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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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Majority of Afghan team refuse to return after Invictus Games in Australia

4th November, 2018 · admin

1TV: A total of eight athletes and three officials arrived in Sydney on October 18 and were due to depart together on 28th October. However, five athletes and one official didn’t arrive at the city’s airport to fly home with the rest of the team.“One of them actually said when he came and saw the people here

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Posted in Afghan Sports News, Australia-Afghanistan Relations, Refugees and Migrants | Tags: Asylum, Paralympic Games |
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Afghanistan ODI series in Bangladesh confirmed

28th August, 2016 · admin

ESPNCricinfo: Bangladesh and Afghanistan will play their first-ever bilateral ODI series in September, the Afghanistan Cricket Board and BCB confirmed on Sunday. The two sides will play the three-match series on September 25, 28 and October 1 at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur. Click here to read more (external link). Disabled Athlete On His

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Posted in Afghan Women | Tags: Cricket, Paralympic Games |

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