Khaama: Qais Alizada, an Afghan boxing athlete, became the runner-up in the Asian Youth Championships. On Wednesday, May 8th, he lost to his opponent from Kazakhstan in the final round of the Asian Youth Championships and secured the silver medal. Additionally, this Afghan boxer had previously brought his Indian competitor to his knees in the
Ariana: New Zealand Cricket said Tuesday it will go ahead with a Test match against Afghanistan in September, a month after Australia scrapped a Twenty20 series against the national team. Cricket Australia postponed a three-match series due to take place in August at a neutral venue, saying the situation for women in Afghanistan was deteriorating.
8am: The Afghanistan National Futsal team defeated Bahrain’s national team with a score of 3-2 in their third and final match of the Futsal Asian Cup (AFC) group stage, securing advancement to the knockout stage. The game occurred on Monday night, April 22, in Thailand. Click here to read more (external link). Other Afghan Sports
Tolo News: Afghan cricketer Rashid Khan expressed his disappointment following the cancellation and postponement of matches with Afghanistan by the Australian Cricket Board. He said that cricket is a “source of happiness” and should not be involved in government matters. Rashid Khan said: “As a player you can’t do much about it,” he said. “It’s
WION: All-rounder Rashid Khan is reconsidering playing in the Big Bash League (BBL) after Cricket Australia (CA) indefinitely postponed the T20I series with Afghanistan last month. Rashid said he was ‘hurt’ by CA’s decision and that him playing in Australia’s premier T20 franchise tournament was undermining his teammates. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: Afridun Amu is a well-known Afghan surfer who enters international competitions in Asia and elsewhere. His interest in surfing sparked at the age of 20, leading him to represent Afghanistan at the World Championships in 2017, a passion he actively pursues to this day. Afridun Amu, who currently lives in Portugal, is preparing
Ariana: Pakistan’s white-ball captain Babar Azam has said that his nation’s defeat against Afghanistan in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 was “very painful.” “That match was very painful for me because losing to Afghanistan in a World Cup was a different kind of thing,” Babar said in a podcast, A Sports reported. “So,
Tolo News: Officials at the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) said today (Thursday) in a press conference that the T20 cricket cup named “Qosh Tepa” is scheduled to begin on the 16th of April this year, hosted by Kandahar. This cup is organized to elevate the level of players’ experience and prepare them more extensively for
Khaama: The telecommunications company Etisalat has announced the signing of a contract with the Afghanistan national cricket team and stated that under this agreement, Etisalat will be the official financial supporter of the national cricket team in 2024. This contract between Abdullah Jabar, the commercial head of Etisalat Afghanistan, and Mirwais Ashraf, the head of
AFP: Australia on Tuesday scrapped a T20 men’s cricket series against Afghanistan later this year, saying the situation for women in the Taliban-ruled country was deteriorating. Cricket Australia said it had received advice “that conditions for women and girls in Afghanistan are getting worse” and so had postponed the three-match series scheduled in August at