Laghman secured the Brotherhood Cup series against Nuristan after an innings-and-10-run victory in the opening two-day match gave the hosts an advantage Nuristan could not overturn. The second match ended in a draw, leaving…
Dari Shahr won the Nangalam Premier League after a 40-team competition in Kunar’s Pech Dara district, underlining the scale of organised cricket beyond Afghanistan’s major urban centres. The tournament also drew local calls for…
Umar Zawak Herat edged Istiqlal Kabul 2–1, while Abu Muslim Farah secured a 4–0 victory over Aino Mina Kandahar in two Roshan Afghanistan Champions League matches. Fahim Karimi was named the standout player for…
Ahmed FC of Balkh scored seven goals to beat Markaz Logar 7–4 in the fifth match of the Afghanistan Futsal Zone Champions 2025. Yaser Alizada was named Player of the Match after Ahmed FC’s…
Afghanistan recorded 10 top-five finishes at the Asian bodybuilding competitions in Thailand across bodybuilding, sport physique and athletic physique. The results included five runner-up finishes, and Naib Mobarez was also named the 2026 Athlete…
A martial arts competition in Sharan brought together 120 athletes from eight Afghan provinces, with host Paktika finishing first in the team standings. The breadth of participation turned the event into a regional meeting…
Afghanistan will be represented at the 86th Congress of the International Gymnastics Federation in Bangkok, bringing the country’s gymnastics federation into an international forum on the sport’s future. The participation gives Afghanistan a formal…
Afghanistan will face defending champions Australia, India and Pakistan in a demanding group at the 2027 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup. Their campaign begins against Pakistan on October 8 in Tshwane, with five group…
Etihad Sheikh Ghorband emerged as champions of Parwan’s First-Division Football League after a multi-week competition involving 10 teams. Omid Jawanan Noman finished second and Al-Jihad Tatamdarha completed the provincial top three.
A new training programme for young Arab sports journalists in Jeddah went beyond digital content skills to confront a deeper challenge: how journalism protects credibility when artificial intelligence can manufacture text, images, voices and…
Afghanistan will have a single athletics representative at the 20th Colombo International Marathon in Sri Lanka on October 4. The athlete’s trip is being financed by Atoma Telecommunications, highlighting private-sector support behind Afghanistan’s latest…
Rahmat Shah will lead Afghanistan in Test cricket for the first time after the selectors named squads for a six-week international programme against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe in the UAE. Rashid Khan and Ibrahim Zadran…
Former ASJF President Sayer Zaland addresses delegates during the opening of the federation’s Second Annual Congress in Kabul in 2017.
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PHOTOKey Afghan athletes, medalists and women’s sport profiles at a glance.
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PHOTO| Competition | Year | 🥇 Gold | 🥈 Silver | 🥉 Bronze |
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| Olympic Games | 2008 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Olympic Games | 2012 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Asian Games | 2026 | Review pending | Review pending | Review pending |
Refugee-team medals are tracked separately from Afghanistan’s national totals.
