Cricket
Sohail Khan to lead Afghanistan U19 on seven-match Oman tour
Sohail Khan will captain Afghanistan Under-19s in seven Youth ODIs in Oman before November’s Asia Cup, including five matches against Bangladesh.
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Cricket
Twenty-Five Afghan Players Secure ILT20 Season 5 Places
Twenty-five Afghan cricketers have secured ILT20 Season 5 places, with competition rules requiring at least two Afghans in every playing XI.
Football
Sorkh Poshan reach 24 points with eighth straight win
Sorkh Poshan Khafi have won all eight of their Afghanistan Champions League matches after beating Khurasan Faryab 1–0 on Sunday. The Herat club have 24 points, with 21 goals scored and just one conceded.
Cricket
Shanto back in training, awaiting clearance for Afghanistan Test
Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto has returned to batting practice but still needs medical clearance for the October 9 Test against Afghanistan. Doctors are assessing his fitness for a five-day match after he returned…
Olympic Sports
Three Medals Close Asian Games but Expose Afghanistan’s Narrow Podium Base
Afghanistan closed the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games with one silver and two bronze medals, all delivered by cycling and wushu. Fariba Hashimi’s historic silver and two wushu bronzes underlined individual progress but also the country’s…
Olympic Sports
Rahimi Exit Further Narrows Afghanistan’s Jiu-Jitsu Medal Hopes
Abdul Basit Rahimi’s Asian Games campaign ended in his opening 94kg bout after the Afghan Jiu-Jitsu athlete lost to an Iranian opponent. His exit followed medal-less campaigns for Sarwar Hosseini and Noorullah Shafaei a…
Cricket
England’s Afghanistan Cricket Policy Faces New Test Over APL
England’s refusal to schedule bilateral men’s cricket with Afghanistan is facing a new test as several English players register for the Afghanistan Premier League, an ACB-organised franchise competition in the UAE. The ECB is…
Olympic Sports
Afghan Referee Takes Charge of Two Asian Games Kurash Finals
Afghanistan’s three-star Kurash referee Sediqullah Nemat officiated two finals at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games, including gold-medal contests in the men’s 81kg and women’s 57kg categories. His appointments put Afghan officiating — not only…
Other Sports
Fifteen Fighters Earn Places on Zabul Kickboxing Team
Fifteen athletes earned selection to Zabul’s representative kickboxing team after a one-day WAKO competition in Qalat. The tournament turned local competition into a selection pathway, with fighters across three age categories competing for places…
Other Sports
Nimroz Kickboxing Tournament Opens Provincial Pathway for Talent
Kickboxers from five Afghan provinces competed in the ninth provincial tournament hosted by Nimroz, giving athletes from western and southern Afghanistan a shared competitive platform. Organisers positioned the event around identifying emerging athletes and…
Other Sports
Rashid Khan’s Kandahar Visit Extends Beyond Cricket
Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan has used a visit to his home province of Kandahar to take part in two private development projects, opening a 50-apartment residential complex and laying the foundation stone for a…
Cricket
India Complete Asian Games Cricket Gold Double
India defeated Pakistan by 19 runs in the men’s Asian Games cricket final to retain the title they won at Hangzhou 2022. The victory completed a cricket gold double for India at Aichi-Nagoya 2026…
