The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday signed an agreement worth 500 million dollars with the King Salman Foundation of Saudi Arabia to combat polio virus. On his X platform, WHO’s Director- General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote: “The $500 million commitment by @KSRelief_EN to #EndPolio will be immediately disbursed to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative to help More
Afghanistan will take on England in their second clash of the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy in Lahore on Wednesday (February 26). The match will start at 1:30pm (Afghanistan time). In their first Group-B match, South Africa had trounced Afghanistan by 107 runs at the National Bank Stadium in Karachi. In today’s group B match, Australia More
Afghanistan are set to play their first match of the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy against South Africa on February 21 in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi. The tournament, which features eight teams, officially began on Wednesday in Pakistan, with Afghanistan’s opening match scheduled for tomorrow in Karachi. The match will start at 1:30pm (Afghanistan time). More
The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 — featuring eight teams — is set to begin today (Wednesday) in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi. In the opening match, defending champions and hosts Pakistan will take on New Zealand at 2:30pm. In Group A, India is placed alongside Bangladesh, New Zealand and Pakistan. Group B is comprised of More
National taekwondo team player Sudis Sikandar has defeated three Pakistani opponents in the seventh round of the Asia Pakistan competition, and won the fourth gold medal for the country. Bashir Taraki, the head coach of National Taekwondo Team told Pajhwok News Agency that Sikandar defeated Zaid Muhammad from Pakistan by 2-0 in the first match More
With the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 just around the corner, Afghanistan meet New Zealand in second warm-up match today (Sunday) at the National Bank Stadium in Karachi. The match will begin at 1:30pm Afghanistan time. In their first practice match, Pakistan Shaheen defeated Afghanistan by 144 runs. The ICC 2025 Champions Trophy is scheduled to More
The Afghan squad arrived in the Pakistani city of Lahore today (Wednesday) to participate in the ICC Champions Trophy, an eight-nation tournament set to begin on February 19. Defending champions Pakistan will take on New Zealand in the opening match in Karachi. Afghanistan will play two warm-up games ahead of their maiden appearance in the More
Afghanistan’s young spin sensation AM Ghazanfar has been ruled out of the ICC Champions Trophy due to a fracture in the L4 vertebra, specifically in the left pars interarticularis. The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) says Ghazanfar sustained the injury during Afghanistan’s recent tour of Zimbabwe. He will be sidelined for at least four months and More
The England Cricket Board (ECB) has confirmed that England’s men would fulfill their fixture against Afghanistan at the Champions Trophy this month, a media report said on Friday. Richard Thompson, the ECB’s chairman, said in a statement following a board meeting on Thursday that a “coordinated international response” would achieve more than unilateral action. Earlier, More
Veteran leggie Rashid Khan has broken former West Indian all-rounder Dwayne Bravo’s record to become the highest wicket-taker in T20 cricket. Rashid achieved the historic milestone during MI Cape Town’s Qualifier One match against Paarl Royals in the SA20 League. With this, his total wicket tally across international T20s and franchise leagues has reached 633 More
