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The ongoing Martyr’s Memorial ‘A’ Division League football tournament in Kathmandu has been full of surprises and upsets to this point. After considerable delay, the much-anticipated double round-robin format  league finally got underway on  March 3.   Fourteen  teams including newly promoted Church Boys United Club(CBUC) and  Khumaltar Youth Club(KYC) are in the fray. Going  strictly by the results so far,it has been nothing short of chaotic. It  is too soon to say anything definite,but it appears though the race for the title is wide open.Interestingly no team has looked invincible and unbeatable. If current trend holds,the likelihood of  rank outsiders  winning the league cannot be completely ruled out. The way the league has panned out must have come as a surprise to watchers of Nepal football.I didn’t expect this coming also. Front runners and favorites for the title in the likes of Machhindra Football Club(MFC),Nepal Army Football Club(AFC), Manang Marshyangdi Club(MMC) and Sanka

  The women’s national football team of Nepal had a glorious opportunity to make history in the AFC Women’s Olympic Qualifying Football tournament 2024  held in  Kathmandu recently. The 100th-ranked Nepal was  pitted against a formidable  33rd- ranked Vietnam in  the  two  home  matches. Given  Vietnam’s impressive  FIFA World rankings and steady rise in the past few years, they were favorites against Nepal. By all counts the odds were  stacked against the home team,but it was a chance for them to prove themselves and exceed our expectations. All they had to do was perform to their ability,show consistency, rise to the occasion,combine superb  individual and collective effort and fully capitalize home advantages. As a matter of fact,expectation was high, especially following Nepal’s decent performance against India in two friendly matches held in India prior to the Olympic qualifiers.They  had drawn both matches. No doubt,the national team has shown marked improvement when it comes to