Tolo News: Afghan mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Ahmad Wali Hotak defeated his rival from Brazil in the Truly Grand Fighting Championship (TGFC) match in Kabul on Thursday evening. Click here to read more (external link). Other Sports News Wushu Competition Ends, Next to Include Foriegn Martial Artists
Tolo News: A group of athletes from different parts of the country gathered in Herat on Thursday to resume the buzkashi competitions in the province that ceased six years ago. Buzkashi – which literally means goat-dragging in Persian – is the Central Asian sport in which horse-mounted players attempt to drag a goat or calf
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: 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: This year’s Asian Games in Jakarta has so far proven to be a disappointing time for Afghans as half way through this major event, Afghanistan’s team of 80 athletes, competing across 16 sporting categories, have only managed to bag one bronze medal. This medal was won by Khalid Hotak in Wushu. Afghanistan’s chances of winning more medals now only lie
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
VOA News March 6, 2017 The Chinese martial art wushu, also known as kung fu, is taking hold in Kabul, thanks to Seema Azimi, a 20-year-old student. She is not only the sport’s first female practitioner in Afghanistan but also the first woman to operate a school teaching the fighting style. Amy Katz narrates this
KABUL, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) — “My prime objective is gender equality between men and women in Afghanistan and that’s why I’m calling on all girls to break down the cultural barriers and join me in promoting Wushu to achieve this goal,” Wushu martial artist, Seema Azimi, 20, told Xinhua recently. Click here to read more
AOPNEWS | February 15, 2016 Afghanistan has been a dominant force in the 2016 South Asian Games’ Taekwondo competitions by winning more gold medals than any other country, including host country India, which is the biggest and most well-funded nation in the competitions. In total, Afghanistan has won 6 gold medals, 1 silver medal, and
AOPNEWS | February 10, 2016 Afghanistan won it’s first gold medal at the 12th South Asian Games (SAG) today in India. Wushi martial artist Khairullah Lalzad defeated his Pakistani counterpart to win the gold in the 75kg category. His teammate Shakib Haidari received silver. With these two additional medals, Afghanistan now has a total of