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Rai appointed as Member of Province Sports Board
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Rai appointed as Member of Province Sports Board

By a Staff Reporter The former vice-captain of Nepal National Football team Sandip Rai has been appointed as a member of the Provincial Sports Development Board of Province No. 1. Province 1 Social Development Minister Rajan Rai appointed Sandip as the member of the Province Sports Development Board on Thursday. Sandip, a permanent resident of Duhabi, Sunasari played professional football from Three Star Club for a long time. Sandip stated that appointing a person from the relevant field to the board is something we should appreciate. "Being a former athlete, the field of sports is not new to me. I am aware of the current state of sports and it will be easy for me to understand other new things related to sports as well," said Sandip. "My efforts will be to organize more game...
KC among Supreme Seven to be felicitated in HamroKhelkud’s anniversary
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KC among Supreme Seven to be felicitated in HamroKhelkud’s anniversary

By a Staff Reporter HamroKhelkud.com is honoring the seven supreme athletes of all time on the occasion of its seventh anniversary. The players who have contributed significantly to Nepali sports during their time will be honored amidst an event to be held in Lalitpur the following week. Jit Bahadur KC, the first international medal winner for Nepal is one among supreme seven athletes to be felicitated in HamroKhelkud's anniversary. KC won a bronze medal in the Asian Athletics Championship almost 5 decades ago. KC finished third in the Marathon with a timing of 2 hours 35 minutes and 38 seconds in the championship which was held in the Philippines back then. It is the first international medal won by any Nepalese athlete. Olympian KC is still working in the National Sports Counc...
Olympic scholarship to 10 athletes including Subash and Prince
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Olympic scholarship to 10 athletes including Subash and Prince

By a Staff Reporter 10 athletes from 10 different sports have been provided with Olympic scholarship focusing on the 2024 Summer Olympics to be held in Paris, France. The Nepal Olympic Committee (NOC) informed that the players have been selected based on the recommendations of the respective sports associations which has been accepted by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Sanyog Kapali of table tennis (individual), Payish Yonjan of fencing, Nasir Yaha Hussain of swimming (200m freestyle), Prince Dahal of badminton (individual), Manita Shrestha Pradhan of judo (under 56 kg), Sushmita Nepal of shooting (10-minute air rifle), Taekwondo's Unisia Rai (under 49 kg), Dance Sport's Deepak Lama (B Bowing), Golf's Subash Tamang (individual) and Weightlifting's Sagar Bhandari (unde...
HamroKhelkud to honor supreme seven
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HamroKhelkud to honor supreme seven

By a Staff Reporter Sports news portal HamroKhelkud.com is set to celebrate its seventh anniversary the following week. Seven all-time athletes of Nepali sports will be honored by HamroKhelkud amidst a program on 4th August, 2022 (Shrawan 19, 2079) to mark its seventh anniversary. HamroKhelkud is going to honor the players for the first time. HamroKhelkud came into operation from Sharawan 19, 2072. Moreover, this is the first time that HamroKhelkud is celebrating its anniversary publicly. HamroKhelkud has been publishing news, articles, photos, videos and other materials related to national and international sports since its inception. Similarly, HamroKhelkud has been live telecasting various national and international competitions through its Facebook page and Youtube channe...
Gaurav clarifies: “I did not pressurize ANFA, they came up to me with proposal”
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Gaurav clarifies: “I did not pressurize ANFA, they came up to me with proposal”

By a Staff Reporter Gaurav Thapa, who got into the controversy before the All Nepal Football Association's (ANFA) second Executive Committee has given his opinion on the appointment dispute. The second ANFA Exco meeting which was rescheduled for July 21, 2022 was halted due to increasing bitterness between the members of the ANFA exco regarding the appointment of certain posts. Initially, the meeting was scheduled to take place on July 18, but it was postponed following the health issues of President Nembang. The second ANFA Exco meeting was stopped without entering into the agenda as some ANFA office bearers started a dispute demanding the dismissal of Nabin Pande who was appointed as the Head of International Relations from its fist Exco Meeting. As a result, ANFA President Ne...
Chand honored with ICC Long Service Award
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Chand honored with ICC Long Service Award

By a Staff Reporter The International Cricket Council (ICC) has honored Cricket Association of Nepal's (CAN) President Chatur Bahadur Chand with the ICC Long Service Award. Acting Secretary Prashant Bikram Malla informed that the award was presented to Chand in the ICC's Annual General Meeting (AGM) at Birmingham, England for his long term service in the Nepali Cricket Board. President Chand and Acting Secretary Malla flew to England last week to attend the ICC's AGM on behalf of CAN. ICC honors the individual who works in the cricket board with an award every year. ICC presents Long Service Award to selected individuals among its 107 member countries who have contributed in various services under the cricket board. This year, 18 people among 107 ICC member countries have bee...
Kiran’s Maziya victorious
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Kiran’s Maziya victorious

By a Staff Reporter Maziya Sports and Recreation Club, where Nepal National Goalkeeper Kiran Chemjong plays, has clinched the title of Maldives top tier league Dhivehi Premier League with two games in hand. Maziya defeated Da Grande 1-0 on Friday which secured their league title. Tana Dominguez's only goal guided Maziya to the victory. With this victory, Maziya has bagged 54 points from 19 games. Club Eagles, who stands second in the competition points table, managed to collect 46 points so far. Mazia won the title for the third time in a row. Overall, this is Mazia's fourth league title. Mazia won the league title for the first time in 2016. Meanwhile, it is Chemjong's second league title. Earlier, he had won the Dhivehi Premier League from TC Sports in 2018. At that t...
Volleyball Association election in September
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Volleyball Association election in September

By a Staff Reporter The election of Nepal Volleyball Association (NVA) is scheduled to be held in Kathmandu on September 7, 2022. The 8th Plenary Meeting of the association that concluded in Bhaktapur on Thursday decided to conduct the 9th Annual General Meeting and election on September 7. 133 stakeholders were granted the voting rights for the election of the association. In the central election representatives from 77 districts and 7 provinces, National Team captains, coaches and referees will cast their vote. Only a single candidacy has been announced for the President as of now. Niroz Maskey, who is the current Vice-President of the NVA had announced her candidacy for the President last year itself. The election of association could not take place in time due to the Covi...
Khadka and Shahi demands dismissal of Pande
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Khadka and Shahi demands dismissal of Pande

By a Staff Reporter The second Executive Committee meeting of the All Nepal Football Association - ANFA rescheduled for today got halted without entering into the agenda. As the Senior Vice President Bir Bahadur Khadka and other members refused to sign the attendance sheet, the meeting got halted without entering in the agenda as informed by the Vice President of ANFA Dirgha Bahadur KC. “We signed up for the attendance. But some of the members including the Senior Vice President refused. The meeting was about to commence without their signature but he did not agree to begin the meeting without every attendees signature. Then the president decided to halt the meeting.” KC informed. Senior Vice President Bir Bahadur Khadka, Vice president duo Birat Jung Shahi and Deepak Khat...
ANFA exco meeting halted!
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ANFA exco meeting halted!

By a Staff Reporter The second meeting of the newly elected Executive Committee of All Nepal Football Association - ANFA has been halted. As the Senior Vice President Bir Bahadur Khadka and other members refused to sign the attendance sheet, the meeting halted without entering in the agenda as informed by the Vice President of ANFA Dirgha Bahadur KC. "We signed up for the attendance. But some of the members including the Senior Vice President refused. The meeting was about to commence without their signature but he did not agree to begin the meeting without every attendees signature. Then the president decided to halt the meeting." KC informed. The meeting that was scheduled to start at 7AM began an hour and half later this morning. Discussions on 17 agendas including ...