The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has named a 16-member squad, excluding veteran leggie Rashid Khan, for the maiden one-off Test against Sri Lanka. The ace spinner, recuperating from a lower-back surgery, will miss the Test match, beginning from February 2 at the Sinhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground in Colombo. All-rounder Qais Ahmad has been included More
Afghanistan’s Ashihara Karate team has won the second place by winning 18 medals in the Aura Asia World Championships in Iran. A dozen countries participated in the fourth round of the Aura World Championship, which began in Tehran on January 23 and ended on Friday. Afghanistan Ashihara Karate Federation Secretary General Abdul Mateen Firdous told More
Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has come under the investigation by Cricket Australia (CA) after he was hospitalized following a drunken night out in Adelaide, media reports said. Glenn Maxwell was taken to Royal Adelaide hospital after he was completely drunk during a Friday evening concert at TheGov in Adelaide, Free Press Journal reported. However, Glenn More
New Zealand have beaten Afghanistan by one wicket in their second match at the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup at the Buffalo Park in East London. Afghanistan’s future stars won the toss and opted to bat first. They were bowled out for a paltry 91. Jamshid Zadran top-scored with 22 from 32 balls, according to More
Afghanistan’s wheelchair basketball team has got ninth position in the Asian and Atlantic games, according to the Afghanistan Wheelchair Basketball Federation on Saturday. The Federation of its Facebook page wrote that Afghanistan lost to Saudi Arbia at the margin of nine points and got ninth position. Eleven teams participated in the games and Afghanistan, New More
Ace spinner Rashid Khan will not be seen in action in the ninth edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL). The veteran leggie has informed Lahore Qalandars, seeking to complete a hat-trick of PSL titles, of his unavailability. Recuperating a lower back surgery, he has already skipped BBL, SA20 and the Afghanistan-India T20 series. A More
The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has appointed Australian Shane McDermott as the national team’s new fielding coach. McDermott is set to join the Afghanistan national team from February 1, during national squad all-format tour to Sri Lanka, ACB said in a statement. Shane McDermott is a high performance level three coaching certificate holder and carries More
Volleyball Canada has appointed senior Vice President of Afghanistan Volleyball Federation and former head coach of the national team, Mohammad Yusuf Sadiq, as its technical program coordinator. Afghanistan Volleyball Federation Secretary General Mohammad Naseer Noori told Pajhwok Sadiq has been appointed as coordinator of the technical program of the Volleyball Canada. The Volleyball Federation also More
India have outplayed Afghanistan in second super over by 10 runs in the final match of the T20 series at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The hosts won the toss and elected to bat first, posting 212 for the loss of four wickets. The India skipper became the first batsman to hit five T20 International tons More
Afghanistan’s wheelchair basketball team registered its fourth victory in a row in the Asia and Oceania championship by defeating the United Arab Emirates. Afghanistan Wheelchair Basketball Federation wrote on its Facebook page on Tuesday the Afghan team defeated the UAE 57-51 in Bangkok, Thailand. The Afghan team had previously defeated New Zealand, Saudi Arabia and More
