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Nepal Women’s team seeking maiden SAFF Championship title

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  South Asia‘s  premier women  football tourney, the South Asian Federation Football Championship is all set to unwrap  on October 17th in Kathmandu. The tournament  held every two years returns to the Himalayan kingdom for the third straight time.It may be recalled that Nepal had hosted the competition in 2019 and 2022. The championship is  being  contested by the seven national  teams of South Asia, Nepal,India,Bangladesh,Bhutan,Pakistan, Maldives and Sri Lanka. India,Nepal and Bangladesh are the top three FIFA ranked teams.Five times winners of the South Asian Federation Football Championship (SAFFC)India is  68th in  world rankings and  the highest ranked team in the tournament. Followed by Nepal and Bangladesh  ranked 99 and 139  respectively. The three teams are top contenders for the title yet again. The league cum knockout championship features India, Pakistan and Bangladesh in one group, while  the other group consists of hosts Nepal, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Bhutan.
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Dasarath Rangasala’s playing surface is an embarrassment to Nepal

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Dasarath Rangasala,the country’s oldest  stadium was back in the news for the same  wrong reason for the umpteenth time not too long ago. The stadium,the original venue for the recently concluded Men’s Under-20 South Asian Federation Football Championship(SAFFC)  had to be moved to the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) training  center  in SatDobato due to the pathetic playing  surface  at the last hour. It is common sense that playing conditions must be of the highest quality for professional football matches meeting international standards always. In no way the  pitch  should impede the quality of  play  and put players at risk of injury.The organizer of the competition is responsible to ensure the best playing conditions regardless. This is an ongoing issue that has not been addressed by the Ministry of Youth and Sports, National Sports Council (NSC) and All Nepal Football Association ( ANFA),in spite of the scale and urgency  of the situation. This is flat out incompe
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Abject batting reason for Nepal’s debacle

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Contrary to high expectations,the men’s national  cricket team of Nepal's performance was sorely disappointing in the  recently concluded ICC Cricket World Cup League 2  triangular series in Canada. They ended the series winless,much to our disbelief and chagrin. Incontrovertibly,they underperformed and made a total hash of things,squandering the chance to redeem themselves. It was a tale of struggle and a run of poor form throughout for Head Coach Monty Desai boys.Surprisingly they  were blown out  by  familiar oppositions  against whom they  have had success in the past. The three teams were equally matched based on past match results,strengths and experiences. The series was wide open and boiled down to  consistency,focus,discipline, playing to the potential and going that extra yard.  Home team Canada  got rewarded for their impressive and strong performance at the end. The Canadians  performed consistently, got their act together  and sustained the  early momentum
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