Tolo News: The Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF); Roshan, Afghanistan’s leading total communications provider; and MOBY GROUP, Afghanistan’s largest media conglomerate on Tuesday announced the launch of the fifth annual Roshan Afghan Premier League (RAPL) Green Field. This marks the kick-off of RAPL regional tournaments which will take place across eight regions of Afghanistan. The opening ceremony will
Afghanistan’s national cricket team arrived in India late on Monday evening to participate in a series of cricket matches against Namibia. According to the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) officials, the Afghan team will play in a four-match series against Namibia. Click here to read more (external link). Related Afghanistan name squad for Intercontinental Cup match against
Khaama Press: The event has been marked as historic as thousands of Nangarharis gathered to cheer for the Afghan cricket players who won the hearts of the Afghan people with their passionate World Cup performance. It was the second largest gathering following a Hero’s welcome the Afghan team received upon their arrival in Kabul after concluding the
NBC News: KABUL, Afghanistan — Half of Kabul ground to a halt in celebration when the Afghan cricket team returned home this week after beating the West Indies at the World T20 tournament. Men on the streets danced the traditional attan, President Ashraf Ghani called the team to congratulate the players and a string of dignitaries met
Tolo News: President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday night awarded the Mir Masjidi Khan State Medal to members of the national cricket team following their participation in the ICC World Cup T20 tournament in India. Ghani said during the ceremony at the Presidential Palace that the cricketers were a team of champions. “You not only made Afghans proud but
Khaama Press: The Afghanistan national football team has qualified to the next level of the 2019 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) qualifier by securing a victory in their last match against Singapore. The Afghan team defeated Singapore 2-1 in their second appearance in a qualifier match for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The match against Singapore was vital for
Tolo News: Afghanistan beat the mighty, unbeaten West Indies by 6 runs in a thrilling match in their ICC World Cup T20 match in Nagpur in India on Sunday. Despite not having qualified for the semi-finals, Afghanistan’s dream of beating at least one major team came true Sunday afternoon. President Ashraf Ghani immediately tweeted a message of
Khaama Press: Shahzad is just one point below Bangladesh’s Tamim Iqbal, lacking only 97 runs to secure the top spot in ICC World Twenty20 ‘Most Runs’ table. He has played 6 matches and has managed to score 198 runs while Iqbal has secured 97 runs from 6 matches. Click here to read more (external link).
Khaama Press: According to the local media reports in Pakistan, the ODI series will be hosted by Pakistan and and will likely kick off next month. An official in Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has confirmed “There is a series against Afghanistan in the pipeline, with Pakistan keen on hosting them in April.” Click here to read more
Khaama Press: The Japanese footballers ended the game in their favor by hitting 5 goals during a match hosted by Japan as part of the second stage of the World Cup qualifier. Japan secured their first goal during the 44th minute of the game with Shinji Okazaki hitting the goal and ending the first half of