{"id":72935,"date":"2019-01-08T09:23:05","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T07:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/?p=72935"},"modified":"2019-01-08T09:23:05","modified_gmt":"2019-01-08T07:23:05","slug":"robert-ngambi-leopard-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/2019\/01\/08\/robert-ngambi-leopard-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Ng\u2019ambi Leopard again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>By Williams Gondwa: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/robert-ngambi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-69775\" src=\"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/robert-ngambi-300x134.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/robert-ngambi-300x134.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/robert-ngambi-768x342.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/robert-ngambi.jpg 820w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Malawi national football team seasoned midfielder Robert Ng\u2019ambi is set to make a competitive return to action at South Africa Premier Soccer League side Black Leopards this weekend after sealing a six-month deal.<\/p>\n<p>Ng\u2019ambi has been without a club since his contract expired last season at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.times.mw\/robert-ngambis-south-african-club-relegated\/\">relegated Platinum Stars<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The former Nyasa Big Bullets midfielder, who was also linked with a move to Cyprus, said he is happy to return to Leopards where he spent close to five years before moving to Stars.<\/p>\n<p>Ng\u2019ambi said he rejoined Leopards for six months with the option of extending his contract during the next transfer window in June.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI am working on regaining full fitness after spending four months without kicking the ball due to my injury. I am getting there and all is well. I have been here before and I know the culture of Leopards.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI expect to be in action this weekend because my doctor has declared me fit. I am looking forward to returning on a high although it will not be easy. The team has many good players and I need to work hard to find myself a place in the starting lineup,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>On his move to Cyprus, Ng\u2019ambi said the door was not closed yet.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI told the clubs which wanted to sign me to wait until I am physically fit. After sustaining the injury, it was hard to continue staying in Cyprus. So I just need to get my game back on track and see what happens next,\u201d<\/em> Ng\u2019ambi added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ng\u2019ambi was not part of the Flames squad during Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers in September and October last year due to the injury.<\/p>\n<p>His immediate task will be to help Leopards improve their position in the league where they lie 12th with 16 points from 15 matches.<\/p>\n<p>Ng\u2019ambi watched from the bench on Saturday as Leopards beat Baroka FC 2-1 in a Limpopo derby.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Williams Gondwa: Malawi national football team seasoned midfielder Robert Ng\u2019ambi is set to make a competitive return to action at South Africa Premier Soccer League side Black Leopards this weekend after sealing a six-month deal. Ng\u2019ambi has been without a club since his contract expired last season at relegated Platinum Stars. The former Nyasa [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72935","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=72935"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72945,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72935\/revisions\/72945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}