Local sources in Daikundi have confirmed that unidentified gunmen shot dead Yaser Behzad Hosseini, a former officer in Afghanistan’s previous army, in the centre of Shahristan district.
The Afghan Women United football team celebrated its first international victory with an emphatic 7–0 win over Libya in their third match of the FIFA tournament in Morocco.
Afghanistan’s Under-19 cricket team has secured qualification for the 2026 ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup after finishing top of their group in the regional qualifiers.
The Afghanistan national futsal team has successfully qualified for the Futsal World Cup after defeating Kyrgyzstan with a score of 5-3. Goalscorers for Afghanistan included Omid Qanbari, Akbar Kazemi, Mahdi Noruzi, and Mehran Gholami, who scored twice.
With six gold, two silver, and four bronze medals, Afghanistan’s national Muay Thai team, secured the runner-up position at the international Muay Thai competition in Iran.
The Afghanistan Football Federation announced that the national team players went to Saudi Arabia to participate in the training camp. The Federation in a statement said that Afghan players in the foreign leagues have also been invited to join the training camp in Saudi Arabia.
After Afghanistan’s second match against Sri Lanka was abandoned due to rain on Sunday, the country’s national cricket team confirmed their place in the ODI World Cup 2023 to be held in India.
Afghanistan national cricket team will play against New Zealand in the T20 World Cup line-up on Wednesday in Melbourne, Australia. Afghanistan lost their first T20 match against England in Perth, Australia on October 22.
Afghanistan’s under-20 national football team will participate in the Asian Under-20 Championship qualifiers in Muscat, Oman. The preliminary competitions of the U-20 Asian Championship will be held from September 14-18 at the Sultan Qaboos Stadium in Muscat.
Mohsen Rezaee, member of Afghanistan’s National Taekwondo team, won a bronze medal in the 58kg weight category during the Asian Taekwondo Championship on Saturday in South Korea, after winning two of the three matches.
The Afghanistan Football Federation has announced that a team of Afghan referees has been invited to AFC Cup tournament.