Abdullah Qazi AOPNEWS | April 21, 2018 Tonight in Atlantic City, New Jersey (USA), in a welterweight showdown, Afghan Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter Siyar Bahadurzada defeated Brazilian fighter Luan Chagas in round 2 via knock out. Bahadurzada threw a devastating kick to Chagas’ body, which stunned him badly, and then Bahadurzada followed up with
Tolo News: Abbas Karimi, an 18-year-old Afghan swimmer, took gold in his category in the 50m backstroke on Friday night at the World Para Swimming Series in Indianapolis in the United States on Friday. The swimmer, from Parwan province, scooped two gold medals at last year’s World Para Swimming Series in the US. Click here to
Tolo News: The selection committee of Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) on Friday announced a list of young who will attend a two-week training camp in India. The ACB will select best players from the 21 young cricketers for the national team. According to ACB, 22 members of the national team will also join the young players
Hindustan Times: Bangladesh will now take on Afghanistan in a three-match T20 series instead of a proposed ODI series as part of their preparations for the 2020 ICC World T20. The decision to replace the ODI series with T20s was taken during the third meeting of board directors of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) in Mirpur. During the
Ron Synovitz Malali Bashir Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty April 18, 2018 KABUL — Ogai Wardak was a 12-year-old cricket fan in Kabul when she learned the Afghan Cricket Board had quietly disbanded the country’s fledgling national women’s team in 2014. The sport’s governing body in Afghanistan said at the time that “social pressure” and “insecurity”
The Nation (Pakistan): Two weeks after his Man-of-the-Match performance in the final of the World Cup Qualifier, Afghanistan’s Mohammad Shahzad has been asked by the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) to reside permanently in Afghanistan or risk having his contract terminated. Shahzad currently resides in Peshawar, Pakistan. He has also been fined AFN 300,000 (44000 approx) for
Cricbuzz: Bangladesh were set to play a three-match ODI series against Afghanistan in India’s Dehradun in June as per the earlier arrangement but since they will be playing a full series against West Indies following the Afghanistan series, BCB is looking to play at a venue that’s comfortable for travelling. Click here to read more (external link). Other
Tolo News: Yelling commands and lunging for the ball on the balding astro turf, Khalida Popal drilled the team of nine Mexican teenage girls through soccer training, weeks before they jet off to Russia for the World Cup – the street children’s version. For Popal, former captain of the Afghan women’s football team, soccer can open
1TV: Afghanistan Olympic Committee on Thursday elected Hafeez Wali Rahimi as its new president. The vote was held under the supervision of a senior delegation from Olympic Council of Asia in Kabul. Meanwhile, Afghanistan Olympic Committee elected also Bawar Hotak as first deputy and Robina Jalali as second deputy on women’s affairs. Click here to read more
Cochrane Eagle: In the winter of 2016 /17, the NGO Free to Run started a very unique project in Bamyan, a town located in the foothills of the Hindu Kush Mountains, in Afghanistan. In partnership with the Canadian Embassy in Afghanistan and the Conservation Organization for Afghan Mountain Areas (COAM), they facilitated the construction of a