Tolo News: Afghanistan National Cricket Team’s opening batsman Najeeb Tarakai died on Tuesday following injuries he got in a traffic accident last week. Tarakai was 29 years old. Click here to read more (external link). Other Sports News Football (APL): Mawjhai Amu Ties De Maiwand Atalan 1-1
Ariana: Afghan national cricket player Najeeb Tarakai was critically injured in a car accident on Friday in Nangarhar. According to the Afghan Cricket Board, Tarakai underwent emergency surgery on Friday night after being rushed to hospital. Click here to read more (external link). Other Afghan Sports News Football: De Spinghar Bazan Defeats De Abasin Sape
Reuters: Eighteen-year old Fatima Sultani gazes at the peak of a mountain near Afghanistan’s capital Kabul after completing a morning climbing session, considering her next challenge. Click here to read more (external link). Other Sports News Football: Simorgh Alborz Defeats Oqaban Hindukush 5-0
Tolo News: The 9th season of the Afghan Premier League (APL) started Thursday evening and was attended by First Vice President Amrullah Saleh and Wolesi Jirga Speaker Mir Rahman Rahmani, as well as a number of other government officials. This year the league matches will continue until October 16. Click here to read more (external
Tolo News: Toofan Harirod will face De Abasin Sape in the opening match of the ninth season of Afghanistan’s football league—the Afghan Premier League (APL)–on Thursday. The opening ceremony will start at 5 pm Afghan time and will be aired live on TOLO and Lemar TV networks. The match will kick-off at 6 pm. Click
Tolo News: The nation’s football league—the Afghan Premier League (APL)—is scheduled to start on Thursday as the draw for the 2020 season of the league was held in Kabul on Friday. Shaheen Asmayee, De Maiwand Atalan, Toofan Harirod, Simorgh Alborz, Mawjhai Amu, De Spinghar Bazan, De Abasin Sape, and Oqaban Hindukosh are the eight APL
Khaama Press: The country’s Afghan Premier League to start is 9th season of in two weeks [September 24th], officials said. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed Monday for government’s financial support to the football league, with government promising to financially back 9th season of these tournaments. Click here to read more (external link). Other Afghan
Ariana: The Afghanistan national football team’s tournaments for the qualifying games for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and the 2023 AFC Asian Cup in China have been rescheduled. Click here to read more (external link). Other Sports News Cycling Race in Bamiyan Marks World Environment Day
Ariana: The contract of Anosh Dastgir, the head coach of the Afghan national football team, will be extended until the end of the qualifying tournaments for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and the 2023 Asian Cup. Officials at the Afghan Football Federation say they have no choice but for Anosh to continue to lead
Ariana: The construction work on the second phase of the football stadium for Chaghcharan city, the provincial capital of Ghor province, has begun. The Ghor Football Federation officials on Monday inaugurated work on the second phase of the project. Click here to read more (external link).