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A group of young female Afghan footballers who fled their country after the Taliban takeover, are set to be relocated to the UK, thanks to the...
UCI assists in evacuation of 165 people from Afghanistan
A number of female cyclists included among the group to be resettled in five countries
'Our lives have been saved': UK approves visas for young female footballers from Afghanistan
The UK government has approved visas for a group of young female footballers from Afghanistan.
Afghan girls' football development squad granted UK visas following Leeds United chairman Andrea Radrizzani's offer of support
Leeds United are one of several organisations who urged the government to grant asylum to the girls, who have now been invited to make the UK their...
Afghanistan’s girls football team ‘to get UK visas’ to let them carry on playing
They have been offered places in Leeds United's youth system.
Afghan girls' football team will be allowed into UK: Priti Patel 'approves 111 visas'
Britain's Home Secretary Priti Patel gave the green light for the a group of players, coaches and family members' 111 visa applications to be...
Afghanistan girls’ football development squad granted UK visas
A group of players, coaches and family members from the Afghanistan girls’ football development squad have reportedly been granted visas to come to...
Afghan girls football team WILL be allowed to come to Britain to flee the Taliban
PRITI Patel will let the Afghan girls football team come to Britain to flee the Taliban. The Home Secretary has given the green light to issue the...
Afghan women’s soccer team unsure about the future, says their captain Mobarez
The Afghanistan women's soccer team are uncertain about their future after evacuating to Australia following the Taliban takeover in August,...
'Afghanistan Women are heroes without capes'
Afghanistan Women captain Shabnam Mobarez tells Sky Sports about her team's 'unsure' situation after they were evacuated to Australia, the...
Young female footballers from Afghanistan caught in race against time for asylum
The group of teenage girls and their families have just days to go until their emergency visas run run out and they must return to Afghanistan
'If you can accept us we would be really happy': Young Afghan footballers plead to be accepted as refugees
Girls in Afghanistan's junior football team have called on the UK to give them urgent asylum after they fled to Pakistan last month to escape...
From Taliban to Ronaldo's land, Afghan women footballers train again
Forced to flee Afghanistan by the Taliban takeover, members of the Afghan women's youth football team and their families have sought refuge in...
Cobblers welcome 50 Afghan refugees to Sixfields for game against Sutton
'We are delighted to be welcoming the group to Saturday's game.'
Home Secretary Priti Patel is ‘straining at every sinew’ to get Afghan girls’ football squad to UK
THE Home Secretary is “straining at every sinew” to bring the Afghan girls football squad to Britain. Last week The Sun revealed how Leeds United...
Afghan girls’ soccer squad find new home in Ronaldo’s Portugal
LISBON — Leaving her homeland Afghanistan was painful, says 15-year-old Sarah. But now safely in Portugal, she hopes to pursue her dream of playing...
Afghan girls' soccer squad finds new home in Ronaldo's Portugal
Leaving her homeland Afghanistan was painful, says 15-year-old Sarah. But now safely in Portugal, she hopes to pursue her dream of playing soccer...
Leeds United news as Gary Neville blasts plan affecting Whites, Radrizzani pledges Afghan help
Here are the Leeds United evening headlines
Female Afghan footballers offered new life at Leeds United
The UK government called on to urgently resettle players who fled the Taliban
Leeds United Chairman Andrea Radrizzani offers to help whole Afghan girls’ football squad trying to escape Taliban
Leeds United Chairman Andrea Radrizzani has offered the club's support for an Afghan girls football squad begging for help to escape the Taliban.
Leeds United take on the Taliban by offering help to Afghan girls' football squad trying to escape
Some 32 Afghan players hoping to reach Britain are currently in Pakistan on 30-day visas, but will soon be forced to return to their home country,...
Leeds United offer to take Afghan girls' squad amid Taliban escape attempt
The Whites, alongside the charity Football for Peace and the company ROKiT, have written to PM Boris Johnson as they seek refugee visas
Boris Johnson must let Afghan girls’ footie squad and their families come to Britain to begin new lives
A home win HERE’S a golden chance, deep in extra time, to snatch a small victory from the jaws of our Afghanistan defeat. The Taliban takeover has...
Leeds United offer to take whole Afghan girls football squad trying to escape Taliban
THE Afghan girls football squad are begging for help to escape the Taliban — so they can play for Leeds United. Some 32 players, their families and...
“There was no security risk” – Veteran journalist calls out Rangers director on Sutton/Lennon bans
This was a mental story that broke last Thursday. Two guys going to work and being told they can’t do their job because they are a security risk....
Afghanistan girls soccer team given asylum in Portugal
The girls on Afghanistan’s national soccer team were anxious. For weeks, they had been moving around the country, waiting for word that they could...
Aberdeen charity asks for suitcases, sports equipment and make-up as Afghan families arrive in city
An Aberdeen charity has asked for donations of make-up, handbags, suitcases and footballs to give to Afghan families arriving in the city.
Afghan girls’ football team flees to Pakistan
They will stay in Pakistan for a month before moving on to another country.
Afghanistan's girl's football teams flee to Pakistan after Taliban warned against women playing
Afghanistan national junior girls' football team have escaped across border to Pakistan after being trapped in hiding, fearing for their safety....
Afghan female footballers evade Taliban, reach Pakistan
Thirty-two women football players from Afghanistan, who were facing threats from the Taliban, have reached Pakistan along with their families after...
Sheffield football chairman insists he is not racist after tweeting 'Afghan refugees are roaming UK streets for drugs'
Darren Ashton, the chairman of Grantham Town Football Club, has denied he is racist after writing a tweet about Afghan refugees in the town
Walker proud of Afghan spinner
Following the Kent Spitfires’ win over the Birmingham Bears to reach T20 Finals Day, coach Matt Walker has been reflecting on a fabulous night at...
Ronaldo’s Man Utd return is somehow NOT on TV this weekend… but rather than moan we should cherish the 3pm blackout
THERE are only a handful of countries in the world where you will not be able to legally watch Cristiano Ronaldo’s Manchester United comeback live...
Infantino visits Afghan refugees in temporary ‘World Cup home from home’
DOHA: FIFA president Gianni Infantino has visited Afghan refugees in Qatar but without apparently issuing any comment about the plight of the...
How Afghan women footballers escaped the Taliban
In an extraordinary feat of teamwork, Craig Foster explains how he and several others helped secure the safe rescue of a large group of women...
The Afghan refugee turned football superstar
The Danish footballer Nadia Nadim, whose father was executed by the Taliban, says she does not believe the group's promises to women and girls.
Dominic Raab touches down in Qatar for urgent Afghan talks with PSG-owning Emir
DOMINIC RAAB landed in Qatar this morning to thrash out an urgent rescue plan for Brits and Afghans stranded in Afghanistan. The Foreign Secretary...
The Afghan refugee turned sporting superstar and her fears for women under the Taliban
The Danish footballer Nadia Nadim, whose father was executed by the Taliban, says she does not believe the group's promises to women and girls.
Ware Move for Afghan Midfielder
New arrival at Wodson Park.
US officials declare Afghan war over as last planes leave Kabul airport and military personnel depart Afghanistan
US officials have declared the war in Afghanistan over after the last planes and military personnel left Kabul. A spokesman confirmed that last...
Week Ahead: Leeds West Indian Carnival, eyes on Afghanistan and England football returns
Leeds West Indian Carnival returns online as the world eyes movements in Afghanistan, and the Three Lions get back out on to the field. John Blow...
NATIONAL-Heavy loss to Taliban in Kapisa as Afghan resistance counterattacks
Taliban hurt the heavy victims in Afghanistan's Kapisa province, as the battle force under former vice president Amrullah Saleh gave a connecting...
'This is a football match, the trophy is to get to the airport gate' - How Khalida Popal helped rescue women athletes in Afghanistan
Popal, with the help of other women players and coaches, has helped dozens of players and their family members evacuate out of Afghanistan.
The Taliban’s thrown women’s football into darkness again and those who bravely fought to play it are now wise to flee
DURING their previous reign of terror, the Taliban found the stadium in Kabul useful for publicly cutting off the heads of people they did not...
USWNT write to U.S. gov. over Afghan players
United States women's national team players have written to the U.S. Department of State on behalf of Afghanistan's women's national team.
Afghanistan: Fifa negotiates evacuation of footballers and athletes
World football's governing body Fifa says it is "negotiating the complex evacuation" of footballers and other athletes from Afghanistan.
Afghan women footballers removed from danger and taken to Australia
Players from the Afghanistan women's national football team were among a group of more than 75 people evacuated on a flight from Kabul.
Football Focus: Nadia Nadim on fleeing Afghanistan as a child refugee
Denmark striker Nadia Nadim tells Football Focus about her experiences fleeing Afghanistan as a child refugee more than 20 years ago, after her...
SERIE A - FIGC open doors to Afghanistan football refugees
FIGC President Gabriele Gravina announces Italy are ready to host Afghan refugees who are persecuted just for ‘wanting to play the most beautiful...
Afghanistan: Women footballers evacuated from Kabul amid fears for their safety under Taliban rule
The athletes had been told to delete their social media posts about football and burn their national team shirts
Afghanistan women's national football team are successfully evacuated from Kabul
Players from Afghanistan women's national football team had an 'important victory' on Tuesday when they were among a group of more than 75 people...
Afghan women footballers evacuated by Australian government after plea
Afghan women footballers and athletes evacuated by the Australian government following Fifa and Fifpro pleas.
Women players evacuated from Afghanistan
Afghanistan women's national team players were among a group of more than 75 people evacuated on a flight from Kabul.
Women football players leave Afghanistan on evacuation flight
Players from Afghanistan women's national football team had an "important victory" on Tuesday when they were among a group of more than 75 people...
Afghanistan's women's football stars risk becoming 'sex slaves' and tortured to death by Taliban
Football is highly popular in Afghanistan with national stars enjoying a large profile thanks to both men and women's games being broadcast on TV,...
Gary Neville aims Valencia quip at Boris Johnson with latest jibe at Prime Minister
Gary Neville has taken another swipe at Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who has announced he will gather G7 leaders to discuss the situation in...
FIFA wants international help for trapped Afghan women players
ZURICH: World football federation FIFA has called on various governments to request the emergency evacuation of female players from Afghanistan....
Maziar Kouhyar is first Afghan to play football in Britain but says he would be ‘killed by Taliban’ if he went home
MAZIAR KOUHYAR holds the honour as the first Afghan to play professional football in Britain. Yet if the Afghanistan star, 23, was to return to his...
Maziar Kouhyar is first Afghan to play football in Britain but says he would be killed by Taliban if he went home
MAZIAR KOUHYAR holds the honour as the first Afghan to play professional football in Britain. Yet if the Afghanistan star, 23, was to return to his...
Afghanistan: Sport bodies call for emergency evacuation of female players
Fifa and players' union Fifpro call on governments to arrange the emergency evacuation of female footballers in Afghanistan.