Ariana: Twelve thousand square meters of land in the Alokhail area in Kabul has been set aside for the construction of a new cricket stadium, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) announced on Sunday. The ACB said in a statement that the move was agreed to in a decree signed by President Ashraf Ghani. Click here
Ariana: Baz Mohammad Mubariz, Mixed Martial Art (MMA) fighter, lost to his Russian opponent Nikita Gomzyakov on Friday in Moscow. Gomzyakov defeated the Afghan well-known Mubariz via a three-round decision. This was his second defeat in the Absolute Championship Akhmat (ACA) fighting which was held in Moscow, the capital of Russia. Click here to read
Tolo News: Afghan mixed martial arts fighters Ismail Haidari, Wahidullah Nazhand and Faramarz Mohammad as well as Iran’s Shaheen Najafi defeated their rivals in the eleventh round of mixed martial arts (MMA) competitions on Friday. Click here to read more (external link).
Ariana: The Afghan women’s cricket team, which was officially relaunched last month, is scheduled to have their first overseas training camp later this month, likely in a Gulf country. The aim of this is to prepare them for their first international match early next year, Reuters reported. Click here to read more (external link). Other
Ariana: Afghan spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman has been tested positive for Covid-19.Rahman is set to play for the Australian cricket team Brisbane Heat in the upcoming Big Bash League (BBL). In a statement released on Friday, the Brisbane Heat said that Rahman was tested positive during hotel quarantine in Queensland. Click here to read more
Ariana: Abbas Karimi, a 23-year-old Afghan refugee born without arms is showing the world that determination and perseverance does pay off as he proudly prepares for next year’s Paralympic swimming events in Tokyo. Click here to read more (external link).
Ariana: Afghanistan Football Federation and Ariana Television on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding for live coverage of the Kabul Futsal Premier League and the Afghanistan Futsal Clubs Cup competitions. The Kabul Futsal League’s second round is set to kick off on the upcoming Sunday, and Afghanistan futsal clubs cup competitions are scheduled on December
Ariana: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has invited Afghanistan’s national cricket team on an official tour for the first time, officials said Tuesday. This historic move follows the recent visit to Kabul by Prime Minister Imran Khan – one of the game’s greatest players. “We’ll try to look for a possible window for this tour –
Ariana: Well known Indian actor Sanjay Dutt’s latest movie “Torbaaz” highlights the hardships children in Afghan refugee camps face and how, as an army officer, he tries to lure children away from terrorist activities and focus instead on cricket. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: The Omul Bilad team from Balkh province won the title for the country’s first volleyball league by defeating Kabul’s Bala Hisar team 3-1 on Thursday. Six teams from six zones of the country attended the competition. Click here to read more (external link).