KABUL: Unknown gunmen have opened fire on Afghan cricketer Shapoor Zadran in capital Kabul. According to reports, the incident took place late on Saturday night in the vicinity of Bagrami area of Kabul. Reports indicate Zadran has managed to escape the attack unhurt after receiving several bullets in his vehicle. Zadran was reportedly going towards his house together with his ...

KABUL: The former Afghan skipper Nawroz has retired from international cricket as he eyes to head the selection committee in Afghan Cricket Board. Mangal announced his retirement from the international cricket during a press conference in Kabul today. The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) officials said Mangal will continue to serve as head of the selection committee. The 28-year-old former Afghan ...

KABUL: The Afghanistan Women’s National Football Team will face India in their opening match of the South Asia Football Federation (SAFF) Championship 2016. The championship has been hosted by India and will be played from 26th December to 4th of January. The Afghan team is playing in Group B of the championship alongside India and Bangladesh. The second match will ...

Peshawar Zalmi team owner Javed Afridi has met Malala Yousufzai and her family in the UK and presented them with Peshawar Zalmi merchandise. Afridi also mentioned meeting Ahmad Nawaz, an APS survivor, in a tweet. On the occasion, Malala said sports is a platform which brings people together and the people of KP are peace loving. She added that she ...

Increasing numbers of Afghan refugees are stoking an interest in the game in their new adopted land. “The Taliban killed my father. There was danger for me too.” Niamatullah, a short but firmly built boy of 17, pauses as he speaks about his journey from Afghanistan to SG Findorff club in Bremen, where he is standing in a corner of ...

The six-year-old Murtaza Ahmadi became an internet sensation after pictures of him dressed in an improvised Lionel Messi jersey – made out of a plastic bag – went viral. But now Murtaza finally got to meet the Argentine footballer in Doha. The Afghan boy’s dream of meeting his idol came true, according to the Qatar’s World Cup 2022 organising committee. ...

Good news for all Afghanistan cricket team fans. Their national team will end 2016 as the third best team in T20Is. They have recorded a success percentage of 66.66, winning 8, losing 4 in total of 12 T20Is they have played in 2016. They will also carry the record of being the only team to beat 2016 World T20 champions ...

Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu predicted on Wednesday that Lionel Messi would not only extend his contract with the Catalan club but also end his playing days there too. Speaking at the launch of a 55 million euros a year shirt sponsorship deal Bartomeu told journalists he was “relaxed about Messi’s contract”. With the clock ticking and only 18 months ...

United Nations on Thursday announced that Maria Sharapova will be allowed to resume her role as a United Nations (UN) goodwill ambassador when her drug suspension ends in April. “The UNDP is glad to learn that Maria Sharapova can return to the sport she loves sooner than expected and we will lift the suspension of her role as our goodwill ...

KABUL: The Pakistan Super League (PSL), a T20 event including top-class payers, will feature two senior Afghan cricketers. Faced with a fragile security situation, Pakistan will stage the 2017 final of the Twenty20 franchise league in Lahore,with teams flying in and out for the showpiece event. More than 410 players were placed in the draft for the PSLin the United Arab ...