Afghan Kurash team departs for Bahrain Youth Games
Two Afghan Kurash athletes and their coach departed for Bahrain on Thursday to represent the country, the Afghanistan Kurash, Sambo and Wrestling Federation announced.
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2 Afghan taekwondo athletes win bronze in UAE contests
Two Afghan players Mohsin Rezaee and Hikmatullah Zain have won bronze medals in the ongoing 11th Al Fujairah Open Taekwondo Championship 2024 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Afghanistan National Taekwondo Federation (ANTF) said on Monday. ANTF…
4 Afghans to take part in Pakistan skiing event
The Afghanistan Sport Federation says four Afghan athletes will take part in next week’s ski competition in Pakistan. The federation said the eight-nation event would begin on January 14. The Afghan athletes are fully prepared for the tournament.…
2 Afghan athletes in Tokyo to compete in Paralympics
With their country in a state of uncertainty, two athletes from Afghanistan have landed in Tokyo to participate in the Paralympics, organisers say. The International Paralympic Committee said Saturday Zakia Khudadadi and Hossain Rassouli had flown from Kabul…
Afghan athletes earn 2 gold, 3 bronze medals
KABUL Championship. Abdul Sami Haidari earned Afghanistan a gold medal in the 79-kilogram weight category, the Afghanistan Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation said. In a statement, the federation said that Hamidullah Khushdil also won a gold medal for Afghanistan by competing…
6 Afghan athletes seek asylum in Australia, reports BBC
KABUL have sought asylum in Australia, awaiting the outcome of their applications, the BBC reported on Wednesday. The athletes, after the 2018 Invictus Games in Sydney, had gone missing, failing to fly back home. Their trip was funded by Jaguar…
Afghan athletes bring 165 medals home this year
Afghan athletes won 165 medals in international competitions in fifteen countries this year, a statement said on Sunday. The statement from the Directorate of Physical Training and Sports. The Afghans featured in taekwondo, wrestling, boxing, judo, volleyball, water…
Taekwondo athletes win gold, bronze medals
Two Afghan taekwondo athletes have won one gold and three bronze medals in the Fifth South Asia Championship. The games featuring South Asian countries began on August 5 and continued until August 8 in the Bangalore city of…
