Malawi Sports Governance: Lawyer Criticizes Football Chief's Exit

Malawi's women's football has been rocked by a blazing scandal, after Women's Football Association boss Adelaide Migogo flew home mid-tournament -- just as the Scorchers smashed their way into the WAFCON quarter-finals. The country erupted in disbelief as top sports officials, lawyers and furious fans piled pressure on Migogo to get back on the next plane and stand with the team she leads. Sports Council chair Dr Sunduzwayo Madise lit the fuse, blasting the decision as "not rocket science" and warning the optics were "not looking good" as the Scorchers marched into knockout stages without their top administrator on the ground. Lawyer Khumbo Soko then torched the situation, calling it a "self-made PR crisis" and insisting Migogo could have stayed at her own expense if she truly wanted to support the team Follow us on WhatsApp | LinkedIn for the latest headlines ."The optics are just ridiculously bad," he said, accusing her of abandoning the squad at the moment they needed leadership most. Fan Temwanani Mughogho went even harder -- publicly demanding Migogo return to Morocco immediately, questioning why hotel-support staff remained with the team while the president of women's football boarded a flight home. "It does not make sense at all," he wrote. "Mwini team ya amayi ndiinuyo." A social-media defence claiming Migogo left under a prior agreement with FAM president Fleetwood Haiya has done little to calm the storm -- especially after the Scorchers qualified for the World Cup after the delegation had already departed. Critics warn the fiasco is now overshadowing Malawi's greatest women's football achievement ever, with calls for Minister of Gender and the Sports Council to intervene before the row spirals further. Read the original article on Nyasa Times . AllAfrica publishes around 600 reports a day from more than 90 news organizations and over 500 other institutions and individuals , representing a diversity of positions on every topic. We publish news and views ranging from vigorous opponents of governments to government publications and spokespersons. Publishers named above each report are responsible for their own content, which AllAfrica does not have the legal right to edit or correct. Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica . To address comments or complaints, please Contact us . AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing 600 news and information items daily from over 90 African news organizations and our own reporters to an African and global public. We operate from Cape Town, Dakar, Abuja, Johannesburg, Nairobi and Washington DC. Get the latest in African news delivered straight to your inbox By submitting above, you agree to our privacy policy . We need to confirm your email address. To complete the process, please follow the instructions in the email we just sent you. There was a problem processing your submission. Please try again later.