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Profile of Abbas Karimi, swim champion

29th November, 2018 · admin · Leave a comment
Posted in Afghan Sports News | Tags: Abbas Karimi, hero, Swimming |
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Ghazni Women To Get New Gymnasium

5th August, 2018 · admin · Leave a comment

Tolo News: The project, that will cost about 18 million AFs, will be the first of its kind for women in the province.  According to the provincial governor Waheedullah Kalimzai, who was attending the ground-breaking ceremony, the project would be funded by the Women’s Affairs Ministry. Click here to read more (external link). Other Sports News

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Posted in Afghan Sports News, Afghan Women, Reconstruction and Development | Tags: Ghazni, Swimming |
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Disabled Swimmer Wins Gold For Afghanistan In The US

21st April, 2018 · admin · Leave a comment

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

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Posted in Afghan Sports News | Tags: Abbas Karimi, disabled, Parwan, Swimming |
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Afghanistan to Send First Swimmers to FINA World Championships

14th July, 2017 · admin · Leave a comment

Swimswam: For the first time in its country’s history, Afghanistan has swimmers registered to compete at the FINA World Championships. The Afghanistan National Swimming Federation registered two swimmers, Mohammad Ebrahim Rajabi and Hamid Rahmi, for the upcoming FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Click here to read more (external link). Other Sports News Afghan Soldiers Preparing

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Posted in Afghan Sports News | Tags: Swimming |
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Disabled Afghan Swimmer Wins 2 Gold Medals At World Series

12th June, 2017 · admin · Leave a comment

Tolo News: Abbas Karimi, an 18-year-old disabled Afghan swimmer, has won two gold medals at the U.S Indianapolis Para Swimming World Series. He is the first Afghan to qualify for the 2017 World Para Swimming Championships in Mexico which will be held later this year. Karimi, who was born without arms, is now through to the Mexico championships after he won

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Posted in Afghan Sports News | Tags: Cricket, disabled, Swimming |
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Afghanistan’s women swimmers defy terror threats for Olympic dream

29th March, 2017 · admin · Leave a comment

AFP:  There are just 30 pools in Afghanistan, only one which welcomes girls — and it is facing militant threats for doing so. Nevertheless a handful are diving in, pioneers racing to achieve Olympic glory in Tokyo. The story of the 25-year-old coach and head of the newly created Women’s Swimming Committee, Elena Saboori, epitomises the struggle

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Posted in Afghan Sports News, Afghan Women | Tags: Football, Olympics, Soccer, Swimming |

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