Ariana: Farzad Mansouri, the Afghan national taekwondo athlete, was beaten on Tuesday morning by his Korean rival, and he missed to fight for the bronze medal following IN Kyo Don’s defeat. Click here to read more (external link). More Sports News ‘We’re so proud of her’: Afghanistan’s gutsy female cyclists ready to cheer on Ali
Ariana: The Afghanistan national football team’s tournaments for the qualifying games for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and the 2023 AFC Asian Cup in China have been rescheduled. Click here to read more (external link). Other Sports News Cycling Race in Bamiyan Marks World Environment Day
Ariana: The second cross-country cycling tournament was held in Bamyan province on Friday. 27 cyclists including eight girls from the capital Kabul and Bamyan provinces took part in the competition. The competitors pedaled a distance of 14 kilometer in the central Bamyan province of Afghanistan, for one-day. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: The first warmup match of the ICC World Cup 2019 between Afghanistan and Pakistan saw the Afghan team register a three-wicket win after what was a disappointing performance from Sarfaraz Ahmed’s men. Every team is due to play two warm-up matches before the World Cup begins on May 30. Click here to read more (external
1TV: Defending champions Afghanistan defeated UAE by five wickets in their first match of Under-19 Asia Cup in Bangladesh on Saturday. The tournament involves eight teams in two groups. Afghanistan are in Group A along with India, Nepal and UAE. Group B includes Bangladesh, Hong Kong, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Afghanistan will face Nepal in their next
VOA News | June 29, 2018: Since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001, women in Afghanistan have broken many taboos in the ultra-conservative, male dominated society. Sport is just one of the fields in which women are now actively participating. VOA’s Hedayatullah Noori recently spoke with the country’s first female paraglider [Lida Hozori] and
1TV: Afghanistan defeated Zimbabwe by 10 wickets in the fourth ODI in Sharjah on Friday to seal five-match series win. With the win, Afghanistan took 3-1 lead series in the five match series, which they won. Before the one-day series, Afghanistan claimed 2-0 win in T20 series against the side. The sides will play their last ODI
Tolo News: Two cyclists from Afghanistan Cycling Federation on Tuesday set off from Kabul for northern Balkh province to carry peace messages to anti-government groups. The two cyclists said the aim of their journey is to carry messages of peace but also to promote cycling in the country. Click here to read more (external link). Other Sports News Ten Afghans to go under the
Tolo News: A Mountain biking race was held in Herat province in the west on Friday in which 24 cyclists from four teams participated. The cyclists paddled 25 kilometers in Herat mountains in the north of province. Abdullah Asim got the first position in the competition. Click here to read more (external link). Other Sports News
Tolo News: Two Afghan sisters Masouma Alizada and Zahra Alizada have been bought by a French cycling club in Albi, France, following their tremendous performance in a French tour last year. The cyclists joined the French club after a year of negotiations between their family and the Afghanistan Cycling Federation. The two have chosen to live