Ariana: The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) says the Under-19 national team has been training ahead of their first match Tuesday in the U-19 World Cup. According to the cricket board, the team spent three days in quarantine after arriving in the West Indies and are scheduled to play their first game against Papua New Guinea
The Indian Express: Nadia Nadim, a prolific Danish international with 98 caps under her belt, qualified as a doctor after 5 years of studying whilst playing football. Last season, she played a crucial role in Paris Saint-Germain lifting the Division 1 title for the first time in their history, scoring 18 goals in 27 games.
Ariana: Afghanistan General Directorate of Physical Education and Sports (GDPES) held the first round of a skiing contest in Ghazni province on Sunday. The GDPES stated that 12 athletes participated in the one-day competition which was held in the refugee town of Alberoni (Shahrak-e-Muhajirin) in the provincial capital of Ghazni city. Click here to read
8am: Before the rise of the Taliban, the Arus al-Balad volleyball team participated in various competitions, continuing its training regularly. Since the Taliban took control of Ghazni in early August, however, the team could not exercise. “We cannot exercise now,” ms. Sultani clarified. “There is no gymnasium in Ghazni that allows girls to play volleyball.
8am: The Afghan national cricket team player Rashid Khan set a new record in the T20 Big Bash Australian commercial matches. In Wednesday’s game (January 12), Rashid Khan changed the result in favor of his team by eliminating six opposing cricket players in the T20 Big Bash Australian match. Click here to read more (external
The Independent (UK): Speaking to The Independent in exclusive interviews, the football players, who have been in the UK since mid-November, said they are hopeful about their futures in the UK but are consumed with terror about loved ones who remain trapped in Afghanistan. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News : Tahira Sultani is a coach of Taekwondo and mountaineering sports. She has earned awards at the national level as well as abroad in the past eight years. “Since the Taliban came to power, I was not allowed to exercise. I referred to many sport clubs for training. But, unfortunately, they said that
Ariana: Afghanistan National Cricket Team on Monday left Kabul for Qatar to feature in a three-match ODI series against the Netherlands. Afghanistan Cricket Board said in a statement that the three ODIs are scheduled to be held from 21st -25th January. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: The Afghan Pahlevani and Zoorkhaneh Rituals (wrestling) team will travel to Iran to participate in an international competition in Isfahan, the Afghanistan Zoorkhaneh Federation said. The competition will include athletes from 30 countries, the federation said, saying that at least 10 Afghan athletes will attend the competition. Click here to read more (external
Tolo News: Afghanistan’s Under-19 Cricket Team defeated the UAE’s U19 squad by 140 runs in a thrilling match of the Asian Cricket Council’s U19 Asia Cup at the ICC Academy in Dubai on Saturday. Earlier, the Afghan team lost its match against Pakistan. Afghanistan set 52 runs as the target for Pakistan in which they