The Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) has announced a 17-member squad for the national futsal team’s upcoming training camp and two friendly matches against Kuwait. The team’s goalkeepers are Mohammad Jawad Safari, Alireza Jafari, and Ali Ahmad Mohseni. Squad: Mehdi Nawrozi (captain), Hamid Reza Hossaini, Khodadad Ebrahimi, Reza Hossainpur, Mehran Gholami, Omid Qanbari, Akbar Kazemi, Mohammad More
The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has announced that the Grand Launch Event for the Afghanistan Premier League T20 (APLT20) will be held on December 20, 2025, in the United Arab Emirates. During the event, the ACB and its partners will unveil the tournament’s proposed window, venue, league structure, and other key elements for the second More
The Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) has announced that the national futsal team will hold a five-day training camp in Kuwait later this month. In a statement, the AFF said the camp—organized in coordination with the team’s technical and management staff—will run from December 18 to 23, 2025. During the camp, the Afghan futsal team is More
Three Afghan Paralympic athletes left Kabul on Sunday to participate in the 2025 Para-Asian Youth Games in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the General Directorate of Olympics, Physical Education and Sports reported. The seven-member Afghan delegation includes three athletes, two coaches, one referee, and a team leader. “Two athletes and a coach will compete in More
Four badminton players from Uzbekistan have arrived in Kabul to participate in the Open Badminton Tournament, the General Directorate of Olympic, Physical Training and Sports announced on Wednesday. In a post on X, department head Mawlawi Ahmadullah Wasiq wrote: “Afghanistan is hosting foreign teams! Four players from Uzbekistan have arrived in Kabul to take part More
The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has awarded the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) the hosting rights for the 2025 Men’s U-19 Asia Cup — marking the first time Afghanistan will host the prestigious youth tournament. The event is scheduled to take place from December 12 to 21 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). In a statement, More
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the schedule for 2026 Men’s Under-19 World Cup. Afghanistan U-19 has been placed in Group D alongside South Africa, West Indies and Tanzania, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) wrote on its Facebook page. It said the tournament would be hosted by Zimbabwe and Namibia. The Afghan squad will More
Afghanistan’s Under-19 national cricket team defeated India’s Under-19 ‘B’ side by 71 runs in their first One-Day match of a triangular series. The triangular series between Afghanistan U-19 and India’s U-19 ‘A’ and ‘B’ teams kicked off today. As part of the tournament, Afghanistan played their opening 50-over match today against India U-19 ‘B’ in More
Two Afghan snooker players have qualified for the quarterfinals of the 2025 International Snooker Championship in Oman, the National Olympic Committee said on Monday. In a statement, the committee said Afghan players Mohammad Raees Hotak and Mohammad Mir Noorzai each defeated their Omani rivals 3–0 to advance to the next round. The 2025 International Snooker More
Four Afghan cricketers have been retained by their respective franchises for the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026. On Saturday, IPL teams announced their list of snapped up players for the upcoming season, which included four Afghan players. Rashid Khan has been retained by Gujarat Titans, Azmatullah Omarzai by Punjab Kings, Noor More
