India defeated Afghanistan by an innings and 300 runs in the one-off Test match in Chandigarh. The match, which began on June 6, saw India, having won the toss, bat first and post a commanding total of 564 runs in their first innings. India’s spin trio capitalised on poor shot selection from Afghanistan, leaving the More
Afghan professional boxer Murteza Nadim has defeated his Bulgarian opponent in a professional boxing bout, Black Flash Promotion announced on Sunday. The organisation said Nadim entered the ring against the Bulgarian representative on Saturday night and, after six hard-fought rounds, secured a valuable victory on the judges’ scorecards. The 26-year-old boxer had previously recorded eight More
The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has announced that the one-off Test match between the Afghanistan and India national cricket teams will begin today, Saturday. According to the ACB, Afghanistan will face India in the solitary Test match on June 6 at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in New Chandigarh. The match is scheduled More
The Afghanistan Cricket Board’s National Selection Committee has announced the Afghanistan A squad for the upcoming Tri-Nation One-Day Series featuring Sri Lanka A and India A. The tournament will be held in Sri Lanka from June 9 to 21, 2026. The series will begin on June 9 with Sri Lanka A taking on India A More
The Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) on Thursday named a final 23-member squad for the upcoming four-nation football tournament in Maldives. In a statement, AFF said Faisal Hamidi, Keyvan Motaqian, Ali Sina Hakimi, Musawar Ahadi, Mustafa Omarkhail, Ahmad Shakib Mehri, Omid Arzoo, Ali Raiz Muradi, Habibullah Askar, Naveed Mahboobi, Ali Reza Panahi, Elias Mansoor and Hamed More
Iran’s national football team has shifted its 2026 World Cup training base from the United States to Mexico after receiving approval from FIFA, officials said. Mehdi Taj, president of the Iran Football Federation, announced the decision on Saturday in a statement issued through the federation’s media relations office. FIFA has not yet publicly confirmed the More
Afghan national taekwondo athlete Ehsan Rahimi has defeated his Japanese opponent in the Taekwondo Championship and advanced to the next round. The championship, which also serves as a qualification event for the Asian Games, is currently underway in Mongolia. According to Afghanistan’s national taekwondo team coach Bashir Taraki, Rahimi competed in the 54kg weight category More
Anoush Dastgir, a Dutch-Afghan football coach and former head coach of Afghanistan national football team, has been appointed as the new head coach of Almere City Football Club in the Dutch Premier League. Almere City announced late on Monday that it had signed a two-year contract with Dastgir. Fok Booy, head of scouting and staff More
Afghanistan’s national under-20 football team drew 0–0 against Kyrgyzstan in its final match of the Central Asian Championship. The match was held today at 12:00pm Kabul time in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan and ended goalless. Afghanistan had already lost its three previous group matches against Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan earlier in the tournament. hz More
Wahidullah Nezhand, Afghanistan’s well-known MMA fighter, will step into the cage tonight against his Argentine opponent. The fight will take place during the 30th edition of the FNC mixed martial arts event in the 77kg weight category at the Krešimir Ćosić Hall in Zadar, Croatia. Nezhand’s opponent is Laureano Staropoli, who holds a professional record More
