Manoozh Noori said she "wanted to die" when the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021. That meant she could no longer do what she loved most: playing football. Noori, now 22, fled the ...

“My team-mates are my sisters. Our dream is to play together again, standing side by side.” In June 2021, Fatima Foladi was a rising football star in Afghanistan when she scored against Tajikistan in ...

Girls in Afghanistan are banned from schools and sport beyond the age of 12 but IOC member has hope for Taliban talks.

When Fatima Yousufi was a child, she loved nothing more than to watch football on TV with her younger brother. Never did she imagine that one day, she would become the goalkeeper and captain of the ...