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Afghanistan Women Cricketers Reunite In First Game After Fleeing Taliban

Afghanistan's women cricketers on Thursday played their first game since fleeing the Taliban three years ago, a charity match in Australia that captain Nahida Sapan hoped would spark "a movement for change". Hundreds of women athletes fled Afghanistan as the Taliban took over in August 2021, escaping a hardline stance that essentially banned women's sport and education. Most of the national women's cricket side settled as refugees in Australia, where they reunited for the first time on Thursday to play a charity match in Melbourne.

UNHCR supports repairs of common spaces in multi-story buildings, enabling more than 7,500 families to access state compensation

Far from home, migrant children kick off own World Cup in Mexico

MEXICO CITY, March 19 : Less than 90 days before the FIFA World Cup which will be co-hosted by Mexico, migrants are playing their own soccer tournament in the capital as thousands weigh whether to continue their journey north, return home, or settle in the Latin American country.

Another 3 members of Iran’s women’s soccer team decide against staying in Australia as refugees

Another three members of Iran's women's soccer team who accepted refugee visas to stay in Australia have decided to return to their homeland, an Australian government minister said on Sunday.

Exiled cricketer says Iranian women players face emotional toll amid refuge in Australia

MELBOURNE, March 11 : The Iranian women soccer players offered asylum in Australia face emotional upheaval and a struggle to come to terms with their separation from loved ones at home, a cricketer who fled Afghanistan's Taliban regime told Reuters on Wednesday.

“Resilience Needs Support”: First Interview with UNHCR’s in Ukraine New Representative Castel-Hollingsworth

In her first in-depth interview since becoming the UNHCR Representative in Ukraine in October 2025, Bernadette Castel-Hollingsworth speaks candidly with Interfax-Ukraine about the escalating humanitarian toll of the full-scale war. Four months into her mission, she has travelled extensively to frontline and heavily affected regions, engaging directly with authorities and displaced communities to grasp the actual needs on the ground.

After four years of destruction and the coldest winter yet, UNHCR’s Salih urges support for Ukraine

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Barham Salih (right) speaks to Nina (left) at a transit centre in Zaporizhzhia, southeast Ukraine, after she was evacuated from her bomb damaged home with her daughter and three grandchildren.

Ukraine’s Heraskevych criticises IOC neutral policy, plans to use Games as platform

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 3 : Ukrainian skeleton athlete and flag bearer Vladyslav Heraskevych said the International Olympic Committee’s policy on Russian and Belarusian athletes was misguided and that he intends to use the Games stage to draw attention to the war in Ukraine.

Italy's Tabanelli siblings set sights on freestyle glory at Winter Games

ROME, Jan 29 : Siblings Miro and Flora Tabanelli were destined to become winter sports athletes, having been raised by parents who ran a mountain refuge in the Italian Apennines and put them on skis at the age of two.

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Afghanistan Women Cricketers Reunite In First Game After Fleeing Taliban

UNHCR supports repairs of common spaces in multi-story buildings, enabling more than 7,500 families to access state compensation

Far from home, migrant children kick off own World Cup in Mexico

Another 3 members of Iran’s women’s soccer team decide against staying in Australia as refugees

Exiled cricketer says Iranian women players face emotional toll amid refuge in Australia

“Resilience Needs Support”: First Interview with UNHCR’s in Ukraine New Representative Castel-Hollingsworth

After four years of destruction and the coldest winter yet, UNHCR’s Salih urges support for Ukraine

Ukraine’s Heraskevych criticises IOC neutral policy, plans to use Games as platform

Italy's Tabanelli siblings set sights on freestyle glory at Winter Games