Al Jazeera: Defiant breaker Manizha Talash says her spot in the Games shows the courage of Afghan girls, that ‘everyone can achieve their dreams, even if they are in a cage’. Click here to read more (external link).
Ariana: Mohammad Samim Faizad, a judoka from Afghanistan at the Paris Olympics, was provisionally suspended on Friday after failing a doping test for a banned steroid. The International Testing Agency said: “The ITA reports that a sample collected from judoka Mohammad Samim Faizad from Afghanistan has returned an adverse analytical finding for the non-specified substance
Ariana: The National Olympic Committee said Friday a team of 11 hikers from Afghanistan and Iran successfully climbed up Shah Foladi, a peak in the Koh-e-Baba Mountain, which stands at 5,140 meters high. The committee stated that the hikers included seven athletes from Herat, three from Bamiyan and one from Iran. Click here to read
Ariana: Afghan swimmer Fahim Anwari swam in Heat 3 Thursday in the Men’s 50m Freestyle at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Anwari came in 8th place. First in this heat was Fakhroddin Madkamov of Tajikistan. Up next for Afghanistan is Kimia Yousofi who is set to compete in the 100-meter sprint on Friday. On Tuesday,
Ariana: South Africa will take on Afghanistan in a three-match ODI series in UAE in September, 2024. Cricket South Africa (CSA) and the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) announced the first-ever bilateral series between them will be played from 18 – 22 September in the United Arab Emirates. This ODI series will be the first meeting
Khaama: Mohammad Samim Faizzad, a judoka from Afghanistan, will make his debut in the 2024 Paris Olympics today, facing off against his opponent from Austria. The match is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, July 30th, in Paris, where Faizzad will compete against Vahid Borkhashvili from Austria. Faizzad is among the athletes representing Afghanistan at
Khaama: Yulduz Hashimi, an Afghan cyclist, secured the 26th position out of 35 participants in the Women’s Individual Time Trial at the 2024 Paris Olympics. She also achieved the second place in the Asian category. According to the Afghanistan Cycling Federation, Hashimi’s performance was a significant achievement, as she was one of six athletes representing
Sisters Yulduz and Fariba Hashimi are set to become the first female cyclists from Afghanistan to compete in the Olympics. The siblings fled their country after the Taliban seized power in 2021 and cracked down on women’s rights, including banning women from participating in sports. Related As an Afghan woman athlete, I’m proud to see
Ariana: Afghanistan Cricket Board’s (ACB) Chairman Mirwais Ashraf, and CEO Naseeb Khan, this week discussed the possibility of a white-ball series with representatives from Cricket South Africa, Cricket New Zealand, and Cricket West Indies. Attending the ICC Board Meeting this week in Sri Lanka, Ashraf and Khan discussed potential bilateral ODI series ahead of the
Teen Vogue: Manizha Talash is considered Afghanistan’s first female breakdancer. She officially began training in 2020, at age 17, with the Kabul-based Superiors Crew after watching a Facebook video of one of the members spinning on his head. When Manizha started breakdancing, a lot of people looked down on what she was doing. Music and