AFP: Several times a week Afghanistan’s female powerlifting team squeezes into a small carpeted room in Kabul where they strip off their body-covering abayas and pump iron. Lifting weights heavier than themselves, the women are also flexing their muscles in a deeply conservative and patriarchal country where sport has long been the domain of men. Click
ESPNCricinfo: Zimbabwe 196 (Taylor 89, Raza 60, Rashid 3-38, Mujeeb 3-49) beat Afghanistan 194 (Shah 69, Nabi 51, Muzarabani 4-47, Raza 3-40) by 2 runs – A match that swung one way and then the other several times boiled down to an incredibly tense finish in Bulawayo, where Afghanistan’s last wicket slowly whittled away at the target
1TV: Afghanistan lost their first match of World Cup qualifier as Scotland defeated them by seven wickets on Sunday. Afghanistan will face hosts Zimbabwe in their next game of the tournament on Tuesday. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: At least 80 athletes, including girls, competed in the eighth round of ski racing in Bamiyan titled the Ski Challenge. The event was held days after the first winter games festival was held in Bamiyan in which over 180 athletes had attended. Click here to read more (external link). Other Sports News Kandahar Has 48
Tolo News: The teenage sensation has been named interim captain by the Afghan Cricket Board after Stanikzai fell out of the WC qualifiers on Monday. The 19-year-old has had a triumphant few months after being named Associate Player of The Year for 2017. He was also snapped up last month for $1.41 million USD by Sunrisers
Khaama Press: The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) citing the doctors has reported that Stanikzai will undergo a surgery today. The doctors have also said that Stanikzai will be able to return to cricket in approximately ten days. ACB also added that Rashid Khan will lead the team in the absence of Asghar Stanikzai. Click here to
Tolo News: Afghanistan leg-spinning sensation Rashid Khan has done it again! He has just taken first place in the T20I Bowling Rankings! Rashid moved up to take top position among bowlers in the latest MRF Tyres ICC T20I Player Rankings with some fine performances in a 2-0 series win over Zimbabwe. Click here to read more
1TV: Afghanistan’s spin sensation Rashid Khan has become the new No.1 ranked ODI bowler in the latest rankings released by the International Cricket Council. At just 7,092 days of age, Rashid Khan is also the youngest player to top any of the MRF Tyres ICC Player Rankings tables, smashing Pakistani player Saqlain Mushtaq’s record. Click here
Tolo News: Afghanistan cricketers thrashed Zimbabwe by 146 runs in the final match of their ODI series. Late hitting by Rashid Khan – the scourge of Zimbabwe with the ball so far during the tour, the 19-year-old leg-spinner contributed 43 off 29 with the bat – had got Afghanistan up to 241/9 off their 50 overs after
Tolo News: At only 16 years of age, Afghanistan’s Mujeeb Zadran is making waves on the international cricket stage after taking a remarkable five wickets in a recent ODI. Zadran, who hails from Khost, has enjoyed a meteoric start to his international career. The 16-year-old Afghanistan spinner, whose uncle Noor Ali Zadran is also a national