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
AA: Turkey’s state-run aid agency delivered sports and office equipment to the Herat Paralympic Federation in western Afghanistan on Tuesday. Speaking at the ceremony, Ali Ergun Cinar, coordinator for the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), said the agency also renovated the federation’s sports equipment store. Click here to read more (external link). Other Sports
Ariana: Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) is still hoping to host Afghanistan in the near future in a five-match Twenty20 International series despite ongoing concerns around the COVID-19 pandemic. According to New Zimbabwe news on Sunday, the country’s national cricket team members have been in training in anticipation of the proposed series. Click here to read more
Tolo News: A number of tent-pegging participants in Paktika are petitioning the government to build precisely-specified grounds for them to play the game, which is an ancient cavalry exercise in which a mounted participant with a sword or lance approaches ground targets 100 meters away. Tent-pegging has a long history in Afghanistan and the game
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 14, 2020 The former head of Afghanistan’s soccer federation on July 14 lost his appeal against a life ban for sexually abusing players from the women’s national team. In June 2019, soccer’s global governing body, FIFA, banned the Afghanistan Football Federation’s former president, Keramuddin Karim, for life and fined him
Ariana: The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has announced that Riaz Hassan, Afghanistan U19 National Team player’s three-year ban has been lifted by ACB after almost 15 months. Riaz Hassan is a batsman in Afghanistan U19 National Team, who during a Tri-series with India and South Africa, was banned due to disciplinary violations in India. Click
Asia Rugby: Asia Rugby announced on the 8th of July that Afghanistan Rugby Federation was granted full membership of Asia Rugby. A historic milestone for the Union that has overcome many obstacles. In the last two years, the Union has been working on all aspects of growing the game. Asia Rugby President Qais Al-Dhalai congratulated
Ariana: The Afghan cricketer Rashid Khan Arman, 21, said that he will get engaged and married once Afghanistan wins the cricket world cup. The vice-captain of the Afghan national cricket team recently in an interview with Azadi Radio revealed his marriage plans. Click here to read more (external link).
By RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service July 9, 2020 Turkish authorities have moved the Fourth World Nomad Games to 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The games, an international competition dedicated to ethnic sports, were scheduled to be held in the Turkish city of Bursa in autumn this year. The President of the Turkey-based World Ethnosport Confederation, Bilal Erdogan, said
Tolo News: The Afghan Women’s National Hockey Team on Wednesday called for broader support by the government, particularly the National Olympic Committee, to help young women playing on the team demonstrate their abilities on the international stage in the future. The Afghan Women’s National Hockey Team was established in 2012 under the National Olympic Committee.