The Afghan team have been absent from FIFA tournaments since the second Taliban takeover of the nation in 2021.

FIFA is facing fresh calls to officially recognise the Afghanistan women’s football team. Members of the national side, as quoted in a report published by the Sport & Rights Alliance (SRA ...

The Sport and Rights Alliance (SRA) called on FIFA on Tuesday to take action to recognize the Afghan women’s football team in exile as the representative of Afghanistan to ensure their return to ...

Despite FIFA contradicting its own human rights policies of gender-based discrimination by deferring to the Afghanistan Football Federation, which refuses to support a women's team, it states that ...

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Afghanistan’s national women’s football team have received support from a United Nations special rapporteur as they urge athletes worldwide to stand in solidarity as they fight their exclusion ...

As It Happens5:59Former Afghan women's soccer captain fights for team's chance to compete in World Cup Khalida Popal, the former captain of Afghanistan's national women's football team ...

The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has officially signed a five-year agreement with Abu Dhabi cricket officials, making the UAE capital their second home for ...

Social media users have shared a low-resolution image that shows the Afghanistan cricket team raising the Indian national flag on "Pakistani ground" after defeating the England cricket team on ...

Afghanistan is "never going to be taken lightly" by any team after his "resilient" side knocked England out of the Champions Trophy with a memorable win, head coach Jonathan Trott has asserted.