Sport
Afghanistan’s U-17 team through to finals of CAFA championships
The final will take place on Saturday August 24 at 7.30pm Kabul time.
Afghanistan’s U17 national football team beat Tajikistan 1-0 in Wednesday night’s game and advanced to the finals of the Central Asian Football Association (CAFA) Championship in Dushanbe.
Sahil Sarwari scored the winning goal for the Afghanistan team in the sixth minute of the game.
With this victory, Afghanistan’s U-17 team qualified for the final and will play Uzbekistan.
Player of the match was Hamid Amiri.
Uzbekistan also played on Wednesday and beat Iran 1-0 in their match.
The championship kicked off on August 17 between six Central Asia countries.
The tournament was hosted by Tajikistan and all matches were played in Dushanbe.
The final will take place on Saturday August 24 at 7.30pm Kabul time.