Football

KABUL (PAN): Thousands of people welcomed home their national football team and President Hamid Karzai embraced the players upon arrival at the Kabul International Airport

KABUL football team on winning the nation’s first international soccer championship. The Afghan team bested India 2-0 to win its first international competition on Wednesday,

KABUL. The team arrived home about 9am and warmly welcomed by Karzai and high ranking government officials and fans. The national men’s team beat India

KABUL won their first international trophy in soccer on Wednesday, beating India 2-0 in the South Asian Football Federation Championship in the Nepalese capital Katmandu.

KABUL registered a pulsating 3-1 upset win over Sri Lanka in their Group B match of the eighth South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship in

KABUL, India and Bangladesh.Ali said Afghanistan would play their opening match against Bhutan on September 2 and against the Maldives on Sept. 6. He said

KABUL’s football team 2-0 in a friendly encounter played in the neighbouring country ahead of next week’s South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Gold Cup, an

KABUL’s female footballers triumphed 1-0 over Kyrgyzstan in a friendly encounter as part of preparations for the 2013 South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Gold Cup,

KABUL 3-0 in a friendly match, the first international soccer event to be hosted by Kabul in a decade, reviving memories of a 1977 clash

KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): Featuring 90 teams, a football tournament has begun at the Ahmad Shahi playground in Kandahar City, the capital of southern Kandahar province,

LASHKARGAH (PAN): The Haroon Popal Club has won a football tournament in southern Helmand province, an official said on Saturday. Featuring 18 teams, the event

KABUL): An under-16 girls’ football tournament began in Kabul on Saturday in connection with international mother’s day, an official said. Up to 140 girls representing