Sports
By: Issac Rodriguez
Afghanistan play different kinds of sports. One of them is soccer. teams are named mainly for the province or city from which the players originate. The Football Federation of Afghanistan, established in 1933 and affiliated in 1948 with the Federation Internationale De Football Association [FIFA], the world body governing soccer, became a founding member of the Asian Football Confederation in 1954.
wrestling
This is Afghanistan most favorite sport. Afghans excel at pahlwani , or wrestling. People do moves such as the crab or the snake attack or the eagle strike. A winner is declared when one of the wrestlers has thrown his opponent to the ground and pinned his shoulders. Afghans winner is then lifted waist high by his coach and carried around the ring. Afghanistan's national wrestling team formerly excelled in international competitions.