Afghan athlete Zabihullah Shahzad has won the gold medal in a concrete board-breaking international taekwondo competition in South Korea. The 32-year-old athlete, also a sports journalist and spokesperson for the Taekwondo Federation, defeated his Korean rival, who has won the world championship several times, by breaking 12 concrete boards. After the match, he wrote on More
Nine Afghan athletes are participating in the ongoing “University International Sports Festival” in Yekaterinburg (Russia), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday. MoFA deputy spokesman Zia Ahmad Takal wrote on his X handle 4000 students from 282 universities of 36 countries will contest for 191 medal events across 14 sports in the festival that commenced on More
Pakistan on Tuesday defeated Afghanistan by 142 runs in the first limited over match played in Hambantota, Sri Lanka, according to a media report. Pakistan Captain Babar Azam won the toss and decided to bat first. His team managed to set the target of 202 for Afghanistan to win. Afghanistan’s spinners did well to restrict More
Afghan athlete Ali Akbar Amiri has won a gold medal in a global taekwondo event in South Korea. Zabihullah Shahzad, spokesman for the Afghanistan Taekwondo Federation, wrote on his Facebook page that Amiri outplayed rivals from Canada, Kazakhstan, South Korea and Nigeria. Amiri earned created history by winning the gold medal and for Afghanistan in More
The Afghanistan Cricket Board on Sunday announced a 16-member squad for a three-match one-day international series against Pakistan in Sari Lanka. Asadullah Khan, ACB selection committee chairman, told a meeting in this regard that the ODI series against Pakistan would help Afghanistan prepare for the Asia Cup and the World Cup. He said the coaches More
Afghan taekwondo player Rohullah Nikpai has been appointed as coach of New Zealand’s national taekwondo team. Tamim Hotak, deputy director of referees committee of taekwondo federation, confirmed the development. He said Nikpai currently held no job in the federation, but previously he coached the junior national taekwondo team. Nikpai has won two medals for Afghanistan More
Afghan Taekwondo players have won two silver and four bronze medals in an open competition held in South Korea on Thursday. Zabihullah Shahzad, a spokesman for the Taekwondo Federation, said 220 players from about 30 countries participated in the competitions in South Korea. He said the Afghans defeated their rivals from US, Korea, Australia, Iraq More
Afghanistan have moved up 10 places in world futsal rankings after winning the second place in the Central Asia Futsal Association (CAFA) Championship. The Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) said after winning the second place in the CAFA championship, the national squad had drawn international attention. According to the latest rankings, AFF said in a statement, More
Afghanistan have finished second in the Central Asian Futsal Association Championship 2023, edging past Turkmenistan 3-2. Iran clinched the six-nation championship by outplaying the hosts Tajikistan 1-0 in their last match on Sunday. Uzbekistan grabbed the third spot. Afghanistan Football Federation chief Mohammad Yusuf Kargar said the event featured strong Asian squads. “Fortunately, Afghan athletes More
Former Afghan Cricket Board (ACB) Official Dr. Noor Mohammad Murad has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the USA Cricket Board (USCB), according to a statement on Sunday. Dr. Murad served as the CEO of Afghanistan Cricket from 2012-2014 during its meteoric rise from the lower levels of Associate Cricket to achieving More
