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 …
Read More »France defeats Morocco to compete Argentina in World Cup final
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 …
Read More »IOC condition for Afghanistan’s participation in Paris Olympic
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 …
Read More »UAE to host Afghanistan’s Cricket games for next five years
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 …
Read More »Afghanistan to Face England in First T20 Match
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 …
Read More »T20 World Cup 2022: Pakistan face Afghanistan in warm-up games
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 …
Read More »Karzai congratulates Afghanistan U-20 team victory against Oman
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 …
Read More »Former cricket chief arrested over fraud charges
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 …
Read More »Naveen-ul-Haq: ‘I’m backing myself to bowl against anybody and just do what worked for me’
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 …
Read More »Asghar Afghan sacked from captaincy over Zimbabwe loss
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 …
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