Soccer players leave Afghanistan on evacuation flight

The national selected, team members and family members left Kabul with the support of the Australian government The players of the National women’s soccer team from Afghanistan achieved an “important victory” this Tuesday by entering a group of more than 75 people evacuated in a flight from Kabul. The international footballers union FIFPRO thanked the … Read more

“Help Afghanistan”, begs the captain of the Afghan basketball team, after fleeing Kabul

The captain of the afghan basketball team wheelchair bound, Nilofar Bayat, who managed to flee from Kabul and take refuge in SpainOn Monday, he called on the international community not to abandon his country because “the Taliban have not changed.” “We want to United Nations, all countries, help Afghanistan“Said the 28-year-old athlete and feminist activist … Read more

“Burn your uniforms and remove your photos and identity”, the urgent appeal to women footballers in Afghanistan

Burn your uniforms and remove your identity, former captain Khalida Popal’s desperate appeal to Afghan footballers now under Taliban rule. (Photo: Getty Images) The former captain of the Afghan women’s soccer team Khalida Popal sent a desperate appeal to those who were her teammates on the fields defending the colors of their country: “Delete your … Read more

Young soccer player dies after falling from a plane in Afghanistan

Zaki Anwari, a young soccer player who played in the lower categories of the national team Afghanistan, suffered a fatal fall after trying to travel by holding onto a US plane taking off from Kabul, reported this Thursday the General Directorate of Physical Education and Sports of the country. (You may be interested in: The … Read more

Afghanistan national team players fear for their lives

Afghanistan national team players fear for their lives

AP London / 16.08.2021 22:30:29 In the desperate calls and voicemails they make to you, Khalida popal you can hear the anguish and crying between pleas for help. The Afghanistan women’s national team players, to whose formation Popal contributed, now they fear for their lives because the Taliban have regained control of the country after … Read more