About 4,000 domestic competitions were held last year/athletes won 92 medals from international competitions

Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - Kabul: In the continuation of the government's accountability programs to the people; Today, Saturday, Maulavi Ahmadullah Vathiq, acting head of the general directorate of the Olympic Committee, Physical Education and Sports, while explaining the one-year achievements of this directorate, said: During the past year, 4 thousand incentive, special and official competitions were held in the country.

 

He announced the participation of the country's athletes in 98 foreign competitions in the last one year and added; that the athletes of the country have won 92 medals including 22 gold medals, 30 silver medals and 40 bronze medals.

 

The General Manager of the Olympic Committee, Physical Education and Sports also mentioned winning 5 medals in the Asian Olympic Games, the national futsal team qualifying for the World Cup and the championship of the national football team under 17 years of age in the CAFA tournament and said that the championship of the national taekwondo team in the G2 tournament It is one of the achievements of other athletes in the last year.

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He also informed about the holding of the third round of the volleyball tournament, the fifth round of the Bezkashi League and the third round of the football league in order to grow and strengthen the country's sports in the last year and added that the holding of the third round of the Futsal League and the second round of the Gharsi League are among the important steps. has been removed to promote sports.

 

The head of the General Directorate of the Olympic Committee, physical training and sports, called the foundation for the participation of Afghan athletes in foreign competitions and the launch of competitions inside the country as one of the basic measures of this directorate and said: signing a memorandum of cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Kabul Municipality and publishing the competitions. Through the country's media, it is one of the urgent priorities of this department this year.

 

He called free fighting in the country prohibited and said: We have a total of 1,300,000 athletes in Afghanistan, and a special park and stadium should be built for women in the cities.

 

Meanwhile, Mohammad Yusuf Kargar, the head of the football federation, stated that foreign coaches have had an impact on the growth of football and futsal in Afghanistan and said: We have expanded football from the capital to the provinces.

 

He informed about adjusting the schedule of domestic competitions based on national relations and added: Afghanistan's football and futsal have achieved the most in the last year with the least facilities.

 

The president of the National Football Federation announced the beginning of training courses in the fields of coaching, futsal and football, as well as football refereeing, by inviting foreign professors in the near future.

 

At the same time, Allah Mohammad Atel Mashwazani, the spokesperson of the Olympic Committee, physical training and sports, announced the second place of the country's athletes by participating in the 14th round of the Eurasian Games and said: a total of athletes from 12 Asian countries participated in it, and the country's athletes They achieved remarkable achievements by winning 9 gold medals, 4 silver medals and 5 bronze medals.

 

He announced the distribution of 500 sports club licenses and 1,250 coaching licenses in all provinces of the country during the last year.

 

The spokesperson of the General Directorate of the Olympic Committee also announced the activities of 59 federations under the umbrella of the Sports Department and added; Among them, 52 federations have already been registered and 7 federations have been newly established.

 

He also informed about the monitoring of 191 games in 35 federations and said that 450 athletes have been given necessary recommendations while organizing educational seminars.

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Officials of the General Directorate of the Olympic, Physical Education and Sports Committee complained about Afghanistan's banking restrictions and said: The International Olympics have not paid the budget of this committee in three years.

 

They announced the resolution of the football federation's budget and the creation of a commission to solve the problems of the Afghan Olympic Committee at the international level in the near future.