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Afghan cricket star Rashid Khan to donate Cricket World Cup earnings to quake victims

Published

7 months ago

October 8, 2023

(Last Updated On: October 8, 2023)

Afghanistan’s star cricket player Rashid Khan, who is part of the national team currently in India, said Sunday he will donate all of his World Cup 2023 earnings to the victims of Saturday’s deadly earthquake in Herat province.

So far, the official death toll is over 2,000. Extensive damage has been reported, with entire villages destroyed.

A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck on Saturday, followed by a string of aftershocks, one measuring 6.3 and another 5.9.

In a message on X, formerly Twitter, Rashid said: “I learned with great sadness about the tragic consequences of the earthquake that struck the western provinces (Herat, Farah, and Badghis) of Afghanistan. I am donating all of my #CWC23 match fees to help the affected people.”

He also said that he will soon launch a fundraising campaign for the earthquake victims.

Based on information from the Ministry of Natural Disasters, more than 2,053 people are confirmed dead, with 9,240 injured.

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Asia must believe Afghanistan’s power in futsal: Mortezaei

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2 hours ago

April 27, 2024

Ariana News

(Last Updated On: April 27, 2024)

Majid Mortezaei, head coach of the country’s national futsal team, says Asia must believe that there is still a power called “Afghanistan” in futsal.

In a press conference on Saturday ahead of Afghanistan match against Kyrgyzstan, Mortezaei said the national team will do its best to go to the World Cup.

“Tomorrow, we will do our best to go to the World Cup. If it doesn’t happen, nothing will decrease from our values, because we have done many great things so far,” he said.

“Kyrgyzstan is a good team. They won against Japan. We have the experience of facing them in CAFA, but this Kyrgyzstan team is a different team,” he added.

According to Mortezaei, Afghan players have done intensive training and know how to play in difficult and sensitive conditions.

It should be noted that Afghan futsal team won 5-3 against Iraq on Friday.

The Kyrgyz team has also reached this stage of the competition by winning against Vietnam.

Afghanistan has a chance to advance to the Futsal World Cup 2024 by winning against Kyrgyzstan tomorrow (Sunday, April 28th).

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Attack Energy and Abu Muslim secure wins in respective ACL matches

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1 day ago

April 26, 2024

Ariana News

(Last Updated On: April 26, 2024)

Khurasan Faryab FC was thrashed 5-0 by Attack Energy FC in the 13th match of Afghanistan Champions League (ACL) in Kabul on Friday. In this match, a Nigerian football player for Attack Energy was named man of the match.

In the 14th match of today’s ACL, Abu Muslim Farah FC beat Aino Mina FC 2-1. Nematullah Karimi and Sohrab Afghan scored two goals in this game.

Tomorrow’s matches will see Sarsabz Yashlar FC take on Mawj Sahil FC at 1:00 PM, while Sorkh Poshan Khafi face Maiwand FC at 3:30 PM.

The matches are broadcast live on Ariana Television every day.