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The national cricket team of Nepal is   eagerly looking forward to   start   off   the New Year with a bang. They are all set to    compete in the ICC World Cup qualifier in New Zealand, hoping to clinch one of the two spots for the final round. Having achieved unprecedented success in 2013, our cricketers hope to carry   momentum into New Zealand. The way the team is   shaping up and performing lately, we have every reason to be optimistic. Team Nepal will be thrust once again into the limelight when the tournament kick starts. They will be eying yet another milestone. Can they do it  again?  Why not?   It’s   doable no doubt. I strongly believe they stand a very good chance at making history. I reckon I am   being overly optimistic. I feel that way and hopefully I am right. They face familiar opponents and   are aware of their strengths and weaknesses. They have to do what it takes to prevail over them. Twenty-first in the ICC World Rankings, Nepal will b

The 2014   domestic football   season   kicked   off   with the   Martyr’s   Memorial      A Division League championship in Kathmandu earlier   than   I expected. Essentially   the  league features Kathmandu Valley based clubs, including departmental sides Nepal Police, Nepal Army and Armed Police Force. Technically speaking Martyr’s Memorial  is the Kathmandu League, not the National League. It is very obvious that the   non Kathmandu based clubs have been   shunned   and denied equal opportunity   to participate. The biggest   irony   is   that a large contingent of   players recruited by the clubs comes from different parts of the country. There is no question that All Nepal Football Association (ANFA)   has shown little   urgency, or even desire to provide non Kathmandu Valley clubs mainstream exposure and status. The answer is very simple: either they just do not care, or they are   incapable of doing their job. If I am   not wrong, there have    been