Afghanistan's women's cricket team has just made history — playing their first ever match since forming in 2020.
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The Afghanistan Women's Cricket team have played together for the first time — but the match was so much more than a game
After being evacuated from Afghanistan to Australia in 2021, these women have just played their first cricket match as a team ...
Afghan refugees bat for recognition and women's rights
Afghanistan have been allowed to retain ICC membership, despite not fulfilling the requirement to commit to developing ...
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College wrestling: SCC starting up men's and women's wrestling for 2025-26 season
Southeastern Community College men’s and women’s wrestling coach Gary Woods II watches a Burlington High School girls ...
Afghanistan's exiled female cricketers are finding a way back into the international game
Afghanistan's female cricketers, who escaped to Australia after the Taliban retook control in 2021, are finding a way back ...
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Afghanistan women cricketers reunite for a match after three years
Cricketer Firooza Amiri says her team will “represent millions of women in Afghanistan who are denied their rights” when the side reunites after more than three years for an exhibition game in ...
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Afghan Women’s Cricket Team Makes Their Debut – in Melbourne
The first match by the Afghan women’s cricket team is placing the Taliban under additional diplomatic pressure.
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Afghanistan has become an ‘Islamic North Korea’: Former French Ambassador
David Martinon, former French ambassador to Afghanistan, stated in an interview with Nice Matin newspaper that the Taliban have turned Afghanistan into an “Islamic North Korea.” He emphasized that the ...
Fleeing the Taliban: former Afghan journalist shares his journey two years after fleeing his home country
In 2016, moments after speaking on a TV interview about the dangers of Taliban rule in Afghanistan, Zia Danesh’s car was ...
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Exiled but not forgotten: Afghan women’s cricket team reunites in Australia after fleeing Taliban rule
Afghanistan's women's cricket team played their first match in three years on 30 January, reuniting in Melbourne for a charity fixture after fleeing the Taliban's rule. Captain Nahida Sapan described ...
Afghanistan cricket: Women's side play first cricket match since fleeing country after Taliban rule
The exiled Afghanistan womens cricket team faced Cricket Without Borders XI in Melbourne at the Junction Oval on Thursday; Afghanistans coach has said the historic fixture is more important than ever ...
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Afghan refugees bat for recognition, women's rights in Melbourne match
A few miles from the Melbourne Cricket Ground where Australia and England started the women's Ashes test on Thursday, a group ...