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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(...

  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 d...

  Cricket Association of Nepal,the apex body for the game of cricket in the country,has  always attracted the limelight for the wrong reasons. They continue to be rocked  by unnecessary and avoidable controversies,scandals, internal wrangling and infighting. Once  again, cracks  have emerged in the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN). Seven central  committee members had called for  CAN President Chatur Bahadur Chand, Executive secretary Prashant Bikram Malla, Treasurer Durga Raj Pathak  and Padam Khadkato resign   over  the  Nepal 20T Cricket league fiasco and spot-fixing scandal recently. The dissident group bemoaned leadership failure at all levels and held them accountable for  the disastrous  tournament and joining  hands with the Indian company Seven3Sports to manage the league. As we are all aware,the competition ended in utter chaos,drawing scathing criticisms from all quarters.Clearly what transpired indicates...

    The recently concluded controversy-laced inaugural franchise  based Nepal T20 cricket league  tournament held in  Kathmandu was a huge relief to the Cricket Association of Nepal. The tarnished tournament barely made it to the finish line with  victory for Lumbini All Stars over Biratnagar Super Kings in the final. Cricket Association of Nepal(CAN),the organizer had  hoped for a resounding success of the competition. Contrary to expectations, it turned out to be  a downright disaster. As a matter of fact, the debacle was the cricket body’s own making.They have become the butt of a joke. After much speculation,suspense,drama and postponements the tournament designed to rival the Everest Premier League  finally kicked off. The  competition started and concluded amidst controversies and scandals.It totally failed to fire up spectator  interest and matches were marked by shockingly low turnout . As news of spot - fixing,match-fixing,...

In hindsight, taking into consideration the overall performance and results in  international competitions,2022 was a disappointing and average year for Nepal cricket. It was a hectic  and engaging twelve months schedule for  the national teams.Cricketers were kept  on their toes throughout playing in domestic and international tournaments. By far  the year’s biggest newsmaker was former  skipper of the national team Sandeep Lamichhane who was charged  with rape. The appointment and dismissal of former Indian international all-rounder Manoj Prabhakar as head coach of the national cricket team made news. Controversial and highly politicized Cricket Association of Nepal(CAN) spearheaded by Chatur Bahadur Chand hogged headlines for various reasons, good and bad. Lamichhane-A colossal loss to Nepal cricket Highly talented international leg-spinner Sandeep Lamichhane’s rapid fall from grace was the biggest sporting headline of the year. The youngster  ...