Afghanistan have edged past Australia 5-4 in their second match at the National Sports Development Fund (NSDF) Futsal Championship in Thailand. The Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) wrote on its Facebook page Afghanistan took a commanding lead with four goals in the first half, while Australia managed to score once. However, Australia rallied in the second More

Afghanistan is all poised to take on India in the second round of the FIFA 2026 World Cup qualifiers and the 2027 Asian Nations Cup, an official said on Thursday. The crucial match is expected to take place on 11:30pm tonight in Saudi Arabia’s Abhai town. Afghanistan Football Federation spokesman Mustafa Hashimi told Pajhwok Afghan More

Afghanistan has expressed its disappointment over Australia’s decision on postponing another bilateral series. The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) stressed cricket must be kept away from political influence, given the game’s significance in the country. Cricket was a source of happiness and joy for the Afghan nation, ACB said, acknowledging the pressure on CA from the More

The national futsal team will participate in the international four-way tournament in Thailand before the start of the Asian Futsal Cup, according to a statement from the Football Federation on Tuesday. The statement said: “Afghanistan’s national futsal team made history for the first time to qualify for the Futsal Asia Cup, to ensure the best More

The Cricket Australia (CA) has postponed a three-match T20I series against Afghanistan scheduled for August due to the issue of women and girls’ rights. The series was slated to be hosted by Afghanistan in the United Arab Emirate (UAE). For the third time, CA has declined to play the Afghan team since the re-establishment of More

Afghanistan on Monday beat Ireland by 57 runs in the third and last match of the T20 series played in Sharjah, UAE. Afghanistan won the toss and decided to bat first, Ibrahim Zadran’s 51 balls 72 and Mohammad Ishaq’s 22 balls 27 played a crucial role in putting 156 runs target to the opposition. In More

Afghanistan on Sunday beat Ireland by 10 runs in the second T20 cricket match played in Sharjah, UAE and leveled the series 1-1. Afghanistan won the toss and decided to bat first. The men in blue did not have a positive start and the team’s total score was 14 on the loss of its four More

Ireland defeated Afghanistan by 38 runs in the first T20I of their three-match series in Sharjah on Friday. Afghanistan won the toss and invited Ireland to bat first, with Ben White and Josh Little starring with the ball. Harry Tector hit an undefeated half-century as the tourists took a 1-0 series lead against hosts Afghanistan. More

Afghan freefighter Wahidullah Nazhand will face his Czech rival Jacob Bhinak in Stuttgart. Nazhand wrote on his Facebook account that the match would be played on March 23 in Germany’s city. According to Nazhand, this will be his 55th competition at the MMA event in the weight category of 74 kilograms. His sister Azita told Pajhwok More

The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has named a 15-member squad for the three match T20 series against Ireland. Afghanistan T20 captain and veteran leggie Rashid Khan has returned to the squad for the first time since the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023. Rashid has not played a competitive game since the tournament in India More