Portland Thorns FC has announced that the club has acquired forward Nadia Nadim, the third overall pick in the 2016 NWSL College Draft and a second-round selection in 2017 from Sky Blue FC in exchange for the second overall pick in 2016 and a 2017 first and conditional fourth-round pick. Born in Afghanistan, Nadim fled
AOPNEWS | January 14, 2016 Afghanistan’s national women’s football (soccer) team (Lionesses of Khorasan) will participate in the upcoming 2016 South Asian Games (SAG). Yesterday, the fixtures for the women’s competition were released, and Afghanistan and Bangladesh have been grouped with host country India in Group A. Group B will consist of Maldives, Nepal and
The Himalayan Times: Nepal U-19 team suffered a 83-run defeat at the hands of Afghanistan in their practice match at the St Stephen College Ground in New Delhi on Monday. Click here to read more (external link).
Khaama Press: Here is another breakthrough by the Afghanistan national cricket on international level following a series of back to back victories and achievements during the past few weeks. Click here to read more (external link).
AOPNEWS | January 10, 2016 Afghanistan’s weightlifters won 8 medals (7 gold and 1 bronze) in the recently concluded Subrata Classic Open International Powerlifting, Benchpress and Deadlift Championship. The event was held from January 4 – January 9 in Jamshedur India, and was hosted by the Indian Powerlifting Federation. The medal winners were Abdul Samad
AOPNEWS | January 10, 2016 Afghanistan defeated Zimbabwe today by 81 runs in the second and final match of a T20I series at Sharjah Cricket Stadium in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Zimbabwe won the coin toss and chose to field first. Afghanistan managed to score 215 runs (6 wickets; 20 overs). Mohammad Shahzad scored
AOPNEWS | January 8, 2016 An athlete becomes great in his sport if he pays close attention to his weaknesses and continuously works to improve on them. A true champion takes a weakness and turns it into a strength. That’s what it look like Afghan MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) fighter Siyar “The Great” Bahadurzada is doing
AOPNEWS | January 8, 2016 Afghanistan defeated Zimbabwe today by 5 runs in the first of a two series T20I match at Sharjah Cricket Stadium in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Afghanistan won the coin toss and chose to bat first. Afghanistan managed to score 187 runs (7 wickets; 20 overs). No Afghan batter scored over
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 8, 2016 Afghan police say they have arrested at least 35 people over celebratory gunfire in the capital, Kabul, following the victory of Afghanistan’s national cricket team over Zimbabwe. Kabul police chief Abdul Rahman Rahimi said on January 8 that police had also seized weapons from those arrested. The arrests were
ICC: The 3-2 win against Zimbabwe in the latest ODI series propelled Afghanistan into the number 10 spot in the ODI rankings of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Click here to read more (external link).