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By a Staff Reporter The South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) announced the fixtures for SAFF U-17 Championship scheduled to take place in September. The SAFF U-17 Championship will run from September 5 to 14 at Racecourse International Stadium in Sri Lanka. Nepal is drawn in Group ‘B’ alongside India and Bhutan. Similarly, hosts Sri Lanka, Maldives, and Bangladesh are placed in group ‘A’. Bhutan will face India in the opener of the Championship whereas Bangladesh will take on Sri Lanka in the second match of the opening day.   Nepal will play its first match of the championship against Bhutan on September 7. The top two teams from both groups will qualify for the semi-finals to be played on 12th September. The winners of the semi-final matches will vie for the troph...

By a Staff Reporter Nepal National Football Team midfielder Manish Dangi signs for Barahin-based Club Etehadal Reef. The club announced the signing of Dangi through its social media on Saturday. Dangi resides in South Korea along with his Family. When his visit to Nepal in 2021, he featured Three Star Club in some Mofasal tournaments before joining Biratnagar City FC in Nepal Super League (NSL). After displaying a dominant performance in NSL, he was called up for the National team. He has played 16 games for the national team and has scored 2 goals. He previously featured the Nepal U18 Football team in 2018. Dangi played for the defending Champions Machhindra Club in the Martyr's Memorial A Division League that was completed last year. 

By a Staff Reporter The All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) has reduced the Nepal National U-17 Football team squad to 30. U-17 team Head Coach Urjan Shrestha axed off 14 players from the preliminary squad on Friday. Almost 1700 players from all over the country participated in an open trial organized by ANFA to form the age group team. 60 players were selected in the initial phase which was reduced to 45 later. Nepal is drawn in Group ‘B’ alongside India and Bhutan whereas hosts Sri Lanka, Maldives, and Bangladesh are drawn in Group ‘A’. The championship will take place in Sri Lanka from the 5th to the 14th of September. Preliminary Squad:Mukesh Gharti, Rubin Bogati, Krishal Moktan, Simanta Thapa, Unish Magar, Subash Magar, Unish Budathoki, Jan Prakash Bam, Nishan T...

By a Staff Reporter Nepal men's Football team head coach Abdullah Almutairi has requested the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) to call 26 players for the close camp including Anjan Bista and Tej Tamang.   Almutairi sent an email to ANFA General Secretary Kiran Rai to make necessary arrangements for training and has submitted a list of players that he wants to be included in the close camp. As per the ANFA sources, Almutairi has submitted the list of 26 players to the General Secretary which includes 20 players who featured in the Asian Cup Qualifiers that concluded in Kuwait in June along with 6 new players. He also mentioned that he wants to begin the close camp from September 10. Santosh Tamang and Darshan Gurung are left out of the squad as they have moved to Aus...

By a Staff Reporter Nepal Police Club Women Football team Midfielder Deepa Neupane is flying towards India to play in the Kerala Women's League. Deepa signed a two-month-long contract with the Kerala-based Don Bosco Football Academy. Deepa, who has been included in the preliminary squad of the Nepal National Women's team for the SAFF Women's Championship to be held in Kathmandu next month is heading toward India on Wednesday. 10 teams will compete in the Kerela League and the champion team will get qualified for the Indian Women's League (IWL).   Deepa expressed that she is happy to play in a foreign League. "I am happy to play the foreign league. It will help to flourish my game as well," Deepa stated. Don Bosco FA is the former runner-up of the Kerala Women's League...

By a Staff Reporter Swostishree Gurukul IB World School football team will fly towards Holland on Monday to participate in the Special Football Training camp organized by Holland Football University. The school bade farewell to the traveling team amidst a program on Sunday. Former Nepal National Football team skipper Anil Gurung, who is the football Ambassador of Swostishree Gurukul will lead the team to Holland. The camp is scheduled to be conducted for a time period of 6 days starting from 10th to 16th August. The traveling students have covered the necessary expenses for the tour themselves. "Students covered the expenses by themselves. The main aim of this tour is to develop the grassroots. Keeping the factor about expenses aside, tours like this helps students to ga...

By a Staff Reporter The All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) has selected 45 players from the open trial of 1700 participants. The selected players will be called up for the close camp. 60 players were selected in the initial phase after which 15 players were kept out to form a preliminary squad of 45 members. As ANFA Academy is not active lately, it has been conducting open trials to form age group teams. The responsibility of the head coach of the team is given to Urjan Shrestha who is also a coach of A Division side Three Star Club. Nepal is drawn in Group ‘B’ alongside India and Bhutan. Similarly, hosts Sri Lanka, Maldives, and Bangladesh are placed in group ‘A’. The championship will take place in Sri Lanka from the 5th to the 14th of September. Preliminary squad:...

By a Staff Reporter Famous names in domestic football, Forward Bimal Rana and Midlfider Hemant Thapa Magar who once represented the Nepal National Football Team left for Australia. 24 years-old ANFA Academy product Hemant who represented Three Star Club in the recent A Division League landed in Australia on Saturday morning.     Hemant made his senior team debut on June 6, 2016, in a friendly match against India. Afterwhich he used to be called up for a close camp but he struggled to book his spot in the final squad. Hemant has won the SAFF U-19 Championship and 13th South Asian Games (SAG) from Nepal.  Likewise, Bimal Rana landed in Australia on Friday. Bimal made his debut in the national colors on March 21, 2019. He stepped onto the field in national colo...