Wrecking Ball: Return of the Taliban threatens organised sport, female athletes in Afghanistan
3 years, 4 months ago

Wrecking Ball: Return of the Taliban threatens organised sport, female athletes in Afghanistan

Firstpost  

The Great Game continues unabated in Afghanistan but organised sport could well be on the endangered list now that the Taliban have swept into power. It’s just not cricket; sport in general faces challenging times with the ascendance of the Taliban, who are against organised sport and used sports stadia for public executions when they ruled Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001 “Efforts are being made to check their whereabouts,” said an anonymous international cricket official about Afghanistan players as per news agency AFP. Khalida Popal, part of the first Afghanistan women’s football team, has been dealing with frantic phone calls and voice messages from back home. In the last 20 years, Afghanistan men’s football team’s milestone moments have been fourth place at the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup; 2013 SAFF Championship winners and finalists in 2011 and 2015. “Unfortunately due to the current upheaval going on in Afghanistan the team could not leave Kabul in time,” said Afghanistan Paralympic Committee’s London-based Chef de Mission Arian Sadiqi to Reuters.

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Afghanistan Women to play T20 match against Cricket Without Borders XI in January
1 month, 1 week ago

Afghanistan Women to play T20 match against Cricket Without Borders XI in January

India Today  

The Afghanistan women’s cricket team, now living as refugees in Australia, will reunite to play a T20 match against Cricket Without Borders XI in Melbourne on January 30. Earlier in 2023, 17 players from the Afghan women's team, previously contracted to play for Afghanistan, wrote to the International Cricket Council requesting assistance to form a refugee team. ICC Chief Executive …

How women’s football in Afghanistan redefined itself
1 month, 1 week ago

How women’s football in Afghanistan redefined itself

Live Mint  

One stifling afternoon in the early 2000s in Kabul, Afghanistan, violence came to the football haven Khalida Popal and her friends had conjured for themselves on the schoolground. It is just one of the harrowing pictures Popal paints in her recently released memoir, My Beautiful Sisters: A Story of Courage, Hope and the Afghan Women’s Football Team. View Full Image …

First Afghan woman to compete internationally after Taliban takeover seeks Olympic gold in Paris
4 months, 2 weeks ago

First Afghan woman to compete internationally after Taliban takeover seeks Olympic gold in Paris

Associated Press  

PARIS — Zakia Khudadadi has spent most of her life breaking through glass ceilings. I want to show strength to all women and girls in Afghanistan.” Khudadadi is competing for the Refugee Paralympic Team, while other athletes are seeking medals under Afghanistan’s flag, such as Olympic sprinter Kimia Yousofi. The International Paralympic Committee originally issued a statement saying the Afghan …

Afghan women cricketers seek ICC help to form refugee team
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Afghan women cricketers seek ICC help to form refugee team

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Afghan women cricketers have asked …

Taliban laud cricket team’s success but where are the women, question activists
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Taliban laud cricket team’s success but where are the women, question activists

Hindustan Times  

From its status as a sport played by Afghans living in refugee camps in northwest Pakistan to the Afghan team securing a place in the semi-finals of the ICC Twenty20 World Cup, cricket certainly has come a long way in Afghanistan. Despite the Afghan cricket team’s current success, it is unlikely that Afghanistan itself will host any major game in …

IOC to decide on Afghanistan’s participation in LA Olympics 2028, says ICC CEO Allardice
1 year, 1 month ago

IOC to decide on Afghanistan’s participation in LA Olympics 2028, says ICC CEO Allardice

The Hindu  

ICC CEO Geoff Allardice has said that the final call on Afghanistan’s participation in the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles will be taken by the International Olympic Committee. Our position on cricket and supporting our member in Afghanistan is not dissimilar to those of other international sporting organisations.” While cricket has been included in the Olympics for the first …

Sport Weekly: Afghanistan light up the Cricket World Cup
1 year, 1 month ago

Sport Weekly: Afghanistan light up the Cricket World Cup

Al Jazeera  

Al Jazeera talks to Afghanistan’s captain, coach, and ex bowling coach about an incredible World Cup campaign. In an exclusive interview this week, captain Hashmatullah Shahidi told Al Jazeera about how Afghanistan have found the self-belief to humble some of the world’s biggest sides, and took issue with the use of the word “upset” being used for their victories. Meanwhile, …

Rare public joy in Kabul after Afghanistan’s World Cup win over Pakistan
1 year, 2 months ago

Rare public joy in Kabul after Afghanistan’s World Cup win over Pakistan

Al Jazeera  

Kabul skies were aglow with fireworks as Afghans celebrated stunning Cricket World Cup victory over Pakistan. Fireworks and celebratory gunfire raked Kabul’s skies as Afghans celebrated their stunning eight-wicket Cricket World Cup defeat of Pakistan, a rare burst of public jubilation since the Taliban takeover two years ago. ‘An amazing performance’ Afghanistan and Pakistan have had fractious relations since the …

Afghanistan’s female cricketers plead with the ICC: ‘Help us play again’
1 year, 3 months ago

Afghanistan’s female cricketers plead with the ICC: ‘Help us play again’

The Hindu  

Just over two years ago, Firooza Amiri was an 18-year-old batter for the Afghanistan women’s cricket team, ready to take on the world if given the chance. Similarly, the authority to field men’s and women’s national teams lies solely with the member board in any country, not with the ICC.” Amiri said the Afghan women’s team took heart from Australia’s …

Afghanistan’s female cricketers plead with sport’s world governing body: help us play again
1 year, 3 months ago

Afghanistan’s female cricketers plead with sport’s world governing body: help us play again

Associated Press  

BRISBANE, Australia — Just over two years ago, Firooza Amiri was an 18-year-old batter for the Afghanistan women’s cricket team, ready to take on the world if given the chance. Similarly, the authority to field men’s and women’s national teams lies solely with the member board in any country, not with the ICC.” Amiri said the Afghan women’s team took …

Australia cancels Afghanistan cricket series over curbs on women
1 year, 11 months ago

Australia cancels Afghanistan cricket series over curbs on women

Al Jazeera  

Australia pulls out of upcoming one-day series in the UAE citing ruling Taliban’s moves to further restrict women’s rights. Australia’s men’s team has withdrawn from their One-Day International series against Afghanistan in March following further restrictions on women’s and girls’ rights imposed by the Taliban, Cricket Australia said. “This decision follows the recent announcement by the Taliban of further restrictions …

Afghan women athletes barred from playing sports, fear Taliban threats
1 year, 11 months ago

Afghan women athletes barred from playing sports, fear Taliban threats

India Today  

Noura’s determination to play sports was so great that she defied her family’s opposition for years. “Since the Taliban came, I feel like I’m dead.” A number of girls and women who once played a variety of sports told The Associated Press they have been intimidated by the Taliban with visits and phone calls warning them not to engage in …

The two Afghanistans: Beware of Taliban but common Afghans love India
2 years, 3 months ago

The two Afghanistans: Beware of Taliban but common Afghans love India

Firstpost  

For those of us who are old enough to remember that day in 1986, Javed Miandad’s six off the last ball of the match from Chetan Sharma remains seared in the mind. Sharma, who is now head of the BCCI’s selection committee, may have got some much-overdue satisfaction on Sunday when in the India-Pakistan T20 Asia Cup match, Hardik Pandya …

Afghan Olympians resettle in Australia to start afresh
2 years, 4 months ago

Afghan Olympians resettle in Australia to start afresh

Associated Press  

SYDNEY — Olympic sprinter Kimia Yousofi has arrived in Australia to start afresh just over a year after carrying the Afghan flag into the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Games, competing in the 100-meters, and then having to watch from afar as the Taliban regained control of her country. The Australian Olympic Committee on Wednesday said Yousofi and Asian Games …

‘No domestic league, no women’s football, Afghanistan's future is uncertain’, says men's coach Anoush Dastgir
2 years, 6 months ago

‘No domestic league, no women’s football, Afghanistan's future is uncertain’, says men's coach Anoush Dastgir

Firstpost  

Kolkata: The images of the brawl between Indian and Afghanistan footballers during an AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers group match recently were no different from that of any other fight in a match that helps sell headlines and creates social media buzz. No Afghan Premier League — an eight-team league founded in 2010 — match has taken place since 2020, leaving …

Afghan Women Footballers Train in Australia After Fleeing Taliban Rule
2 years, 7 months ago

Afghan Women Footballers Train in Australia After Fleeing Taliban Rule

News 18  

Eight months after fleeing Kabul as the Taliban swept to power in Afghanistan, Farida trains at a suburban Melbourne pitch, dreaming of one day playing soccer for her country while lamenting the fate of fellow women players back home. “But in Afghanistan, after the Taliban took control, everything has been turned upside down.” Girls and women’s sport has been crushed …

Afghan women footballers: Safe and alive, but ‘traumatized,’ their future in the UK is still very uncertain
3 years ago

Afghan women footballers: Safe and alive, but ‘traumatized,’ their future in the UK is still very uncertain

CNN  

London CNN — They are safe and alive, and have the prospect of new lives in the United Kingdom, but for 130 Afghan female football players and their families it’s an existence still full of uncertainty. “These girls have no refugee status,” Popal, who lives in Denmark after she was forced to flee her home country in 2011 in fear …

Afghan girls’ soccer team lands in U.K., with help from Kim Kardashian West
3 years, 1 month ago

Afghan girls’ soccer team lands in U.K., with help from Kim Kardashian West

LA Times  

Players vie for the ball in the Kabul Women’s Premier League championship final in Afghanistan in 2014. Members of Afghanistan’s women’s youth development soccer team arrived in the U.K. early Thursday after being flown from Pakistan with the help of a New York rabbi, a British soccer club and Kim Kardashian West. Khalida Popal, a former captain of Afghanistan’s national …

Afghanistan Cricket Board Hints at Inclusion of Women's Cricket
3 years, 1 month ago

Afghanistan Cricket Board Hints at Inclusion of Women's Cricket

The Quint  

The picture could also be an indication for the International Cricket Council's working group who are set to review the cricket activities in Afghanistan after the recent governmental changes in the country. The group includes Cricket Ireland Chairman Ross McCollum, Cricket South Africa Chair Lawson Naidoo and Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Ramiz Raja and will report back to the Board …

ICC acting CEO Allardice: Our goal is to see men and women playing cricket in Afghanistan
3 years, 1 month ago

ICC acting CEO Allardice: Our goal is to see men and women playing cricket in Afghanistan

The Hindu  

Days before the International Cricket Council Board discusses the fallout of Taliban taking over governance in Afghanistan on its status as a full member, Geoff Allardice, the Acting CEO of ICC, has said the Afghanistan cricket board has conveyed it won’t stop women’s cricket activities. Asked if the ICC is contemplating setting a deadline for resumption of women’s cricket in …

Afghanistan: Taliban beheads woman volleyball player
3 years, 2 months ago

Afghanistan: Taliban beheads woman volleyball player

Op India  

Mahjubin Hakimi, member of Afghanistan’s woman’s national volleyball team was beheaded by the Taliban, reports Independent Persian. An Afghan national and one of the coaches of the Afghan women’s national team by the pseudonym Suraya Afzali confirmed that the athlete was killed earlier in October. She used to play for Kabul Municipality Volleyball Club before Afghanistan fell to the Islamist …

Afghanistan women’s junior football team granted UK visas
3 years, 2 months ago

Afghanistan women’s junior football team granted UK visas

CNN  

CNN — Afghanistan’s women’s junior football team and their immediate families will be relocated to Britain from Pakistan “shortly” after being granted visas by the UK government. “We are working to finalise visas to the Afghan Women’s Development Team and look forward to welcoming them to the UK shortly,” a UK government spokesperson told CNN. On Saturday, former Afghanistan women’s …

Ban? No ban? Afghan cricket chief offers hope to women athletes
3 years, 2 months ago

Ban? No ban? Afghan cricket chief offers hope to women athletes

Al Jazeera  

Al Jazeera speaks to Afghanistan’s cricket chief on the future of female athletes in the country after the Taliban takeover. Al Jazeera spoke to the Afghanistan Cricket Board’s recently appointed Chairman Azizullah Fazli on the security situation, preparations for the World Cup and the future of women’s cricket in the country. Al Jazeera: There have been a lot of concerns …

ICC adopts wait-and-watch approach on Afghanistan
3 years, 2 months ago

ICC adopts wait-and-watch approach on Afghanistan

The Hindu  

The governing International Cricket Council has taken a wait-and-watch approach on Afghanistan but will discuss the game’s fate in the country in a board meeting next month, ICC acting chief executive Geoff Allardice said on Sunday. “Our primary function is to support the development of cricket in that country through the member board,” Allardice told a virtual news conference ahead …

With Taliban in Power, What Does the Future Hold for Afghanistan Cricket?
3 years, 3 months ago

With Taliban in Power, What Does the Future Hold for Afghanistan Cricket?

The Quint  

The Taliban view is very clear and as soon as they took control of the country, female athletes based outside the country, with help from various agencies, managed to evacuate a lot of those stuck. In what was a surprise statement, the new chairman of ACB, Fazli, has reportedly told SBS Radio Pashto that "we will give you our clear …

As Taliban 2.0 and T20 mix, ICC runs into a World Cup-level problem
3 years, 3 months ago

As Taliban 2.0 and T20 mix, ICC runs into a World Cup-level problem

Firstpost  

Afghanistan’s participation in next month’s T20 World Cup is becoming a matter of intrigue after Taliban’s takeover of the strife-torn country. New Delhi: Afghanistan’s participation in next month’s T20 World Cup is becoming a matter of intrigue after Taliban’s takeover of the strife-torn country, following which its cricket board’s top official has been abruptly replaced and women have been barred …

Taliban bans IPL 2021 broadcast in Afghanistan for anti-Islamic content
3 years, 3 months ago

Taliban bans IPL 2021 broadcast in Afghanistan for anti-Islamic content

Op India  

Taliban has banned IPL 2021 from airing in Afghanistan as it might showcase anti-Islamic content to its people. Former media manager of the Afghanistan Cricket Board and Journalist M Ibrahim Momand hinted that the reason behind the ban was possibly anti-Islamic content being shown during the IPL broadcast. He said in a tweet, “Afghanistan national Radio Television will not broadcast …

Afghan female footballers evade Taliban, reach Pakistan
3 years, 3 months ago

Afghan female footballers evade Taliban, reach Pakistan

The Hindu  

Thirty-two women football players from Afghanistan, who were facing threats from the Taliban, have reached Pakistan along with their families after the government issued emergency humanitarian visas to evacuate them, according to a media report on Wednesday. The footballers belonging to the national junior girls' team had been originally due to travel to Qatar, where Afghan refugees have been housed …

Afghan female youth football players reach Pakistan
3 years, 3 months ago

Afghan female youth football players reach Pakistan

The Hindu  

Players from Afghanistan's female youth football teams have arrived in Pakistan and will seek political asylum in third countries amid concern over the status of female athletes under the new Taliban government in Kabul. Some 81 people, including female players of several youth teams, their coaches and family members reached Pakistan through the Torkham border crossing, Umar Zia, a senior …

Don't boycott men's cricket, former Afghan women's chief pleads
3 years, 3 months ago

Don't boycott men's cricket, former Afghan women's chief pleads

The Hindu  

International cricketers should support Afghanistan's men's team, not punish them by boycotting matches if the Taliban bars women from playing, the former director of the women's side said. "If we don't have a male team anymore, there would be no hope for cricket overall," said the 28-year-old, who was the director of women's cricket at the Afghanistan Cricket Board from …

Taliban will allow hundreds of sports – provided you're a man
3 years, 3 months ago

Taliban will allow hundreds of sports – provided you're a man

Firstpost  

Last week, the deputy head of the Taliban’s cultural commission, Ahmadullah Wasiq, said that it was “not necessary” for women to play sport. Kabul: From swimming to soccer, running to horse riding, Afghanistan’s new sports chief said Tuesday that the Taliban will allow 400 sports – but declined to confirm if women can play a single one. “Please don’t ask …

Afghanistan Cricket Board chairman indicates women could still play
3 years, 3 months ago

Afghanistan Cricket Board chairman indicates women could still play

The Hindu  

Women could still be allowed to play cricket, the chairman of Afghanistan's Cricket Board has claimed to an Australian broadcaster in an apparent backflip on the Taliban's hardline stance. READ: Afghanistan Cricket Board CEO to Cricket Australia - do not isolate us Australian Test captain Tim Paine turned up the heat on Friday, saying he believed teams could pull out …

‘Do not isolate us’: ACB CEO requests Cricket Australia to reconsider decision to cancel Afghanistan Test
3 years, 3 months ago

‘Do not isolate us’: ACB CEO requests Cricket Australia to reconsider decision to cancel Afghanistan Test

Firstpost  

Cricket Australia on Thursday said that its men’s team’s season-opening Test against Afghanistan, slated to start on 27 November in Hobart, will be scrapped due if Taliban doesn’t allow women in sports. Kabul: Afghanistan Cricket Board CEO Hamid Shinwari on Friday asked Cricket Australia to reconsider its decision not to host its men’s team for a Test in November after …

Afghanistan Cricket Board CEO to Cricket Australia - do not isolate us
3 years, 3 months ago

Afghanistan Cricket Board CEO to Cricket Australia - do not isolate us

The Hindu  

Afghanistan Cricket Board CEO Hamid Shinwari on Friday asked Cricket Australia to reconsider its decision not to host its men's team for a Test in November, saying such a move will only isolate Afghanistan. "We ask Cricket Australia and the whole cricketing world to keep the door open for us, walk with us, do not isolate us, and avoid penalising …

Do not penalise us for our cultural and religious environment: ACB CEO to Cricket Australia
3 years, 3 months ago

Do not penalise us for our cultural and religious environment: ACB CEO to Cricket Australia

India TV News  

Afghanistan Cricket Board CEO Hamid Shinwari on Friday asked Cricket Australia to reconsider its decision not to host its men's team for a Test in November after the Taliban banned women from playing sport, saying such a move will only isolate the strife-torn country. Cricket Australia on Thursday said that its men's team's season-opening Test against Afghanistan, slated to start …

Cricket Australia to cancel Afghanistan Test if Taliban bans women's cricket
3 years, 3 months ago

Cricket Australia to cancel Afghanistan Test if Taliban bans women's cricket

India TV News  

The first-ever Test match between the men's teams of Australia and Afghanistan looks set to be called off after Afghanistan's newly-installed Taliban government announced its opposition to women from the Islamic nation playing cricket. "If recent media reports that women's cricket will not be supported in Afghanistan are substantiated, Cricket Australia would have no alternative but to not host Afghanistan …

Taliban has banned women's sports in Afghanistan: Report
3 years, 3 months ago

Taliban has banned women's sports in Afghanistan: Report

India TV News  

Australia's SBS TV has quoted a Taliban spokesperson as saying that women's sports — and women's cricket specifically — will be banned by his group in Afghanistan. Islam does not allow women to be seen like this," the network quoted Ahmadullah Wasiq, the deputy head of the Taliban's cultural commission, as saying. Players from Afghanistan's women's soccer team are among …

Afghanistan crisis updates | September 9, 2021
3 years, 3 months ago

Afghanistan crisis updates | September 9, 2021

The Hindu  

Two days after Taliban announced the formation of an interim government, U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said that the al-Qaeda extremist group that used Afghanistan as a staging base to attack United States 20 years ago may attempt to regenerate in the country. - PTI 12:30 pm Pentagon chief says al-Qaeda may seek comeback in Afghanistan U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd …

Afghanistan women to be banned from playing sports, says Taliban
3 years, 3 months ago

Afghanistan women to be banned from playing sports, says Taliban

Firstpost  

The Taliban had promised an inclusive government and a more moderate form of Islamic rule than when they last ruled the country from 1996 to 2001. Australia’s SBS TV has quoted a Taliban spokesperson as saying that women’s sports — and women’s cricket specifically — will be banned by his group in Afghanistan. Islam and the Islamic Emirate do not …

Australia will cancel Afghanistan test if Taliban bans women's cricket
3 years, 3 months ago

Australia will cancel Afghanistan test if Taliban bans women's cricket

The Hindu  

Australia's cricket board said on Thursday that it will scrap a planned test match against the Afghanistan men's team if the Asian country's Taliban rulers do not allow women to play the sport. Australian broadcaster SBS quoted a Taliban representative as saying he did not think women would be allowed to play cricket because it was "not necessary" and it …

Taliban bans women's sport in Afghanistan
3 years, 3 months ago

Taliban bans women's sport in Afghanistan

The Hindu  

Australia's SBS TV has quoted a Taliban spokesperson as saying that women's sports — and women's cricket specifically — will be banned by his group in Afghanistan. Islam and the Islamic Emirate do not allow women to play cricket or play the kind of sports where they get exposed.” READ: Wasiq last month told SBS that the Taliban would allow …

Cricket Australia to cancel Afghanistan Test if Taliban bans women's cricket
3 years, 3 months ago

Cricket Australia to cancel Afghanistan Test if Taliban bans women's cricket

The Hindu  

Cricket Australia on Thursday said it will not host Afghanistan for a one-off Test at Hobart later this year, if the new Taliban regime fails to support women's cricket. The CA in its statement said: "Driving the growth of women's cricket globally is incredibly important to Cricket Australia. An update on the proposed Test match against Afghanistan ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/p2q5LOJMlw — …

ICC concerned about future of women’s cricket in Afghanistan
3 years, 3 months ago

ICC concerned about future of women’s cricket in Afghanistan

The Independent  

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Afghanistan board waits to hear from Taliban on fate of women's game
3 years, 3 months ago

Afghanistan board waits to hear from Taliban on fate of women's game

The Hindu  

Afghanistan cricket chiefs are still awaiting instructions from the country's new Taliban government on the future of the women's game and are not anticipating a decision any time soon, a top cricket official told Reuters. "So far, we don't have any news from the government," Afghanistan Cricket Board chief executive Hamid Shinwari said over a telephone interview. Cricket's popularity has …

Afghan cyclist’s fears realized as Taliban aims to forbid women from playing sport
3 years, 3 months ago

Afghan cyclist’s fears realized as Taliban aims to forbid women from playing sport

CNN  

CNN — The United Arab Emirates welcomed 41 Afghan evacuees arriving from Tajikistan on Monday, including 25 members of the Afghan girls’ cycling team. I was doing sports in Afghanistan, but nowadays, that is not safe … I was forced to leave my country.” Following nearly two decades of conflict, the Taliban reclaimed Afghanistan’s capital and took over the country’s …

Afghanistan girls football team 'devastated and hopeless' after Kabul bombing derails exit
3 years, 3 months ago

Afghanistan girls football team 'devastated and hopeless' after Kabul bombing derails exit

Firstpost  

An international effort to evacuate members of the Afghanistan national girls football team, along with dozens of family members and football federation staff, suffered a crushing setback last week after a suicide bombing at the Kabul airport killed 169 Afghans and 13 US service members during a harrowing airlift. But the girls, ages 14-16, and their families also could be …

Afghanistan Female Cricketer Dejected by Lack of Support from ICC
3 years, 3 months ago

Afghanistan Female Cricketer Dejected by Lack of Support from ICC

The Quint  

"In the last year, it was not so difficult for us. Before that it was difficult, people would not accept us, the ACB said that we must not go out with the cricket equipment. Samim and her two sisters fled Afghanistan two days before Taliban took over the country. "Leaving Afghanistan, it was a sad day for me. I really …

Afghanistan female cricketer claims ICC ignored their cry for help
3 years, 3 months ago

Afghanistan female cricketer claims ICC ignored their cry for help

India TV News  

Roya Samim, a female cricketer from Afghanistan, has expressed dejection over lack of support for women cricketers in Afghanistan from the International Cricket Council. The Afghan Cricket Board also said nothing, they said just: 'Wait'," Samim was quoted as saying by The Guardian on Wednesday. The dismantling of the fledgling women's team could, in theory, threaten Afghanistan's full ICC membership," …

Cricket in Afghanistan — a source of inspiration and a platform to dream
3 years, 3 months ago

Cricket in Afghanistan — a source of inspiration and a platform to dream

The Hindu  

From being an associate member to becoming one of the Test-playing nations — cricket, surely, has come a long way in war-torn Afghanistan. The senior journalist believes that Afghanistan’s full membership with the ICC is also conditional on the promotion of cricket for women in the country, and if the Islamic Emirates imposes a ban on women’s cricket and continues …

Afghanistan women’s national team soccer players leave country on evacuation flight
3 years, 4 months ago

Afghanistan women’s national team soccer players leave country on evacuation flight

LA Times  

Khalida Popal, the former Afghanistan national women’s team captain, heads the ball in 2016. Players from Afghanistan women’s national soccer team had an “important victory” on Tuesday when they were among a group of more than 75 people evacuated on a flight from Kabul. Global soccer players’ union FIFPRO thanked the Australian government for making the evacuation of players, team …

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