The Guardian (UK): Football is obviously the bread and butter of this annual five-day, round-robin tournament but the game itself is also a vessel to community, a bringing together of the diaspora, including some who have recently escaped Afghanistan. It is an excuse for families to travel interstate and renew cultural roots – and make
Tolo News: Afghanistan will host a three-nation Muay Thai competition between athletes from Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan, officials said. The Muay Thai competition will be held in the southwestern province of Nimroz on Thursday, officials said, adding that more than 100 athletes will participate. Click here to read more (external link). Other Sports News Athletes
Ariana: Afghanistan’s U19 cricket team left Kabul on Sunday morning for the UAE where they will play in Group A of the Asia Cup alongside India, Pakistan and the UAE. The Afghan Cricket Board said the team will have two days of practice sessions before their first official match against Pakistan on Thursday at the
Tolo News: Ali Arabzada, an Afghan national futsal team player, has died in Iran. Officials at the Afghanistan Football Federation on the futsal committee have confirmed his death, but said it is still not clear how he died. Arabzada performed with distinction in the 2019 Asian Futsal Championship which was hosted by Iran and in
By Ron Synovitz RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi December 16, 2021 Silab Nouri is one of nine boxers on Afghanistan’s national team who have been stranded in Serbia since competing in an international tournament there last month. Their temporary visas to participate in the World Boxing Championships organized by the Amateur International Boxing Association (AIBA) have expired. But
Tolo News: According to the schedule, which the ACB posted on Twitter, the Afghanistan National Cricket Team, in addition to taking part in the ACC Asia Cup and ICC T20 World Cup in 2022, will also play 3 ODIs against the Netherlands in January in Qatar, 3 ODIs and 5 T20s against Zimbabwe in January-
Tolo News: Officials from the Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) said that a 15-day A-Class futsal competition started in Kabul on Monday. 22 teams are participating. (Futsal is similar to football buy played in a smaller area on a hard surface, usually indoors.) Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: The first round of taekwondo freestyle competitions with athletes from 14 provinces has been hosted by the central province of Ghazni. According to officials of Afghanistan’s Taekwondo Federation, 160 athletes has participated in the competition. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: “We call on the Afghan Olympic Federation to distribute the money to those players and athletes who deserve it. The athletes are living in bad conditions,” said Waisuddin Ghawsi, a coach at the boxing federation. “The money should not be embezzled. There should be a distinction between the real and fake athletes,” said
Ariana: Afghanistan’s National Olympic Committee’s acting president Nazar Mohammad Motmaeenon on Wednesday called on athletes who fled the country after the Islamic Emirate takeover to return home. Motmaeen made the comments during a ceremony in Kabul honouring Afghan athletes who won medals for Afghanistan over the last twenty years and earned global recognition for their