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It is long overdue. By now a full-fledged National   Football League should have been in place, running full swing in the country. Instead   we are still waiting for this to happen. At the same time, we have to ask ourselves will it ever happen. Leave alone running the National Football League (NFL), All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) led by Ganesh Thapa has turned   a blind eye to the most important domestic competition for well over two decades. Yet no one has questioned this? It’s simply ridiculous and unbelievable. These are the same   people, don’t forget,   who shamelessly keep pounding their chests claiming they have done so much for Nepal football.  The failure   to organize the NFL   is one of the biggest   failings   of   the football body in the last 21 years. How could they be   so uninterested and ignore   the importance of ...

Looking at the sport budget allocated by the government for the new fiscal year, cricket benefitted the most. A significant chunk of the budget has gone to   cricket and   not football for the first time. Does this surprise   you   ?   I reckon   this is a big surprise to most sports aficionados in the country. The decision to invest more money in cricket is encouraging, heartening and should be viewed positively. The government has finally   acted   sensibly; however, it is   only a small drop in the ocean. They must play a bigger, more vigorous, important, substantial role in cricket development at both national, international levels. In fact, all these years, despite the national and youth teams’ strong performance on the field, cricket has never got the kind of attention it   deserved in terms of fund, support from the government. Nepal cricket  ...

It is crystal   clear President of All Nepal Football Association Ganesh Thapa won’t back down by any stretch of the imagination. Mr.Thapa intentions are blatantly clear. He has no shame whatsoever and will do whatever it takes to defend himself and his administration against critics and opponents. His recent actions speak a lot louder than words. He has not changed his attitude, approach, and mind-set a bit. He continues to be arrogant, stubborn, dictatorial and unprofessional. There are no words   such as   accountability, compromise, negotiation, respect, truthfulness and honesty in his dictionary. He is on the offensive, aggressively pouncing on critics, media, detractors, clubs, and the government, as well. He is back to his old ways, challenging, intimidating those not   agreeing with him. His ploys to silence and suppress cynics and dissenting voices are not new. Whenever he feels seriously threatened, we hav...

I know many of you are   vexed   of reading   criticisms   of   President of All Nepal Football Association Ganesh Thapa.  I   am one of the few   who has spent   a great deal of   time criticizing him. Let me remind you, in   as  much  I was his staunchest supporter in the late 90s , I am his staunchest critic today, especially  on his bad governance , undemocratic  dictatorial leadership. Understand me; I   do   not   criticize   Mr. Thapa   for the sake of criticizing. Or    I have to or I have an aversion to him. How can I   refrain from   not criticizing him, knowing   he   fully deserves   for his dubious bureaucratic actions.    Can you possibly imagine   what is going to   happen if Mr.  Th...

Curtains come down on the   planet’s   greatest quadrennial sporting spectacle, the FIFA World Cup   in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with Germany emerging victorious and asserting its supremacy. Everyone agrees that Germany was the best team in the tournament and   fully deserved the game’s biggest and most prestigious trophy. The Germans   displayed class, finesse, cohesion, physical and mental toughness, coupled with a rock solid will to win. At the end of the day, their endeavor   paid rich dividends and made them stamp their authority   on world football. They   played like true   champions   from   start   to   finish, never losing their momentum, focus and rhythm. They   stuck   to their game plan, combining caution, strong defensive and mid-field play, counter attacks throughout, and more important, they did not mak...

President of All Nepal Football Association Ganesh   Thapa   is   in the news once again. He   has not changed one  bit and   continues   to repeat the same aggressive, arrogant and defiant attitude. Despite corruption charges surrounding him, he   has maintained his innocence and acts like nothing ever happened. He has given absolutely no sign of easing verbal tirade against critics, detractors and refuses to   tone down his flimsy rhetoric. His  comparison of Nepal with Argentina was so hilarious   to hear. It defied all logics and made no sense.  The poor guy even does not know that qualifying to the World Cup in itself is a   big   accomplishment. As such, his hopeless and absurd analogy is a   clear sign   of desperation. He made himself the object of ridicule.  He is   a person willing to do anything...

Small town football sensational Bimal Gharti Magar has been making waves and headlines in recent days. Sport enthusiasts and media alike are euphoric and in awe of   his   achievement. The one year contract Magar signed with Belgium’s leading club RSC Anderlecht has captivated the imagination of the entire nation. Since then the Young Turk has been bombarded with accolades and adulations from all quarters as expected. This is no small accomplishment, not by any stretch of the imagination, especially taking into account his modest background and the sorry state of Nepal football. He deserves every bit of praise that has come his way. The youngster will play for the Belgian   club’s under-19 team. We should all   be proud of him and   marvel at what he has accomplished. Now that the contract has been inked, he has become the first ever Nepali to represent a European club. The recognition   showered on Magar’s p...