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Government must resolve the crisis facing Nepal football promptly

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Football, the most popular sport in Nepal continues to go through a standstill phase, like never before much to sport  enthusiasts disbelief, agony,frustration, chagrin and disappointment. Since All Nepal Football Association(ANFA) was indefinitely suspended by the world football governing body FIFA for third party interference in the last week of June 2026,football development has been severely impacted.  It has disrupted both the men and women’s   domestic and international football activities in a big way. The suspension bans the men and women ‘s national teams and clubs from competing in the FIFA and Asian Football Confederation(AFC)  sanctioned international tournaments. Furthermore,FIFA and AFC have stopped  granting  funds for  development,training programs, projects, promotion and  organization of  events. There is an air of uncertainty,dismay, discontentment,dissatisfaction and resentment in the air as there are no indication...

Team Nepal desperately in need of winning performance to turn the tide in their favor

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  Once again the men’s national cricket team of Nepal  will be back in action ,following their unfortunate exit from the Asian Games Twenty20 International in Japan recently. They will feature in the  crucial ICC World Cup League 2  One Day International tri-series against Oman and Canada in Oman  to continue their campaign to qualify for the  14th edition of the championship round. The bottom four teams from CWC  League 2 and  Challenge League will clash in the  eight-team playoff World Cup  qualifier  with top four teams advancing to the final round. The series is another big opportunity  for Team Nepal to bounce back and keep their qualification hopes alive. Besides, more importantly, they  have to safeguard their one day status, which is at stake. Keeping in consideration, the challenges they are shouldering,obviously,they are under heavy pressure to put in a winning performance to overcome the odds. Current...

Inclement weather shatters Nepal’s dream of winning Asian Games medal

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  Nasty weather wreaked havoc, shattering the men’s national cricket team of Nepal’s dream of winning a medal in the ongoing Asian Games Twenty20 International cricket tournament in Japan recently. Their quarter-final match against Sri Lanka was abandoned without  a ball being bowled due to inclement weather.  As per the  competition rule,the team that is ranked higher in rankings would be the  winner  of the abandoned match.  Consequently,Sri Lanka  ranked 9th  in ICC Men’s T20I team rankings  was declared winner over 14th ranked Nepal . The rain played havoc,leading to  cancellations of four quarter-final matches  much to the chagrin, frustration  and disappointment of cricket aficionados. Prior to  Nepal’s match against Sri Lanka, in the group match they had got off  to the much needed  winning start against 10th ranked Afghanistan. Bowling first bowlers Lalit Rajbanshi 3 for 13  runs and ...