An Afghan women’s refugee team lost 6-1 to Chad in a FIFA-organised tournament in Morocco on Sunday, but, for the players, the match itself represented a victory after being denied the chance to play ...

Afghan goaltender Fatima Yousufi stepped on the field at Berrechid Municipal Stadium in Morocco on Oct. 26 for a historic comeback more than four years in the making. This wasn't just a game. Not ...

Four years since they last played an official match ahead of the devastation, destruction and displacement caused by the return of the Taliban, Afghanistan's women are ready to play for their country ...

FIFA have extended the suspension of the Afghan Football Federation president who was charged with sexual assault against members of the national women's team, the governing body of world football ...

Amid deadly war in an impoverished nation, the promise of a new professional soccer league is offering hope in Afghanistan. Thousands of young Afghans have signed up for a reality television program ...

"I don't really think about the past and what happened," says Nadia Nadim, the daughter of an executed Afghan general who spent years playing football in the fields beside her refugee camp before ...

GENEVA — FIFA on Saturday found the former head of the Afghanistan Football Federation, Keramuddin Karim, guilty of sexually abusing female players and banned him from the sport for life. Karim had ...

Rabia Yaqobi dribbled a soccer ball across the turf field at the vacant Shell Energy Stadium, her eyes trained ahead. She moved quickly but with the ease of a seasoned athlete, the ball bouncing off ...