Tolo News: Shafiq Stanikzai, CEO of Afghanistan’s Cricket Board (ACB), has predicted the rise of their national squad in all formats of the sport in the near future, according to a Gulf News report. “We have marked our presence in all formats of the game. We are a force in T20 cricket and in the ODIs already. Now, we need
Tolo News: The first ever Afghanistan Cricket Premier League match was held in Sharjah on Friday night. The tournament will run over three weeks. In the opening match, Kabul Zwanan beat Paktia Panthers by three wickets. Click here to read more (external link). Other Sports News Pakistani players denied permission to take part in APL Sri
1TV: Afghanistan advanced to the semi-finals of Under-19 Asia Cup after beating Nepal by three wickets in Bangladesh on Monday. Earlier in their opening game, Afghanistan claimed five-wicket victory against UAE who were bundled out on 140. Afghanistan have one match left in the group stage, which will be against India on Tuesday. Click here to read more
Tolo News: Afghanistan’s U-16 National Football Team lost 0-7 in its second match, against South Korea, on Tuesday night in the AFC U-16 Championship 2018 in Malaysia. The team also lost 2-1 to Iraq in their opening match in the championships. Afghanistan is playing in Group D of the championships against Iraq, South Korea and Australia and will next face Australia. Click here to
Frud Bezhan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 12, 2018 Sayed Ali Rezwan was lifting dumbbells when an explosion ripped through Kabul’s Maiwand sports club, where scores of young wrestlers were in the middle of a training session. The blast threw 23-year-old Rezwan against a wall. Wounded and covered in dust, he stumbled through the debris
BBC News: Ireland lost by 16 runs to Afghanistan in the first of three Twenty20 matches between the sides at Bready this week. The teams meet again at the same venue on Wednesday and Friday, before playing three one-day internationals at Stormont in Belfast next week. Click here to read more (external link). Related Football (Soccer): Adam
Tolo News: Kabul hosted Sunday’s friendly between the Afghanistan national football team and Palestine’s national team at the Afghanistan Football Federation’s stadium. Both teams had a number of opportunities at goal – but neither team scored. When the final whistle was blown, the score stood at 0-0. Click here to read more (external link).
BBC News: Sussex will be without overseas Twenty20 signing Rashid Khan for their final South Group match against Middlesex on Friday. The 19-year-old leg-spinner has been recalled by Afghanistan to join their national team squad for a T20 series against Ireland, beginning on Monday. Click here to read more (external link). Other Sports News Palestine Football
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 14, 2018 Spain’s La Liga soccer division has announced a major deal with Facebook that will allow viewers in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Indian subcontinent to watch all of its games during the next three seasons for free on the social network. Other countries where viewers will be able to
Tolo News: The Afghan Premier League (APL), centered around the message “One nation – One voice”, on Sunday announced the 2018 season of the greatly anticipated tournament has been postponed due to insufficient financial support. Click here to read more (external link). Other Sports News The Afghanistan Cricket Board’s (ACB) plans for the staging of the