Tolo News: At least 200 martial artists representing 24 teams from around the country including two teams from Afghan refugees in Iran and Pakistan on Saturday participated in National Junior Taekwondo Championship in Kabul. The martial artists are competing in 10 weight categories. Click here to read more (external link).
MMA Junkie:Curtis Millender’s superior technique overcame Siyar Bahadurzada’s blood and guts aggression. After slugging it out in the second round, Millender (17-3 MMA, 3-0 UFC) got back to his strengths and nearly got a finish before securing a unanimous decision over Bahadurzada (24-7-1 MMA, 4-3 UFC). The welterweight bout was part of the preliminary card
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan December 12, 2018 FIFA has temporarily suspended the head of Afghanistan’s Football Federation (AFF) over the alleged physical and sexual abuse of players on the country’s women’s football team. The suspension of AFF president Keramuudin Karim applies to all football-related activities at national and international level, and expires in 90 days.
Tolo News: The 10th round of the Wushu qualification tournament for the Kabul A team started in the capital on Saturday. Out of 564 athletes taking part, 80 will be selected in two categories for the team but will fight in 11 weight categories. The tournament is being held by the General Directorate of Physical Education
Tolo News: Afghanistan’s Ashihara Karate Federation on Sunday said the Afghan Ashihara team won nine medals in different categories at the 6th Ashihara Sabaki World Championships in Aktau city in Kazakhstan. Athletes from 30 countries competed in the event and Afghanistan, with nine medals, came in 4th overall. Afghanistan’s Fayaz Durandesh, Ali Reza Ehsanzada and Sayed
1TV: Afghanistan’s Hussain Bakhsh Safari won gold medal at the Al Ain International Pro Jiu-Jitsu Championship in the United Arab Emirates. Safari achieved first position in the 67kg category after beating his rivals from Russia and Jordan. Click here to read more (external link). Other Sports News Afghan footballers beat India’s Air Force School in Subroto
Abdullah Qazi AOPNEWS | October 27, 2018 Afghan MMA fighter Nasrat Haqparast picked up his second UFC win tonight by defeating France’s Thibault Gouti via unanimous decision. Haqparast went into the fight as a favorite to win; the Las Vegas odds were -950 for Haqparast and +575 for Gouti. In round 1, Haqparast’s speed allowed him 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
Tolo News: The Afghan athletes left the Asian Games in Jakarta with only two bronze medals – for Wushu and Korash – and are expected to return home on Monday. The Afghan National Olympic Committee said the reasons that the Afghan athletes could not get more medals at the games was the lack of time for training and poor
Tolo News: Khalid Hotak, a Wushu athlete, says he succeeded to defeat his Pakistani and Laos rivals to achieve the bronze medal. Khalid Hotak was the first athlete from Afghanistan who got a medal at the 2018 Asian Games – from amongst 80 other athletes who are representing the country at the event in Jakarta. Athletes