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By A Staff Reporter On the eve of the euro 2022, Big news came from the Spain squad as their captain Alexia Putellas suffered an ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament) injury. Spain's football federation confirms that she was injured during the Tuesday training session and will not be able to compete in this tournament. She has won best footballer of the year, Ballon d'Or, and was a top goal scorer last season champion league with 11 goals. Also, she scored 18 goals for Barcelona in Primera Division. Recently, she had her 100th appearance for Spain's senior team with 27 carrier goals. Spain is one of the favorites to win this competition and out of leader on the eve might affect them a lot.

The wait is over. The festival of this summer, woman’s euro is here. This event will be held on Home of Football : England from 6th to 31st July across nine cities. After 2005, for the first time England is hosting such major competition. Sixteen team will be participating on this tournament. The opening match will be played  on 6th July  where host England will take over Austria. Here is all you need to know about WEURO 2022. Group A: England, Austria, Norway, Northern Ireland England Manager : Sarina Wiegman Players to watch : Ellen white ( all time top scorer), Lucy Bronze, Leah Williams, Beth mead, Lauren Hamp Best ever euro finish : Runner-up of 1984,2009 Chance of winning : 5/5 Austria Manager : Irene Fuhrmann Players to watch : Nicola Billa , Sa...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Nepali women’s  football team captain Renuka Nagarkoti will be out of action for 12 weeks due to an injury layoff. She sustained an injury on Monday during a training for the Asian Games. She underwent a surgery for broken clavicle at Gwarko-based B and B Hospital the same day. A team of doctors led by Dr Amit Joshi successfully conducted the operation. After the successful operation, Nagarkoti will be able to return to the field after 3 months if there isn’t any complication later on. Nagarkoti was injured due to a tackle by Saraswati Aire on Monday. She lost her balance and fell down and fractured her clavicle (collar bone or beauty bone). The hospital informed that she is likely to be discharged on Wednesday. Nagarkoti will miss the...

Agencies Christophe Galtier has been named Paris St-Germain manager after the departure of Mauricio Pochettino. According to the BBC, Galtier has signed a two-year deal until the summer of 2024. He left Nice last month after guiding them to fifth in Ligue 1 and a runner-up finish in the French Cup last season. The 55-year-old, who led Lille to the Ligue 1 title in 2021, is PSG's seventh coach since the Qatari takeover of the club in 2011. "I am delighted to join Paris Saint-Germain, I would like to thank the chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi, [football advisor] Luis Campos and the club for their confidence in me," BBC quoted him as saying. "I am fully aware of the responsibilities involved to coach this extraordinary team, which is one of the most competitive and spectacular ...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Two Nepali footballers and two sports journalists have been felicitated in the USA. Footballer Navyug Shrestha and Bharat Khawas along with sports journalist Roshan Bahadur Singh and photo journalist Kaushal Adhikari were honoured by District 8 of Baltimore County of the USA. They were felicitated after the NAC football match in Baltimore, USA. All four were honoured by District 8 delegate Harry Bhandari. The letter of appreciation received by the four Nepalis were also signed by Joseph Botler and Karl Jackson. Singh was honoured for his contribution to sports journalism in Nepal while Adhikari was felicitated for his contribution to photo journalism. Bhandari said that all four were honoured for their immense contribution to the Nepali spor...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - National women’s football team skipper Renuka Nagarkoti has been hospitalized due to an injury sustained during a regular training on Monday. She has to undergo surgery, informed All Nepal Football Association (ANFA). According to the football governing body, her clavicle collar bone (beauty bone) was fractured during a training session at ANFA Complex, Satdobato. She was undergoing training for the upcoming Asian Cup. ANFA said that preparations were being made for her surgery at Gwarko-based B and B Hospital. Physiotherapist of the women’s team Aavas Rajbhandari informed that senior surgeon Dr Amit Joshi will operate her today itself. He added that the duration of her recovery will be known only after the surgery. It is certain that Nag...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Nepal’s U-20 football coach Meghraj KC has selected 30 players in the second phase of selection for the upcoming SAFF U-20 Championship and the AFC U-20 Asian Cup Qualifiers. KC shortlisted the team from among 41 players selected in the first phase. A total of 11 players didn’t make it to the second round after about a month of training. The 11 players who were left out of the squad include Amar Bahadur Newar, Top Bahadur Rana, Jaam Tamli, Khem Raj Shrestha, Pradeep Lamsal, Sanjeev Lama, Rakesh Bishwakarma, Binaya Basnet Chhetri, Raju Bhushal, Maldina Angthupo and Jabindra Bhattarai. The U-20 SAFF championship will be held in India from July 25 to August 3. Nepal will face the Maldives in its opening match on July 25 followed by a match agai...

Agencies FIFA has lifted the suspension of the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) which was imposed due to undue third-party interference, world football governing body said on Thursday. According to the Insidesports news channel, a group of officials led by Ashfaq Hussain Shah, which was elected by the Supreme Court in 2018 to run the PFF but was not recognised by FIFA, took over the headquarters in March last year. They had seized control from FIFA’s normalisation committee headed by Haroon Malik, with Shah saying the committee had not conducted elections for the body in the 18 months since it took charge, Insidesports reported. FIFA suspended the PFF due to the “hostile takeover” but said it now had confirmation the committee had regained full control of the P...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - The All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) has clarified that it did not breach ANFA statute while appointing Navin Pandey as the chief of the international department of the football governing body of Nepal. Issuing a statement on Monday, ANFA made it clear that it did not breach ANFA statute while appointing Pandey to the post. The first meeting of the newly-elected executive committee of ANFA had appointed Pandey as the head of the international department of ANFA. The decision had courted controversy following allegation that his appointment was against the statute. ANFA said that Clause 3 A of Article 24 of the ANFA statute clearly mentions that a non-resident Nepali cannot be elected or appointed to any executive post in ANFA or provincial...

Agencies Teams that have qualified for the upcoming football World Cup will be able to select up to 26 players for the mega event later this year after world football governing body FIFA increased the maximum squad  limit by three on Thursday. FIFA said the change was due to the unusual timing of the tournament as well as the impact of COVID-19 on squads, Reuters reported. The showpiece event in Qatar will run from November 21 to December 18. "The number of players to be included on the final list has been increased to at least 23 and a maximum of 26," FIFA said in a statement. "No more than 26 people (up to 15 substitutes and 11 team officials) will be allowed to sit on the team bench." According to the news agency, UEFA took a similar decision last year, allowing side...