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President of All Nepal Football Association Ganesh Thapa has been all over the map in these few weeks. That does not surprise me a bit.  He seems to love   the limelight more than anything. He has made his presence literally everywhere from   prize distribution ceremony to felicitation   programme. Also   he was in the forefront   making announcement of All Nepal Football Association’s (ANFA) incentives to players and new sponsorships. He had   political bigwigs as chief guests for the events, as always. Whether   it’s   rewarding    car to the best player, apartment to the most valuable player or   felicitating   coaches and players, these are   all good things, no doubt. Such incentives are imperative and   would   tremendously help motivate footballers. I applaud    and congratulate him and ANFA   for that matter. That said, we should not forget the fact that ANFA has badly    failed when it comes to overall development of football. In other words, they have

Let me congratulate Team Nepal for finishing second in the ACC Twenty20 qualifiers that concluded in Kathmandu recently. No doubt, success over   nemesis   Afghanistan in the final match would have been an ideal result. I have no intent to undermine the team’s runners-up finish. The host put up a pretty decent performance, by and large. At the end they went down to a vastly improved Afghanistan that has taken dramatic strides in international cricket. On the day the superior side won, undoubtedly. In spite of defeat, more important, Nepal for the first time advanced to the next round of the qualifiers taking place in the United Arab Emirates, later this year. The result   is heartening, and we can take lots of positives from the team’s performance. All in all, it was the result of individual brilliance and concerted effort on part of the entire team. One player who stood out was Paras Khadka, skipper of the national team, a genuine all rounder. He well deserved pl

The long drawn Kathmandu 'A' Division   football league finally concluded with Three Star Club emerging victorious. The Patan outfit got what they deserved in the   competition. Withstanding   a disastrous start, pressure,   momentary bump  and loss of focus, star- studded Three Star Club (TSC) managed to corner glory at the end. This is their third league title. They performed with a great degree of consistency and rose to the occasion when it mattered most, especially midway through the tournament. The champion club of Nepal never lost the momentum   after they   wrested away   the   initiative   from arch rival Manang Marsyangdhi Club (MMC). At the end, the super league contested by eight teams turned out to be an anti- climax, despite a handful of matches remaining in the   schedule.  Since the league title was already   decided in favor of TSC, the only point of interest was how the results   would affect   the   rest of the field   final standings. T