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‘I was lost but football gave me strength’: Afghan women refugees on their fight for recognition

“I felt quite lost,” says the goalkeeper Elaha Safdari. “I didn’t know anyone, but little by little football gave me the strength and power to start again, to start from...

Millwall set to seal £4.3 million striker signing

International reports have said that the Lions have won the race to buy the forward.Millwall have reached an agreement with Hammarby IF to sign Jusef Erabi.Attacking cover has been found...

Fifa closes on recognising Afghanistan women’s team but players say it is too late

Fifa has cleared the way for the exiled Afghanistan women’s national team to represent the country but has been criticised for moving too slowly, four years after players fled the...

Khalida Popal: ‘I was accused of wanting to brainwash women to play football’

“They tried to silence me,” Khalida Popal says with unflinching clarity as she remembers the moment when, in 2011, she knew she had to leave Afghanistan for ever. As the...

Afghan scandal deepens as banned player exposes high-level match-fixing

Former Afghanistan international Mohammad Salim Israfeel Kohistani has restoked the flames of the Afghan football scandal after claiming he was coerced by the country’s football elite into facilitating match-fixing. Kohistani was...

Afghanistan players boycott World Cup qualifier with Qatar

Players from the Afghanistan men’s team are boycotting their World Cup qualifying match against Qatar over their treatment by the football federation. A substantial number, 18 players, have reportedly refused to...