{"id":49825,"date":"2017-07-07T12:31:09","date_gmt":"2017-07-07T10:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/?p=49825"},"modified":"2017-07-07T12:41:55","modified_gmt":"2017-07-07T10:41:55","slug":"tnm-aam-challenge-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/2017\/07\/07\/tnm-aam-challenge-athletes\/","title":{"rendered":"TNM, AAM challenge athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TNM and Athletics Association of Malawi (AAM) have challenged athletes to break records for this year\u2019s Mount Mulanje Porters Race set for tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>The annual event attracts local and international athletes who brave chilly weather and the rough terrain around the mountain.<\/p>\n<p>TNM Chief Officer\u2014 Consumer Services, Daniel Makata, said they were hoping that athletes would be motivated to set new records.<\/p>\n<p>He said TNM had pumped K5 million into the competition in line with the company\u2019s commitment to develop all sports discipline and promote tourism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a Malawian brand, we are committed to the development of all sporting disciplines in the country. Aside being the long term sponsor of the Super League, we have been sponsoring golf, cricket and triathlon,\u201d Makata said.<\/p>\n<p>AAM President, Godfrey Phiri, said: \u201cThrough this event, we have identified a number of athletes, so we will be there to scout for talent. I, therefore, urge athletes to set new records.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TNM and Athletics Association of Malawi (AAM) have challenged athletes to break records for this year\u2019s Mount Mulanje Porters Race set for tomorrow. The annual event attracts local and international athletes who brave chilly weather and the rough terrain around the mountain. TNM Chief Officer\u2014 Consumer Services, Daniel Makata, said they were hoping that athletes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":49836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49825"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49828,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49825\/revisions\/49828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}