Tolo News: Kabul Royal on Wednesday were crowned the champions of the Kabul Women’s Football League after winning all six matches in the tournament and not giving up a single goal. The league competition kicked-off two months ago with 36 matches between eight teams from Kabul. Click here to read more (external link).
Ariana: Afghanistan Cricket Board on Monday announced its board members have approved the proposal of a split-captaincy for the national team, which effectively removes Asghar Afghan as skipper. Click here to read more (external link). Other Afghan Sports News Afghan national football team arrives in Qatar for World Cup 2020 qualifiers
Tolo News: Afghanistan played Singapore in a friendly match that ended in a 1-1 draw on Saturday night ahead of the qualifying matches for the 2022 World Cup and the 2023 AFC Asian Cup. Afghanistan will face Bangladesh on Thursday in Qatar for a qualifying match for the 2022 World Cup and the 2023 AFC
Tolo News: Afghanistan won a friendly match against Indonesia on Tuesday that was held in the UAE ahead of qualifier matches for the 2022 World Cup and the 2023 AFC Asian Cup. Afghanistan will face Singapore in another friendly match in the UEA which will kick off on Saturday. Click here to read more (external
Tolo News: The second round of the Afghanistan Champions League has been delayed because of national football matches in the 2022 World Cup and the 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers in June, the Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) announced on Monday. Before this, the league was stopped during Ramadan but was expected to start on Sunday.
Ariana: The Afghan Football Federation has announced that Afghanistan’s Halim Agha Shirzad, an accredited international referee, has been selected as a referee for the B and C group stages of the AFC Cup matches in the West Asian region. Nangiali Sadat has also been selected as an assistant referee for Group B and C matches.
1TV: Afghanistan will play friendly football matches against Indonesia and Singapore next month in Dubai, Afghanistan Football Federation announced Thursday. The match against Indonesia will be played on 25 May while that against Singapore will be on 29 May. Click here to read more (external link). Other Sports News Afghans to Face Iranian, Ukrainian Rivals
Ariana: One of Afghanistan’s star cricketers, Rashid Khan, said this week that despite the national team’s success on the international circuit, local cricket would benefit from more academies, more standardized grounds and more qualified coaches. Speaking to The Cricketer on his rise to fame as one of the world’s best bowlers, Rashid said: “Currently, our
Ariana: Afghan swimmer Fahim Anwari will compete in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, the Afghanistan National Olympic Committee (ANOC) announced on Monday. This comes after Anwari, who is currently part of the FINA Development program in Kazan city in Russia, set a new record for Afghanistan at the Russia National Swimming Championships over the after swimmer
Tolo News: Kabul’s Istiqlal defeated Khost’s Atalan team 3-0 in the third match of Afghanistan Champions League on Saturday. The league began in Kabul last week. 12 teams from six zones are competing in the league, and the matches will be held in Kabul, Herat and Balkh provinces. Click here to read more (external link).