There had been fears among the governing body Cosafa that the deal would not be renewed.
"It is true we have extended the sponsorship agreement for the Cosafa Castle Cup until 2011," Cosafa general secretary Ashfod Mamelodi told local newspapers. "The competition is in its 10th edition and the new deal will take to a total of 15 years and we have every reason to smile," Mamelodi said. Football Association of Malawi (Fam), which is one of the 13 member associations, described the announcement as cause for a big sigh of relief especially coming from a background where the future looked very uncertain.
"Not long ago there were fears that SAB would pull out sponsorship because it was deemed to be costly," Fam president Walter Nyamilandu was cited by the newspaper as saying.
