KABUL: The spokesman of the General Directorate of Physical Education and Sports, Atal Mashwani, said in a statement that the national taekwondo team selection matches begin in Kabul.
According to the statement, the competitions have been organized by the National Taekwondo Federation and were inaugurated in a ceremony attended by Mawlavi Ahmadullah Wasiq, the Director General of Physical Education and Sports.
Addressing the ceremony, Mawlavi Wasiq emphasized that all sports federations must hold selection competitions.
In this competitions, athletes in the adult category, weighing between 54 to 100 kilograms, are participating said the statement adding that the competitions will continue for three days, after which 32 top athletes will be invited to join the national taekwondo team.