Ariana: Saadat Nimroz defeated Zaitoon FC 7-1 in the first match of the second season of Afghanistan Futsal Premier League on Wednesday. The match was held at the AFF Futsal gymnasium in Kabul following an opening ceremony that was attended by several sports officials. Click here to read more (external link). Other Sports News Nabi
SI: You can draw a straight line from the hellish endurance race Zeinab Rezaie ran at the airport on the day Kabul fell—no security, just mayhem; pushing through barbed wire—to the moment she became the first Afghan woman to finish an Ironman 70.3. Click here to read more (external link).
ESPN: The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has revised its financial distribution model and increased the share for cash-strapped Afghanistan from Asia Cup earnings. Afghanistan became a Full Member of the ICC in 2017, but had been earning a lower share from the last two Asia Cups held in 2018 and 2022, with other Full Members
Khaama: On Sunday, Pakistan’s Chairman Cricket Board, Najam Sethi, informed in a tweet that Pakistan and Afghanistan would play three T20 games against each other by the end of March. He said that the T20I series would compensate for what Afghanistan lost when Cricket Australia pulled out of the ODI series set to take place
Ariana: Rashid Khan has completed 500 wickets in T20 cricket – only the second bowler after Dwayne Bravo to reach this landmark. Bravo has taken 614 wickets at an average of 24.13 in 556 matches. Click here to read more (external link).
DW: The inexhorable rise of the Afghanistan men’s cricket team since 2000 has been lauded as a heartwarming story of triumph amid war, occupation, poverty, repression and regime change. However, following the Taliban’s return to power in August 2021 and the subsequent ban on female participation in sport or exercise, as well as the loss
CBS News: The national cricket team’s players and board members have met on multiple occasions with Taliban leaders, including the head of the notorious Haqqani network, and posed for photos with them. Sirajuddin Haqqani is the current acting Minister of the Interior under the Taliban regime. The FBI has offered $10 million to anyone who
Ariana: Human Rights Watch has called for the International Cricket Council (ICC) to follow through on its own anti-discrimination policy and suspend Afghanistan from ICC membership. The organisation’s director of global initiatives Minky Worden said the suspension of Afghanistan from participating in international cricket should stand “until women and girls can once again participate in
Geo: Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) Sunday approached the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to play a series other than the decided ICC Super League games between the two countries after Australia decided to call off its series with the Afghan team. A reliable source in the PCBhas confirmed that it has received a request from the
Ariana: Afghan cricketers reacted strongly to Australia’s decision to scrap the three-match ODI series scheduled for March in the UAE on Thursday, with a number of players threatening to boycott the Big Bash League (BBL). Australia said in a statement early Thursday they were calling off the series, citing the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s decision