Barred From Sport, Afghan Women Seek Relief In Secretive Exercise
Most mornings after praying, 25-year-old Sanah joins several women from her neighbourhood in the Afghan capital Kabul for a walk along the main road before it fills with traffic, never jogging or ...
Unwanted history as Afghanistan-New Zealand test match is washed out after 5 days of rain
On Dec. 18, 1998, New Zealand’s home test against India was abandoned on day three because of persistent rain at Carisbrook ...
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Leadership torch for ’28 Olympics passes to retired Army general
Reynold Hoover, the CEO of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic and Paralympic Games. A retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, Hoover ...
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The Olympic Refugee Team finds success at the Olympic Games
In addition to providing the refugee athletes with a platform to compete internationally, the Olympic Refugee Foundation, the ...
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Lawmakers honor U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan
U.S. congressional leaders on Tuesday (September 10) posthumously awarded the congressional gold medal to 13 service members ...
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Afghan woman Zakia Khudadadi wins Refugee Team’s first medal in Paralympic history
Khudadadi secretly started taekwondo as a child at a gym in her hometown of Herat, Western Afghanistan, according to the Associated Press. 2024 Paris Olympics: Follow USA TODAY’s coverage of the ...
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Zakia Khudadadi makes history by winning first-ever Paralympic medal for the refugee team with taekwondo bronze
Having settled in Paris since leaving Afghanistan, she earned a spot on the International Olympic Committee’s Athlete Refugee Team for the Paralympics, representing the millions of displaced ...
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Afghan taekwondo para-athlete makes history with first medal for Refugee Paralympic Team
Originally blocked from competing following the rise of the Taliban in 2021, she was later evacuated from Afghanistan and was allowed to compete at the Tokyo Olympics for her country following a ...