A funding pledge from the International Cricket Council (ICC) has given Afghanistan's exiled women cricketers hope of recognition and the chance to play on the international stage in defiance of the ...

When the news broke that the International Cricket Council would support Afghanistan’s exiled women cricketers, Firooza Afghan was overwhelmed. “I can’t describe my feelings,” she said ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Afghan women cricketers will finally get high-level support in a bid to rejoin international competition after the sport’s world governing body created a taskforce ...

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 ...

In a move that brings long-overdue attention to forgotten athletes, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced a task force to support Afghan women cricketers who were forced to flee ...

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 ...