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Afghan para-swimming sensation scoops gold for first time as American citizen

9th April, 2022 · admin

Ariana: Abbas Karami who was recently granted US citizenship after leaving Afghanistan in 2016, scooped his first gold as an American citizen in the men’s 50-meter butterfly S1-S7 in the Indianapolis 2022 Para Swimming World Series on Friday. Click here to read more (external link). Other Sports News  Rashid Khan embarks on new innings, launches

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Posted in Afghan Sports News | Tags: Abbas Karimi, Paralympic athletes, Rashid Khan, Swimming |
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IOC Chief Says All Afghan Olympians Have Left The Country

8th September, 2021 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 8, 2021 International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has said that all of the Afghan national athletes from last month’s Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics are “outside the country,” as international concerns mount over hard-line Taliban rule in Afghanistan. “All athletes who participated at the Olympic and Paralympic Games at

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Posted in Afghan Sports News, Refugees and Migrants | Tags: Escape from the Taliban, Olympics, Paralympic athletes, Paralympic Games, Special Olympics |
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Two Afghan Athletes Arrive In Tokyo To Compete In Paralympics

29th August, 2021 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 28, 2021 Afghanistan’s two Paralympic athletes have arrived in the athletes’ village in Tokyo and will compete next week in their events, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said on August 28. The two-person team of Zakia Khudadadi, a tae kwon do athlete, and Hossain Rasouli, a track athlete, flew from

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Posted in Afghan Sports News, Afghan Women | Tags: disabled, Hossain Rasouli, Life under Taliban rule, Paralympic athletes, Paralympic Games, running, Taekwondo, Zakia Khudadadi |
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Azizullah Fazli returns as Afghanistan Cricket Board chairman

23rd August, 2021 · admin

Cricinfo: Azizullah Fazli is the new chairman of the Afghanistan Cricket Board. His appointment is the first major cricketing development in the country since the Taliban’s takeover of the political reins following the withdrawal of western troops and the collapse of the elected government. Click here to read more (external link). Other Afghan Sports News 

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Posted in Afghan Sports News, Afghan Women, Taliban | Tags: Afghanistan Cricket Board, Cricket, Paralympic athletes, Paralympic Games, wheelchair basketball |
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She was supposed to be Afghanistan’s first female Paralympian. Now, the Taliban has turned her dream into a “nightmare.”

19th August, 2021 · admin

CBS News: Afghan taekwondo athlete Zakia Khudadadi was supposed to be on her way to the Tokyo Paralympics and become her country’s first ever female participant in the Games. Instead, as the Taliban have taken control of Afghanistan, the 23-year-old tells CBS News she and her family are living a “nightmare.” Click here to read

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Posted in Afghan Sports News, Afghan Women, Taliban | Tags: Football (Soccer), Khalida Popal, Life under Taliban rule, Paralympic athletes, Paralympic Games, Taekwondo, Women's football |
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Afghanistan, Pakistan in talks for T20, ODI series in August/September: report

23rd May, 2021 · admin

1TV: Afghanistan will host Pakistan for a series of three T20s and three ODIs to be held in the UAE in August and September, a Pakistani media outlet reported on Sunday. The cricket boards of the two countries are discussing the series, Geo News reported. Click here to read more (external link). More Sports News

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Posted in Afghan Sports News, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Cricket, Kung Fu, Paralympic athletes, Rashid Khan, Taekwondo |
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Afghan swimmer makes waves in World Para Series in Texas

17th April, 2021 · admin

Ariana: Afghan swimmer Abbas Karimi won a silver medal at the World Para Swimming Series tournament in Texas on Friday evening in the men’s 50m butterfly S5 category. The Afghan-born swimmer is competing as part of his bid to get into the Refugee Para Athletes Team for the Tokyo Olympics. Click here to read more

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Posted in Afghan Sports News | Tags: Abbas Karimi, disabled, Paralympic athletes, Swimming |
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Afghan migrant makes waves despite being born without arms

27th November, 2020 · admin · 3 Comments

Ariana: Abbas Karimi, a 23-year-old Afghan refugee born without arms is showing the world that determination and perseverance does pay off as he proudly prepares for next year’s Paralympic swimming events in Tokyo. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Afghan Sports News | Tags: Abbas Karimi, Paralympic athletes, Swimming |
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Herat Paralympic Athletes Need Regulation Wheelchairs

24th July, 2020 · admin

Tolo News: A group of Paralympic athletes in the western province of Herat claim their progress has been affected by government inattention, saying a lack of standard equipment and playing areas hinders them from joining overseas competitions. Chess, wheelchair basketball, volleyball, powerlifting, badminton and futsal are the main sports practiced by the Paralympic athletes in

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Posted in Afghan Sports News | Tags: disabled, Herat, Paralympic athletes |

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