in Malawi. There is already the Malawi national cricket team and interest is growing at grass roots level.Rugby union in Malawi is a minor sport, but has a long history.Other sporting fields like tennis and squash have recently started gaining popularity, largely owing to the exposure that Malawians are getting to these sports through TV. The Squash team participated in the 2006 Commonwealth Games.Korfball is a new initiative to Malawi and the mixed element of this sport shall bring new qualities into the Malawian sport communities.".
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- Sports_in_Malawi wikiPageWikiLink 2006_Commonwealth_Games.
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- Sports_in_Malawi wikiPageWikiLink Catherine_Chikwakwa.
- Sports_in_Malawi wikiPageWikiLink Commonwealth_Games.
- Sports_in_Malawi wikiPageWikiLink Cricket.
- Sports_in_Malawi wikiPageWikiLink Cross-country_running.
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- Sports_in_Malawi wikiPageWikiLink International_Netball_Federation.
- Sports_in_Malawi wikiPageWikiLink Korfball.
- Sports_in_Malawi wikiPageWikiLink Malawi.
- Sports_in_Malawi wikiPageWikiLink Malawi_at_the_Olympics.
- Sports_in_Malawi wikiPageWikiLink Malawi_national_cricket_team.
- Sports_in_Malawi wikiPageWikiLink Malawi_national_football_team.
- Sports_in_Malawi wikiPageWikiLink Malawi_national_netball_team.
- Sports_in_Malawi wikiPageWikiLink Marathon.
- Sports_in_Malawi wikiPageWikiLink Netball_World_Championships.
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- Sports_in_Malawi wikiPageWikiLink Olympic_Games.
- Sports_in_Malawi wikiPageWikiLink Peace_Corps.
- Sports_in_Malawi wikiPageWikiLink Rugby_union_in_Malawi.
- Sports_in_Malawi wikiPageWikiLink Sport_of_athletics.
- Sports_in_Malawi wikiPageWikiLink Squash_(sport).
- Sports_in_Malawi wikiPageWikiLink Tennis.
- Sports_in_Malawi wikiPageWikiLink Volleyball.
- Sports_in_Malawi wikiPageWikiLinkText "Sports in Malawi".
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- Sports_in_Malawi subject Category:Sport_in_Malawi.
- Sports_in_Malawi comment "Sports in Malawi have been shaped by its history as a colony in the old British Empire, the most popular sports coming from Britain.Football is the most popular sport in Malawi. It is played by boys at all levels from makeshift village playfields to prep school league competition. Malawi fields a national football team. Netball has long been a popular sport for schoolgirls.".
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