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By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - The executive committee formed organize the Ninth National Games in accordance to section 8 (1) of the Ninth National Games Organising Directive has got a full shape. Coordinator of the committee and National Sports Council Member Secretary Tanka Lal Ghising on Sunday handed over letter of nominations to the members nominated to the committee. The members nominated to the committee include NSC board member Ekendra Kunwar and Nanda Basyal as well as the Sports Division chief of the Ministry of  Youth and Sports Laxmi Prasad Bhattarai. Similarly, Member Secretary of Gandaki Province NSC Tej Bahadur Gurung, administrative chief Madhusudhan Basnet, Training Department’s director Arjun BK, Sports Development Department chief Bajra Bahadur KC, N...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - The National Sports Council (NSC), the organizer of the Ninth National Games to be held in Gandaki Province, has announced the beginning of formal preparations for the mega event. A meeting of the main organizing committee of the Ninth National Games on Friday announced formal beginning of the preparations for the games. The ninth edition of the national games will be held in all 11 districts of Gandaki Province from October 14 to 20.   The organizing committee has decided to open its secretariats in Kathmandu and Pokhara soon. The games will be organized within a budget limit of Rs 600 million. The meeting has instructed all sports associations to start preparations for the national games. The NSC has allocated Rs 900,000 for the train...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Nepal E-Sports Association is all set to organize the third edition of Nepal E-Sports Championship in July. After conducting the first two editions of the championships successfully, Nepal E-Sports Association organized a press conference in the capital on Wednesday to inform about the third edition. According to the organisers, the third edition of Nepal E-Sports Championship will be held from July 7 to 9. E-sports has become quite popular among the young generation and Nepal is no exception to it. The championship will be organized at AP 1 Studio  in Thapathali and will feature competitions in five different categories – DOTA 2, CS Go, MLBB, Taken 7 and PUBG. Chairman of the association Suraj Dangol informed that competitions have alr...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - President of Nepal Olympic Committee (NOC) Jeevan Ram Shrestha has been appointed as the Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation. Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba appointed Shrestha as the new tourism minister while reshuffling the cabinet on Sunday. Shrestha is also a former member secretary of the National Sports Council and a lawmaker from the ruling CPN Unified Socialist party. President Bidya Devi Bhandari administered oath of office and secrecy to the new appointed minister Shrestha along with three other cabinet ministers on Monday. The other three ministers inducted in the cabinet include Metmani Chaudhary (Minister for Urban Development), Sher Bahadur Kunwar (Minister for Labour and Social Security) and Bhavani Khapung (Healt...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Two swimmers will represent Nepal in the 19th FINA World Swimming Championship to be held in Hungary from June 18 to 26. A five member team including two players will leave for Budhapest, Hungary to compete in the event. The Nepali team  includes one male and one female player. Nasir Hussain will compete in the men’s 200 meters freestyle  event during the world championship. Likewise,  Dubana Lama will compete in the women’s 50 meters and 100 meters breaststroke events. The team is led by Nepal Swimming Association’s president Ashok Bajracharya. He will also attend the swimming Congress to be held on the sidelines of the main event. Other members of the team include Ratna Lal Maharjan (coach) and NSA Member Deepak Sagar Singh Maharjan...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Kyukoshin Karate Association organized a blood donation camp in memory of coach Ramji Prasad Bajracharya on the occasion of Olympic Day. Altogether 46 people including players and coaches donated blood, informed Sports for All Commission of Nepal Olympic Committee. The commission headed by Bishnu Gopal Shrestha has been organizing various programmes in the run-up to the Olympic Day, which is marked on June 23 every year to commemorate the establishment of International Olympic Committee on June 23, 1894.

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - National Sports Council’s Member Secretary Tanka Lal Ghising on Monday bade farewell to the national kabaddi team for its preparation for the Asian  Games. The 15-member team and 4 coaches will prepare for the Asiad in Mahendranagar. The national kabaddi team left for Mahendranagar today itself after the farewell. During the farewell, Ghising said this is not just a training but the first phase of closed camp training. He said that this training will also serve as a preparation for the upcoming Ninth National Games. Although the date of the Asian Games has not been fixed yet, this training will help improve the standard of the players, said Ghising. He also urged the players to maintain discipline while training. The NSC has started first...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Nepal has started closed camp training for the 19th Asian Games to be held in China. All 23 sports disciplines that Nepal will feature during the event have kicked off the training from Tuesday. National Sports Council (NSC) Member Secretary Tanka Lal Ghising jointly inaugurated the training of all 23 sports discipline. The first phase training started from June 7 and will conclude on July 7. A total of 514 players including 230 male and 284 females are currently undergoing closed camp training. Member Ghising said that the closed camp training will serve as a preparation not only for the Asiad but also for other international tournaments. He urged the players to attend the training in a disciplined manner and added that the players need traini...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - The government has increased budget for sports sector for the upcoming fiscal year. Presenting the budget in the joint session of parliament on Sunday, Finance Minister announced a budget of Rs 2.46 billion for the sports sector. The budget allocated for the Ministry of Youth and Sports for the current fiscal year is Rs 2.36 billion. The government has allocated budget for public private partnership for promoting adventure and mountaineering sports tourism and for infrastructure development in this regard. The government has also allocated budget for operating a high-altitude training centre in Jumla. During the presentation of budget, Finance Minister Sharma also announced that the construction of the Mulpani Cricket Stadium will be completed ...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Tirtha Bahadur Tamang and Purnimaya Rai have won the 17th Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon in men’s and women’s sections respectively. Tamang took 3 hours 51 minutes and 9 seconds to complete the 42-km marathon organized to commemorate the successful ascent of Mt Everest by Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Sir Edmund Hillary on May 29, 1953. Rai finished the marathon with a timing of 5 hours 19 minutes and 15 seconds. The marathon that started from Everest Base Camp and concluded at Namche Bazar. Rajkumar Rajbhandari finished second and Sumal Kulung secured the third position in the men’s section. In the foreigners’ category, Switzerland’s Bernhard Ginger clocked 5 hours 51 minutes and 37 seconds to finish first among the foreign nationals. ...