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AT Kabul: Pele, who is the only player in history to win three World Cups, passed away at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo following a battle with cancer. Pele, who is Brazil’s joint all-time top scorer with 77 goals in 92 matches, became an icon of the game …

AT Kabul: Argentina and France will face off in the 2022 FIFA World Cup final after powering through the semifinals. France ended Morocco’s World Cup dream in the later match, striking early through Theo Hernandez before Randal Kolo Muani made it 2-0 in the second half after Les Bleus had …

AT Kabul: According to Reuters, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) warned Afghanistan’s rulers on Tuesday that allowing young women and girl’s safe access to sports is a condition for the country’s participation in the 2024 Paris Games. Women’s sports in Afghanistan have been restricted since the establishment of new political …

AT Kabul: Afghanistan will play their home games in the UAE over the next five years. An agreement was signed between the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) and the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB), firming up the deal. As part of the agreement, Afghanistan will play UAE in a three-match T20I series …

AT Kabul: At the beginning of the 2022 Cricket World Cup, the Afghanistan national team will face England in the first match of this competition. This match is scheduled to be held at 3:30pm on Saturday. Afghanistan won two warm-up matches against Bangladesh and their match against Pakistan ended without …

AT Kabul: Pakistan will look to head into the Super 12 stage of the T20 World Cup in Australia with winning momentum by their side as they prepare to face rivals Afghanistan in their final warm-up match of the tournament. Pakistan will take on Afghanistan at the Gabba in Brisbane …

AT News Kabul: Hamid Karzai, former president of Afghanistan congratulate the victory of the Afghanistan U-20 national football team, against Oman in the preliminary matches of the Asian Championship, and wish them more success in their future matches. Afghanistan’s under-20 national football team won 1-0 against Oman in their second …

AT News KABUL: Azizullah Fazli, former president of Afghanistan Cricket Board, has reportedly been arrested by the Taliban. Voice of America quoting a source, who did not want to be named, said that Fazli entered the Cricket Board on Sunday and wanted to take over the board as its new …

After being the top wicket-taker in the Vitality T20 Blast, and stints in various leagues, the Afghanistan quick bowler is raring to go in his first senior World Cup Afghanistan fast bowler Naveen-ul-Haq has established himself as a T20 – and T10 – globetrotter, following in the footsteps of his …

AT News KABUL: The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) sacked Asghar Afghan as from the national team captaincy, blaming him for losing the test match against Zimbabwe in March at Abu Dhabi.The ACB said in a statement that Afghanistan Cricket Board members approved the proposition to go ahead with split-captaincy for …