Amu: Afghan bodybuilder Ali Bilal clinched the Physique title at the 2025 Arnold Classic, securing a major victory on the global bodybuilding stage. Bilal’s latest achievement comes after he finished as the runner-up at the 2024 Mr. Olympia, one of bodybuilding’s most renowned events. Click here to read more (external link). Other Sports News MMA:
Amu: Afghanistan’s Ali Reza Asahi, a two-time world bodybuilding champion, on Thursday died due to an illness. He was 49. The National Bodybuilding Federation confirmed Asahi’s death in a statement, adding that his funeral is scheduled for Friday in the Omid Sabz township in Kabul. A celebrated figure in the sport, Asahi won back-to-back gold
Khaama: Athletes from Afghanistan’s Bodybuilding Federation have recently announced that they will soon participate in the World Bodybuilding Championship at their own expense. Officials from the Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation announced on Sunday, September 22, that the Maldives will host the 15th edition of the World Bodybuilding Championship. According to the athletes, over nine athletes
AFP: On a stage inside Kabul Stadium, dozens of bodybuilders take turns flexing and posing in a bid to clinch the title of Mr Afghanistan — albeit with their legs modestly covered to just below the knee. Click here to read more (external link).
Afghan Ali Reza Asahi says his path to the gold medal in the World Bodybuilding Championships in Seoul on November 9 was paved with pain. The 50-year-old father and husband, who won in the over-40 category, says in order to win he had to eat what little protein his family could afford while his family
Ariana: Afghanistan’s Ali Reza Asahi won gold at the World Bodybuilding Championships in the senior category in Seoul this week. Afghanistan Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation (AFBBF) officials said Thursday on social media that Asahi competed in the 90 kg category. Asahi’s gold is the first ever for Afghanistan at these championships that were hosted by
Khaama: Ali Bilal, an Afghan fitness athlete, won the championship medal in the Flex Pro competition. He secured the gold medal in the men’s physique category at this competition held in Milan, Italy, as the official Flex Pro competition website reported. Ali Bilal is set to participate in the Mr. Olympia competition, the most significant
Men’s Health: After the Taliban was toppled in 2001, the sport of bodybuilding exploded in Afghanistan. Today, the Taliban has control once again, but while the country’s new rulers disapprove of bodybuilding, gyms are packed. MH has been on the ground in a country that is at best stagnating to find out why gym life
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi Abubakar Siddique June 17, 2022 Mohammad has been sweating it out at the gym almost daily for the past four years in the hope of becoming a bodybuilder. But since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, his dream has faded. Even though the militant group has allowed the sport, it has ordered
Tolo News: Afghan bodybuilders won the 12th South Asian Bodybuilding Championship 2019 in Nepal by winning six gold, two silver, and three bronze medals. Bodybuilders from eight South Asian countries have attended the event. Click here to read more (external link).