Afghanistan women's team in exile wants FIFA recognition
There is one other nation in Australia this Women's World Cup -- Afghanistan. The team in exile wants action, not just words, from the likes of FIFA.
Hope Cup: The Afghan Women's Team's Fight For Recognition
On Tuesday, the inaugural Hope Cup took place between the Afghan Women's Team and Football Empowerment in what was a celebration of football ahead...
Exiled Afghanistan women's team still clinging to hope
No longer able to represent their country, the Afghan refugees struggle to adjust to a new life in an Australia now preparing to host the women's...
‘Sport is for all': Ignored by Fifa, the Afghan women's team play on in Australia
Barred from the World Cup, Fatima Yousufi's side will contest the Hope Cup in Melbourne while they wait for official recognition
It may not be...
David Beckham's SPOTY speech helps save MP's marriage after Afghanistan war heartbreak
A David Beckham speech helped save a government minister's marriage after the Manchester United and England icon sent a message of support to those...
Rwanda is a safe, happy place where migrants can build new lives… Naomi Campbell and Lewis Hamilton loved it here
WHAT do Sir Lewis Hamilton, supermodel Naomi Campbell and England football legend Ray Parlour all have in common?
They have all visited Rwanda,...
Meon Valley MP Flick Drummond urges FIFA to accept Afghan women’s football team into World Cup
Meon Valley MP Flick Drummond has joined a campaign to ensure the Afghan women’s football team can compete in this year’s World Cup.
FIFA World Cup: Afghan-Kiwi thrilled to volunteer
As well as watching the NZ team, Somaya Hassani is looking forward to seeing American superstar Alex Morgan.
Refugee football tournament at Solihull Moors FC
Players hail from Sudan, Eritrea and Afghanistan to name a few and all have one thing in common - they're refugees and asylum seekers
Afghanistan's Zada, Qatar's Shafie confident experience will benefit players
Bangkok: As Afghanistan savoured their 2-1 defeat of Qatar in their final AFC U17 Asian Cup™ Thailand 2023 Group B tie on Thursday, head coach...
Group B: Hotak double secures Afghanistan winning farewell
Bangkok: Habibullah Hotak scored both goals as Afghanistan edged Qatar 2-1 to complete their AFC U17 Asian Cup™ Thailand 2023 Group B campaign on a...
Preview - Group B: Afghanistan v Qatar
Bangkok: Qatar enter their final Group B match on Thursday against Afghanistan requiring both a win and a favour from leaders Korea Republic if...
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UK parliament calls on Fifa to support exiled Afghanistan women's team
Infantino urged to support Afghan women on world stage
Letter backs call made by Malala Yousafzai and Khalida Popal
More than 100 parliamentarians...
Byun: Korea Republic determined to end title drought
Bangkok: Korea Republic last lifted the title 21 years ago and head coach Byun Sung-hwan believes his charges are capable of ending the wait...
Group B: Afghanistan 0-4 Korea Republic
Pathum Thani: Korea Republic flexed their muscles to defeat Afghanistan 4-0 in their AFC U17 Asian Cup™ Thailand 2023 Group B tie at the Pathum...
Preview - Group B: Afghanistan v Korea Republic
Pathum Thani: Afghanistan are bracing for another tough test when they face Korea Republic on Matchday Two of the AFC U17 Asian Cup™ Thailand 2023...
Patience paved the way for IR Iran, says Abdi
Bangkok: Islamic Republic of Iran head coach Hossein Abdi was pleased with his side for overcoming a slow start to emerge triumphant against...
Group B: IR Iran 6-1 Afghanistan
Bangkok: A commanding display from the Islamic Republic of Iran saw them get off to a winning start at the AFC U17 Asian Cup™ Thailand 2023 after...
Preview - Group B: IR Iran v Afghanistan
Bangkok: Islamic Republic of Iran and Afghanistan are ready for their Central Asian showdown in Group B of the AFC U17 Asian Cup™ Thailand 2023 at...
Ex-Navy SEAL Republican Dan Crenshaw pops out glass eye to celebrate congressional soccer match win
Crenshaw, a Navy Seal veteran, sustained serious eye injuries in a bomb blast in Afghanistan in 2012.
Taremi hat-trick steers IR Iran past Afghanistan
Bishkek: Mehdi Taremi starred with a hat-trick as Islamic Republic of Iran kicked off their 2023 CAFA Nations Cup Group B campaign with a 6-1...
My hand was ‘degloved’ in an industrial mangle – surgeons saved it using World War I technique
A YOUNG man’s hand which was ‘degloved’ in a barbaric machine accident has been saved thanks to decades old technique.
Anthony Seward was just 21...
Late strike seals Kyrgyz Republic win
Bishkek: Kyrgyz Republic defeated Afghanistan 1-0 in their CAFA Nations Cup 2023 Group B opener on Saturday.
Late strike seals Krygyz Republic win
Bishkek: Krygyz Republic defeated Afghanistan 1-0 in their CAFA Nations Cup 2023 Group B opener on Saturday.
Female footballer who fled Taliban for Harrogate with help of Kim Kardashian talks about the Afghanistan she left behind
A female footballer who fled the Taliban has talked about her experiences as a refugee and starting a new life in Harrogate in the build-up to...
AWT’s Fatima: Accidental goalkeeper overcomes barriers to lead Afghan side
Afghanistan National Team captain Fatima Yousufi admits to being a “very accidental” goalkeeper. Other girls at school roped her into first play...
Premier League club’s former stadium where David Beckham made Man Utd debut is now retail park with a Nando’s and a Lidl
IT MAY look like a regular Nando’s and Lidl, but this retail park was once the home of one of the Premier League’s top clubs.
And it was even the...
SUTV - Birmingham
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Doncaster to host memorial football match for five soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Doncaster’s Eco Power Stadium is to play host to a charity football match in aid of five British soldiers killed by a rogue policeman in...
British Army soldier, 24, killed after being hit by lorry while walking near busy road as mum pays tribute to happy son
A BRITISH Army soldier, 24, died after being hit by a lorry while walking near a busy road – as his mum paid tribute to her “happy”...
British Army soldier, 24, killed after being hit by lorry while walking near Wiltshire road as mum pays tribute to son
A BRITISH Army soldier, 24, died after being hit by a lorry while walking near a busy road – as his mum paid tribute to her “happy”...
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Paris Saint-Germain Academy Qatar gives back to the Afghan community
September 18th was an evening to remember for PSG Academy and the members of the Afghan Refugee Camp.
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Royal Navy engineer was found dead after his family were stripped of their dream home over fence row
A ROYAL Navy engineer was found dead after his family were stripped of their dream home over a fence row.
Robert Minshull, a senior sailor and...
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19 suspected terrorists have crossed Channel in small boats and are living in migrant hotels
NINETEEN suspected terrorists have crossed the Channel in small boats and are said to be living in migrant hotels, it was reported last night.
A...
"We are not the bad guys" - Afghan women's player speaks out on 'false footballer' accusations
A Newsnight investigation into the evacuation of female footballers from Afghanistan in 2021 has come under fire.
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Afternoon Update: Minns sworn in as NSW premier but majority uncertain; Socceroos great dies; and pets wrecking things
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Afghanistan footballers who fled country hosted by Brighouse Town
AFGHANISTAN and its female footballers have been in the news over the last couple of years, and Brighouse Town were delighted to host a group of them.
I presented Soccer AM and got given away as a prize… I had to spend a day hoovering some bloke’s house in Preston
IT will be tough to fill the vacuum when Soccer AM goes off air in may.
But long-running star Rocket might just know how – as he once once had...
Euro 2024 qualifiers and the return of Roy Hodgson – Football Weekly
Max Rushden, Barry Glendenning, Paul Watson and Mark Langdon preview the upcoming international fixtures, while Suzy Wrack is here on the BBC’s...
Group A: Afghanistan 4-4 Saudi Arabia (AET, Saudi Arabia win 4-2 on penalties)
Pattaya: Saudi Arabia defeated Afghanistan 4-2 on penalties in their last Group A match on Monday at the AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup™ Thailand 2023.
Army vet suffered trauma after Iraq tank ordeal
AN army veteran has told how he was left with post-traumatic stress disorder after he was almost hit by a tank preparing to invade Iraq.
Retired...
Group A: Afghanistan 4-5 Thailand
Pattaya: Thailand rebounded from their opening match defeat to overcome Afghanistan 5-4 in a thrilling Group A tie at the AFC Beach Soccer Asian...
Group A: Bahrain 4-2 Afghanistan
Pattaya: Bahrain defeated Afghanistan 4-2 in their opening AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup™ Thailand 2023 Group A fixture on Thursday.
A third of the Afghan women footballers evacuated to Britain 'hadn't even played the sport'
Some 35 members of the women's national team were flown to safety in the UK along with their families - 130 people in total - from Pakistan in...
Football legend Terry Butcher pays tribute to the Queen as one million people plant trees in Her Majesty’s name
FOOTBALL legend Terry Butcher joined one MILLION people from around Britain to pay tribute to the late Queen by planting a tree.
Ex-England skipper...
Preview - Group A: Bahrain v Afghanistan; Thailand v Saudi Arabia
Pattaya: Bahrain, Afghanistan, Thailand and Saudi Arabia are primed and ready for Group A of the AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup™ Thailand 2023 to begin...
Russia invited to play in Asian football tournament amid Uefa and Fifa bans
Central Asian Football Association opens door to June games
Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Iran among nations participating
Russia have been invited...
How four brothers led by ‘the Duke’ took over from the Krays to be UK’s No1 crime family thanks to TWO crucial links
LINKED to international arms deals, violent robberies and drugs, the Arifs filled the void left by London’s infamous crime families – the Krays and...
How four brothers led by ‘the Duke' took over from the Krays to be UK's No1 crime family thanks to TWO crucial links
LINKED to international arms deals, violent robberies and drugs, the Arifs filled the void left by London’s infamous crime families – the Krays and...
Migrants in Calais blast BBC decision to axe Gary Lineker and say they are ‘on his side’
MIGRANTS in the New Jungle camp called on the BBC to bring back Gary Lineker last night, as they insisted they were “on his side”.
Afghan Hazrat...
Migrants waiting to cross Channel thank 'hero' Gary Lineker for opposing immigration bill
Ahmad Harris, who fled Kabul six months ago and has family in the UK, has compared the BBC's move to silence Gary Lineker to the tactics of the...
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At last, the Tories are in tune with the rest of Britain
THE Government has just done something it should have done ten years ago – and as a result, a kind of madness reigns on our airwaves.
Migrants who...
Royals back WWF’s #WorldWithoutNature campaign
Lending our visual support to the World Wildlife Fund’s initiative…
3 March marks World Wildlife Day – and on this day, we are supporting the World...
York City interim boss praises 'quality' of Maziar Kouhyar
YORK City interim manager Michael Morton has described winger Maziar Kouhyar as 'quality' after the Afghanistan international made his long-awaited...
Asylum backlog hits record high of 160k in huge blow to Rishi’s plans to cut it by Christmas
BRITAIN’S asylum backlog has hit a new record of 160,000 – leaving Rishi Sunak’s vow to clear it by Christmas in tatters.
Ministers are facing a...
Afghanistan’s female footballers: Freedom, tears and life in the UK
Nearly 18 months since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan, women are still banned from work in most sectors, not allowed to get education,...
Prince Harry accused of ‘boasting' about Taliban kill count by defence sec Ben Wallace who says Army is a ‘team game'
DEFENCE Secretary Ben Wallace today slammed Prince Harry for boasting about his Taliban kill count.
The minister said Harry had let down former...
SUTV - Rotherham Details
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SUTV - Wrexham Details
Our FA Cup fixture Vs Wrexham will not be available to stream on SUTV Live due to FA Cup broadcast regulations, as a result there will be no pre or...
Meet the 'amazing' captain of Afghanistan's women's national team - and her 'ideal' Dutch club
Farkhunda Muhtaj has done some incredible things for women in Afghanistan. With Fortuna Sittard, she wants to continue making an impact off the...
Melbourne Victory coach Jeff Hopkins shares special connection with Afghanistan national team players in Australia
Melbourne Victory Women head coach Jeff Hopkins led his side to the last two A-League Women titles in Australia, adding to the two titles he won...
‘Why don’t you ask Southgate about Afghanistan?’ – fumes irate Iran boss Carlos Queiroz
Iran boss Carlos Queiroz confronted a BBC journalist after another press conference was dominated by questions over political issues in the country.
Iran manager Carlos Queiroz suggests media ‘ask Southgate about Afghanistan?’
Manager unhappy with searching political questions before make-or-break Wales game
Iran coach Carlos Queiroz confronts BBC journalist at World Cup over her questions about protests
'Why don’t you ask Mr Southgate about Afghanistan?'
Taliban holds public lashing in Afghan football stadium
The Taliban have lashed three women and nine men in front of hundreds of spectators in a provincial sports stadium in Logar province.
United host first North American youth teams
The sides were hosted by our Soccer Schools, who also recently worked with the Afghanistan women's national team.