1TV: Band-e-Amir Dragons defeated Speen Ghar Tigers by 41 runs in the inaugural match of Alokozay Shpageeza Cricket League 2016 in Kabul on Tuesday. Band-e-Amir who were sent to bat first seemed to be in troubling situation during the start of their innings as they lost their openers Imran Janat and Hazratullah on single digit. Click here
Press TV August 8, 2016 Alarms were set off in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Monday following a gunfire which aimed to celebrate a cricket match. Officials said Monday that the sound of gunfire appeared to be in celebration of a cricket match in Kabul, saying embassies in the diplomatic quarter of the city sounded their
Tolo News: Wahab Zahiri is one of three Afghan athletes at this year’s Olympic Games. He says Usain Bolt, the world’s fastest runner, is his role model. Zahiri is 23 years old and was born in Sar Shahi village in Nangarhar province. Zahiri was selected to represent Afghanistan in Rio after setting a qualifying time of 10.75 seconds in
1TV: Three Afghan athletes are representing their country at 2016 Olympics which is set to begin in Rio of Brazil on Friday. They include two men and a woman for whom it will be their first appearance in the leading international sporting event in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety
Tolo News: A survey has found that sports in Afghanistan is in dire straits – mainly due to deep rifts and differences among members of sporting organizations and because of mismanagement of hundreds of thousands of Afs by the Directorate of Physical Education and Sport of Afghanistan. Click here to read more (external link). Other Sports
Associated Press: PANJSHIR, Afghanistan – On a recent sunny morning in northern Afghanistan, excited children and bemused policemen lined the banks of a fast-flowing river to watch a group of Europeans in multicolored kayaks navigate the white water. A drone-mounted camera also followed the kayakers’ progress, buzzing and hovering above them like a mosquito. Click here
Tolo News: Three world-class Afghan athletes have arrived in Rio where hard work is the order of the day. All three are training hard ahead of their events. Two of the athletes are men and one is a woman. The two men are Tawfiq Bakhshi, a Judo champion, and Wahab, a runner, who will take part in
Khaama Press: The Afghanistan national cricket team defeated Netherlands by 36 runs and an inning to claim victory in a 4-day Intercontinental Cup of the International Cricket Council. Afghanistan won the toss and chose to field allowing the Netherlands batsmen to start their inning but were all out after scoring 117 runs. Click here to read more
ESPNCricinfo: Afghanistan will host Ireland in a series of nine matches across formats in Greater Noida, their adopted home ground in India, in March 2017. The series, consisting of five ODIs, three Twenty20s and a four-day ICC Intercontinental Cup fixture, will be played from March 8 to 31. Click here to read more (external link). Related
Khaama Press: The Afghanistan national cricket team narrowly missed a victory in the 5th and final match against Ireland to win the 5 match One Day International (ODI) series. Afghanistan lost the match by 12 runs and the series was concluded in draw after both the teams won two matches each with the first match abandoned. Click