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Ariana Television Network to air Olympics after securing broadcast rights
Ariana Television Network is very excited and honored to have secured the rights to broadcast this year’s Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 in Afghanistan.
The deal, signed recently, will see millions of Afghans tune in to Ariana Television Network and FM 93.5 to watch the world’s greatest sporting event unfold over the next three weeks.
Despite having been delayed by a year due to COVID-19, the Tokyo Olympics is being billed as the “biggest and most impactful media event ever” and for three weeks, Afghan sports fans will be treated to mostly live broadcasts of a wide variety of sporting events.
Our coverage of these Olympics will start on Friday – when we broadcast the spectacular Opening Ceremony from 3pm through to 6.30pm and on Saturday, we will cover Taekwondo, Boxing and Basketball live, from 9am to 4.30pm.
Highlights for Sunday include a football match between Egypt and Argentina which we will broadcast live from 12 noon while another exciting football match on Sunday will see Germany and Saudi Arabia come up against each other. We will broadcast this live from 3.30pm.
Our live coverage of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 will extend through to August 8, culminating in yet another spectacular event – this time the Closing Event starting at 2:45pm.
A full broadcast schedule will be posted to our website before the start of the Tokyo Olympics this weekend. So be sure to watch this space for more updates.
This year, meanwhile, Afghanistan is proud to have five athletes, four men and one woman, competing in the National Team and another three Afghans who are competing in the Refugee Team.
The national buzkashi team of Afghanistan delivered an impressive performance to claim third place at the 2026 World Kokpar Championship in Kazakhstan.
Afghanistan dominated the group stage with commanding victories—thrashing Hungary 14–0, defeating Russia 5–0, and overcoming Mongolia 7–0—to top Group B and advance to the semi-finals.
Despite a strong effort, Afghanistan fell 4–2 to Uzbekistan in the semi-finals. However, the team responded emphatically in the third-place playoff, beating Russia 6–0 to secure the bronze medal.
Alongside their podium finish, Afghanistan was awarded 4,500,000 Kazakh tenge (around 9,400 US dollars) by the International Kokpar Federation, capping off a successful campaign on the global stage.
Ireland cricket officials have announced that they will host Afghanistan for a five-match ODI series from August 5–14.
Other international teams including Australia and England have either cancelled or avoided scheduling bilateral series against Afghanistan since the Islamic Emirate regained power in 2021.
“Cricket Ireland has made a decision to play Afghanistan in Belfast this year,” CI chief executive Sarah Keane said on Friday. “I’m not going to fob you off by saying that there’s financial reasons and there’s legal reasons. There aren’t. This has been a decision by Cricket Ireland in what it believes is the best interest of the organisation as a whole, and the decision was made by the board this week.”
Afghanistan’s national buzkashi team was eliminated from the Kokpar World Championship after losing 4–2 to Uzbekistan in the semifinals on Friday.
The defeat prevented the Afghan team from reaching the final, ending their hopes for the tournament title.
Earlier in the tournament, Afghanistan had secured victories over Hungary, Mongolia, and Russia, showcasing strong performances in the opening rounds.
The international Kokpar competition was hosted in the city of Turkistan, Kazakhstan, bringing together top teams from around the world.
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