Afghan players fled the country in 2021 after the Taliban banned women's sports. Their return to international competition ...
Manoozh Noori said she "wanted to die" when the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021.Noori had defied family pressure to represent Afghanistan professionally by playing for the country's ...
Afghanistan women’s refugee team played their first match in a FIFA-organised four-team friendly competition in Morocco.
After Afghanistan's women's team were denied entry to the UAE for a tournament, Morocco has stepped in as hosts. The team, ...
Noori, now 22, decided to flee the country where the United Nations say authorities have implemented a “gender apartheid”. She has since begun playing for a team of Afghan refugee women, who last ...
Jan 26 (Reuters) - FIFA will aim to announce in the last quarter of 2021 the host cities for the 2026 World Cup being jointly staged by the United States, Canada and Mexico, soccer's world governing ...