The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has hired former Irish all-rounder John Mooney as fielding coach of the national team and Australian Nirmalan Thanabalasingam as the new physiotherapist. Both specialists have joined Afghan Atalan for the ongoing training and preparation camp ahead of the upcoming T20I fixtures, ACB said in a statement. It said John Mooney More
The Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) has announced a 23-member squad for the 2025 Central Asian Football Association (CAFA) Nations Cup. In its statement, the AFF said Faisal Ahmad Hamidi, Issa Azizi and Keyvan Mottaqian have been called up as goalkeepers. The defenders include Sharif Mohammad, Elias Mansour, Mahboob Hanifi, Ruhollah Iqbalzada, Amid Arezo, Syed Arif More
The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) on Sunday confirmed that it will host Bangladesh for a white-ball series in the UAE, featuring three ODIs and three T20Is from October 2 to 14. The series will begin with the T20Is, with the first match on October 2, followed by the second and third T20Is on October 3 More
The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has announced a 17-member squad for the upcoming 2025 Asia Cup, scheduled to begin on September 9. The Rashid Khan-led side will open their campaign against Hong Kong at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. Star spinners Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Allah Ghazanfar have returned to the T20I setup More
US President Donald Trump announced the draw for the 2026 FIFA World Cup would be held in Washington on December 5 this year. The draw for the 48-team football championship will be held at the Kennedy Center in the US capital, where Trump recently installed himself as chairman in what he called a war on More
Khamzat Chimaev dominated Dricus Du Plessis with relentless wrestling to seize the UFC middleweight title at UFC 319, earning a unanimous decision and cementing his place as champion. Khamzat Chimaev is the new ruler of the UFC’s middleweight division. On Saturday night at the United Center in Chicago, the undefeated contender put on a grappling More
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the squad lists for the 2026 Under-19 50-over World Cup, including Afghanistan among 16 participating countries. The line-up for the Under 19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2026 has been finalised, with USA becoming the 16th and final team to book tickets for Zimbabwe and Namibia, ICC said on Saturday. More
Afghanistan national taekwondo team member Hekmatullah Zain has won the bronze medal at the Kazakhstan Open International Taekwondo Championships after consecutive victories over athletes from Saudi Arabia and Kyrgyzstan. The tournament began on Thursday, with more than 10 Afghan athletes participating. Mohammad Bashir Taraki, head coach of Afghanistan’s national team, wrote on Facebook: “Hekmatullah Zain More
Afghan MMA fighter Baz Mohammad Mubariz is set to make his professional Muay Thai debut on August 24 in Phuket, Thailand. Mubariz will face Bahraini athlete Mustafa, an Iranian-born fighter with extensive Muay Thai experience. The three-round bout, with each round lasting three minutes, marks Mubariz’s first appearance in the discipline after a career focused More
The national taekwondo team has left for Kazakhstan to participate in the International Taekwondo Open Championship, the Afghanistan Taekwondo Federation said on Monday. The ATF wrote on its Facebook page the Afghan team, comprising 13 athletes and two coaches, departed for Kazakhstan to participate in the International Taekwondo Open Championship. It said Afghan athletes would More
