{"id":52465,"date":"2023-11-14T19:38:11","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T19:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/tabitha-chawinga-nominated-for-african-woman-in-sport-award"},"modified":"2023-11-14T19:52:06","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T19:52:06","slug":"tabitha-chawinga-nominated-for-african-woman-in-sport-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/tabitha-chawinga-nominated-for-african-woman-in-sport-award","title":{"rendered":"Tabitha Chawinga nominated for African Woman in Sport Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Malawi National Women\u2019s Football Team player Tabitha Chawinga has been nominated for World African Woman in Sport Award. The award by South Africa-based gsport.co.za. seeks to honour a woman who is impacting sport in Africa, and going the extra mile to raise the profile of women\u2019s sport on the African continent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTabitha Chawinga, the Malawian Footballer, made history as the First African player to secure the 2023 Italian Serie A Women\u2019s Golden Boot Award.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer remarkable achievement, driven by her 23 goals for Inter Milan Woman in the 2022\/2023 season, showcases her prowess and dedication to the sport,\u201d reads an entry on the website.<\/p>\n<p>For the award, Chawinga, who plays in China, is competing with Faith Kipyegon, a popular Kenyan middle- and long-distance runner who holds the 1500m, 5000m World Records, and the Women\u2019s Mile Record.<\/p>\n<p>Another nominee is Akhona Makalima, an International Football Referee who officiated at the 2023 FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup and for prestigious leagues like the Premier Soccer League and SAFA Women\u2019s League in South Africa. Meanwhile, Chawinga, through her Facebook page, has called for people to vote for her.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\">Malawi<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. Malawi National Women\u2019s Football Team player Tabitha Chawinga has been nominated for World African Woman in Sport Award. The award by South Africa-based gsport.co.za. seeks to honour a woman who is impacting sport in Africa, and going the extra mile to raise the profile of women\u2019s sport on the African continent. \u201cTabitha [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":52464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[233,371,368,171,125,234,258,1121],"class_list":["post-52465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-malawi","tag-awards","tag-china","tag-football","tag-malawi","tag-south-africa","tag-tabitha-chawinga"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tabitha Chawinga nominated for African Woman in Sport Award - Malawi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Malawi National Women\u2019s Football Team player Tabitha Chawinga has been nominated for World African Woman in Sport Award. ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/tabitha-chawinga-nominated-for-african-woman-in-sport-award\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tabitha Chawinga nominated for African Woman in Sport Award\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Malawi National Women\u2019s Football Team player Tabitha Chawinga has been nominated for World African Woman in Sport Award. ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/tabitha-chawinga-nominated-for-african-woman-in-sport-award\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Malawi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-14T19:38:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-14T19:52:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/11\/sm_1699978775.193516.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/tabitha-chawinga-nominated-for-african-woman-in-sport-award#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/tabitha-chawinga-nominated-for-african-woman-in-sport-award\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Tabitha Chawinga nominated for African Woman in Sport Award\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-14T19:38:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-14T19:52:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/tabitha-chawinga-nominated-for-african-woman-in-sport-award\"},\"wordCount\":209,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/tabitha-chawinga-nominated-for-african-woman-in-sport-award#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2023\/11\/sm_1699978775.193516.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Malawi\",\"Awards\",\"CHINA\",\"football\",\"Malawi\",\"South Africa\",\"Tabitha Chawinga\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/tabitha-chawinga-nominated-for-african-woman-in-sport-award#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/tabitha-chawinga-nominated-for-african-woman-in-sport-award\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/tabitha-chawinga-nominated-for-african-woman-in-sport-award\",\"name\":\"Tabitha Chawinga nominated for African Woman in Sport Award - 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