Afghanistan 's cricket team is preparing for the 2025 Champions Trophy, with former Pakistani cricketer Younis Khan as their mentor. This is the third consecutive global tournament where the ...

England's Champions Trophy match against Afghanistan will go ahead, despite calls for a boycott. A cross-party letter, signed ...

Female participation in sport has effectively been outlawed since the Taliban's return to power in 2021, a move that puts the Afghanistan Cricket Board in direct contravention of the rules of the ...

In 2020, 25 female players were given professional contracts by the Afghanistan Cricket Board. When the Taliban returned to power the following year, more than 20 members of the Afghanistan women ...

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has confirmed that England's men's team will play their scheduled ICC Men's Champions Trophy 2025 fixture against Afghanistan. Former Pakistan fast bowler ...

That puts the Afghanistan cricket board at odds with ICC rules, though the men's team are allowed to compete. ECB chairman Richard Thompson described the situation in Afghanistan as "gender ...

England will play Afghanistan in the Champions Trophy later this month despite calls from British politicians to boycott the match over the Taliban r ...

England will play Afghanistan in the Champions Trophy later this month despite calls from British politicians to boycott the match over the Taliban regime's curtailment of women's rights. The England ...