 SportsRohullah Nikpai beat his Spanish opponent and takes first afghan Olympic medal Afghan Taekwondo expert hammers Spanish rival to take bronze in Beijing AFGHANISTAN has won its first ever Olympic medal after the country’s Taekwondo star Rohullah Nikpai beat his Spanish opponent to take bronze in Beijing. Nikpai beat Spanish rival and two-time world champion Juan Antonio Ramos 4-1 in the Men’s taekwondo 58kg class on Wednesday, winning joint bronze with Chu Mu-Yen of Chinese Taipei. The medal catapulted Afghanistan into the medal table for the first time in Olympic history. Nikpai defeated the 2006 European champion Levent Tuncat of Germany in Round of 16 of the tournament. He competed in the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, and was defeated by eventual silver medalist Nattapong Tewawetchapong of Thailand in Round of 16 of the men's flyweight division. |
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| Sports Trails for national women volleyball squad to be finished One week trails for the selection of Afghanistans women volleyball squad, will be finished tomorrow in this capital city, an official said. |
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| Sports UN official honours winners of first-ever girls football competition A senior United Nations official today presented a trophy to the winners of the first-ever Kabul Girls Football Competition, a milestone event for young women in Afghanistan, where their rights were severely curtailed under the ousted Taliban regime, and voiced hope that sports would inspire them to pursue all of their dreams. |
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| Sports Afghanistan's Arman-i-Kabul wins four-nation soccer tournament KABUL, May 19 (Pajhwok Afghan News): Arman-i-Kabul Friday defeated Umeed-i-Kabul by two goals on the fifth day of the six-day football competitions organised in connection with the National Olympic Day here. |
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| Sports Afghanistan win opener of Khaleej Cricket Tournament KABUL, Feb 17 (Pajhwok Afghan News): Afghanistan's cricket team downed the Saudis by a huge margin of 94 runs in the opener of the five-nation Khaleej Cricket Tournament played in Kuwait City on Friday, an official said. |
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 SportsAfghanistan targets regional football heights with German flair KARACHI: When Ali Askar Lali fled Afghanistan for Germany as a refugee after the 1979 Russian invasion, little did he realise that one day he would go home to develop the world’s most popular sport – football. Lali, now 48, established good relations with the German Football Association during his time in exile. |
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| Sports Afghanistan take on Maldives, Pakistan face Sri Lanka in openers: SAFF Championship begins today KARACHI: The 6th edition of South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship is starting at the People’s Stadium here on Wednesday (today). |
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| Sports Cricket comes to Afghanistan South Asia's passion for cricket has finally gripped Afghans, who look forward to a day when their national cricket team will play against India. |
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| Sports Tillman Center to open in Afghanistan Mar. 24, 2005 12:00 AM The United Service Organizations (USO) and the NFL will open the Pat Tillman USO Center in Afghanistan in the next week. |
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