Afghanistan wicketkeeper-batsman Rahmanullah Gurbaz is likely to play for his franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) after his English counterpart left for his country for personal reasons, says a media report. KKR will have a new opening combination when they take on Rajasthan Royals in their last league match in Guwahati on Sunday, according to More
Afghanistan have gained 30th spot in the latest FIFA Futsal World rankings and this represents a significant jump from their previous rankings of 45th globally and 8th in Asia. At the top of these rankings, Brazil holds the first position, followed by Portugal and Spain. FIFA announced the latest rankings on Monday. The Afghanistan Football More
The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has announced a 15-member squad for the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, to be jointly hosted by West Indies and the US in June this year. In the mega short-format event, the national side will be led by spin sensation Rashid Khan. Squad: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Azmatullah More
The Afghanistan National Volleyball Federation (ANVF) says the national volleyball team will participate in the Central Asian Volleyball Championship in Pakistan. ANVF said the national team will face Pakistan, Iran, Sri Lanka, Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan in the tournament. ANVF secretary Mohammad Nasir Noori said Pakistan will host the event from May 11 to May 17 More
Afghanistan for the first time qualified for the 2024 Futsal World Cup by beating Kyrgyzstan 5-3 in the Futsal Asian Cup in Bangkok. The match started at 9:30 am Afghanistan time, with i the national team scoring five goals/ The hosts were able to hit the net thrice. Winning the first half before returning to More
Afghan all-rounder Gulbadin Naib will play for the Delhi Capitals franchise in the Indian Premier League (IPL), the Afghanistan Cricket Board confirmed on Wednesday. ACB verified to Pajhwok Afghan News that the Delhi Capitals (DC) had approached all-rounder Naib and he would join the franchise soon. Naib would be the ninth Afghan player to take More
Afghanistan have edged past Bahrain by 3-2 in their last group encounter, securing a spot in the quarterfinals at the National Sports Development Fund (NSDF) Futsal Championship in Thailand. Farzad Mahmudi, Akbar Kazmi and Mehran Gholami scored one goal each for Afghanistan in Monday’s match to help their side advance. The national squad will take More
Afghanistan are set to take on Bahrain today (Monday) at the National Sports Development Fund (NSDF) Futsal Championship in Thailand. The match would commence at 6:30pm Afghanistan time, the Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) wrote on its Facebook page. Futsal teams from Afghanistan, Iran, Kuwait and Bahrain are participating in the event. Earlier, Afghanistan had lost More
In the wake of Australia postponing their T20I series against Afghanistan, spin sensation Rashid Khan is mulling his participation in the Big Bash League (BBL). Rashid Khan is “hurt” by Cricket Australia’s decision recently to indefinitely postpone Australia’s scheduled three-match T20I series against Afghanistan. In response, Rashid, who is currently playing for Gujarat Titans in More
Afghanistan’s veteran all-rounder Mohammad Nabi has opened a branch of Adei Hospital west of the capital Kabul. On his Facebook page, Nabi wrote: “Based on your request, especially residents of Kart-i-Chahar, Kart-i-Seh, Khoshal Khan Mena and Dar-ul-Aman, the Adei Foundation and Adei Hospital Group opened this new hospital in the west of Kabul City, behind More
