Tolo News: Rights groups on Tuesday strongly criticized the Afghan government for not managing to arrest the former head of the Afghanistan Football Federation, Keramuddin Karim, who is accused of being involved in sexual abuse against female members of the football federation. The arrest warrant for Karim was issued last June, but so far he
Tolo News: Enthusiasm for motocross is growing among Afghan youths who want to compete internationally but say costs are prohibitive. Kabul got its first and only official motocross track in 2016. The national motocross team has 31 members, including a young woman. The Afghanistan Motorcycling Federation, which was established in 2015, has 630 members —
Tolo News: Members of Afghanistan’s National Cricket Team held a friendly T20 match on Friday in Kabul as part of their preparation for upcoming international events, including World Cup T20 and a T20 series against Zimbabwe. The match was held after a long break due to the coronavirus outbreak. Click here to read more (external
Cricket Times: Afghanistan’s wicketkeeper-batsman, Afsar Zazai, recently met with a gruesome car accident where he suffered an injury to his head. The news has raised more concerns for Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) which is currently fire-fighting amid cricket hiatus due to COVID-19 pandemic. Click here to read more (external link). Other Afghan Sports News Afghan
Tolo News: Afghan female cyclist Masooma Alizada, a former member of the Afghan national cycling team who a now living in France, has been nominated for next year’s Olympics Games, competing for the Refugee Olympic Team. Masooma trains in a club in France and is hopeful that she will return to the country and boost
Tolo News: Afghanistan’s Jama Saidi, after defeating his Ghana rival Jay Spencer in an International boxing match, is now ranked as Germany’s number one professional boxer in his weight class. In the latest world ranking of the World Boxing Federation, Saidi is at the top of the best boxers in the 72kg weight class in
Ariana: Jama Saidi – an Afghan-German boxer – will enter the boxing ring against in rival Jay Spencer from Ghana Friday. The match will take place in today’s evening in Berlin, Germany, at around 8 p.m. local time. Click here to read more (external link).
Ariana: Mohammad Nabi Essakhel preserves the top ranking at ODI all-rounders, ICC announces. The Afghanistan National Cricket Team player, Mohammad Nabi Essakhel, ranks first at the latest One Day International all-rounders ranking by the International Cricket Council. Moreover, he ranked first for the all-rounder ranking at the T20 games with 301 ratings. Click here to
Tolo News: Afghanistan’s national cricket team has begun a training camp in Kabul on Sunday to prepare for the Asia Cup and World Cup, Afghanistan’s Cricket Board (ACB) said on Sunday. The training camp will run for a month, said ACB. Click here to read more (external link).
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