Former Australian fast bowler and right-handed batsman, Geoff Lawson, has been appointed as transitional coach of Afghanistan’s under-19 cricket squad.

The Afghan team won three silver medals and five bronze at the just-concluded Asian Taekwondo Championship in Vietnam.

Nearly 100 youth completed a week-long cricket training at two separate camps in central Kapisa and southern Ghazni provinces, an official said on Friday.

Ok, so Afghans love cricket. And Afghanistan has a world-class national cricket team that has captured the imagination of fans in Afghanistan and abroad. But where to channel this nation's love of the game next?

Afghan powerlifting and taekwondo squads left for Vietnam and India to participate in international competitions in the two countries, an official said.  

The Afghan cricket board (ACB) plans to host the country’s first cricket premier league next year, the board’s newly-appointed chief executive, Dr. Hamid Shinwari, said on Sunday.

The Etisalat Cricket Challenge Cup, featuring 20 teams, got underway simultaneously in eastern Nangarhar and central Kabul provinces on Thursday, officials said.

Ali Reza Rafiqzada, an Afghan weightlifter, has equaled the world record at a local powerlifting contest in Kabul, said officials.

Afghanistan on Tuesday scored a scintilating 15-run win over Bermuda to march into the ICC World T20 Qualifier final in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), an official said.