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Afghan Girls National Football Team to Face India

26th December, 2016 · admin

Tolo News: Afghanistan’s national girls football team is expected to face rival India in the first match of the South Asia Girls Football Championship on Tuesday. At a press conference on Monday, the two coaches from the Afghan team explained said they were well prepared.  Kelly Lindsey, the American coach, said: “Despite insecurity and other problems,

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Posted in Afghan Sports News, Afghan Women | Tags: Football (Soccer), Women's football |
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Khalida Popal’s fight for Afghanistan WNT comes to Houston

8th December, 2016 · admin

Chron: Khalida Popal did not hear the specific words, but as a woman trying to gain equality in Afghanistan she knew exactly how the men felt about her speaking up. “Shoot that girl and the story is finished. Nobody will do anything after that.” Six years ago Popal was the captain of the Afghanistan Women’s National

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Posted in Afghan Sports News, Afghan Women | Tags: Khalida Popal, Women's football |
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Death threats and football: How Khalida Popal escaped the Taliban

31st October, 2016 · admin

CNN: She’s faced death threats, violence and depression, but the former captain of Afghanistan’s women’s football team Khalida Popal refuses to be silenced. “There are so many women who can’t get out of Afghanistan and die,” Popal told CNN during a recent visit to London, where she attended the Beyond Sports awards. “I have a voice

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Posted in Afghan Sports News, Afghan Women | Tags: Football (Soccer), Khalida Popal, Women's football |
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Khalida Popal discusses the future of women’s soccer in Afghanistan

20th October, 2016 · admin

Excelle Sports: Khalida Popal is the former captain of the Afghanistan women’s national soccer team, and one of the country’s most influential women when it comes to developing the hopes, dreams and talents into not just a national team, but open access to the sport itself. On Wednesday, she spoke with a news program in the

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Posted in Afghan Sports News, Afghan Women | Tags: Football (Soccer), Khalida Popal, Women's football |
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Afghan women’s soccer team practice in Bay Area ahead of tournament

31st August, 2016 · admin

ABC7News: DUBLIN, Calif. (KGO) — The Afghanistan women’s national soccer team is in the Bay Area for a labor tournament and for some of these young players it’s been quite a journey to get here. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Afghan Sports News | Tags: Football (Soccer), Women's football |
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Nadim’s path: From Taliban-ruled Afghanistan to Portland

7th May, 2016 · admin

AP via Stars and Stripes: Soccer is the one constant in Nadia Nadim’s life since fleeing the Taliban as a young girl. She first learned the game from her father, an Afghan military general who was tragically killed. Later it gave her a sense of belonging as a refugee, and then national pride when she donned the

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Posted in Afghan Sports News, Afghan Women | Tags: Kabbadi, Women's football |
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Afghanistan unveils soccer kit with hijab

8th March, 2016 · admin · 1 Comment

CNN: Danish sportswear brand Hummel has unveiled its new jersey for the Afghanistan national soccer team, complete with a hijab for female players. Revealed to the public on International Women’s Day, the new red kit includes an integrated base layer which allows women to be covered from head to toe when they take to the pitch. Click

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Posted in Afghan Sports News, Afghan Women | Tags: Women's football |
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American football club picks up Afghan footballer Nadia Nadim

15th January, 2016 · admin

Portland Thorns FC has announced that the club has acquired forward Nadia Nadim, the third overall pick in the 2016 NWSL College Draft and a second-round selection in 2017 from Sky Blue FC in exchange for the second overall pick in 2016 and a 2017 first and conditional fourth-round pick.  Born in Afghanistan, Nadim fled

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Posted in Afghan Sports News, Afghan Women | Tags: Football (Soccer), Nadia Nadim, Women's football |
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Lionesses of Khorasan to compete in 2016 South Asian Games

14th January, 2016 · admin

AOPNEWS | January 14, 2016 Afghanistan’s national women’s football (soccer) team (Lionesses of Khorasan) will participate in the upcoming 2016 South Asian Games (SAG). Yesterday, the fixtures for the women’s competition were released, and Afghanistan and Bangladesh have been grouped with host country India in Group A. Group B will consist of Maldives, Nepal and

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Posted in Afghan Sports News, Afghan Women, AOP Reports | Tags: Football (Soccer), Women's football |
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