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Loaned in Darkness : TT Players forced to take loan for Asian Championship

16Sep

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Table Tennis

Loaned in Darkness : TT Players forced to take loan for Asian Championship

Subas Humagain, Kathmandu Amid lack of proper facilities and economic hardship, the Nepali national table tennis team is busy preparing for the Asian Championship to be held in Qatar this month. With tournament just two weeks away, the qualified players are worried about raising financial resources to participate rather than preparing for the tournament. The team morale is similar to the hall that team is currently training in, dim and gloom. The lack of adequate lighting in the National Table Tennis Hall has had a direct impact on training. Due to a lack of funds, the association has not been able to arrange closed training. Despite repeated notifications to the National Sports Council (NSC) to repair the lights, no work has been done for months. Moreover, the players are be...

26Aug

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Racquet

Stag to sponsor Coach Rawal

Kathmandu : Stag International has entered into a sponsorship agreement with table tennis coach Naresh Rawal. ITTF Level 2 coach Rawal has been contracted by Stag International for three years. Vivek Kohli, co-chairman of Stag International, has signed an agreement with Rawal. The agreement period will run from September 1 2021 to August 30, 2024, Rawal said. Stag International will provide Rawal with its products including T-shirts, tracksuits, jackets, shoes, socks, rackets, backpacks, bags, and other items during the appointment period. Rawal will promote the Stag International brand. Rawal has taken Stag's faith as an honor. With this agreement, Stag will be able to take him to various other countries for training during this period. Rawal is involved as a coach at Saroj ...

Arhanta and Bhawana win consecutive Squash titles

7Aug

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Arhanta and Bhawana win consecutive Squash titles

Kathmandu (Hamro Khelkud) - Former champions Arhanta Keshar Singh and Bhawana Sunuwar won the 2nd Dhan Laxmi Maharjan Memorial National Squash Tournament. Arhanta and Bhawana defended their titles winning their singles final on Saturday. Arhanta defended his title by defeating Amrit Thapa Magar in a straight set of 13-11, 12-10, 11-5 in the Men's Singles Final. Arhanta received a cash prize of 18 thousand Rupees while Amrit received 10 thousand Rupees. Likewise, Bhawana won Krishna Thapa 6-11, 11-7, 11-2, 11-7 to defend her title. Bhawana and Krishna received 11 thousand and 6 thousand Rupees respectively. Gopal Thapa defeated Salim Thapa Magar 11-2, 8-11, 11-3, 11-3 in the U-15 Boys Singles to win the gold medal. Earlier, Amir Blon had won the title in U-19 boys singles. In the above...

6Aug

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Lwan Tennis

Samrakshak and Prerana win double golds

Kathmandu (Hamro Khelkud) - National champion Samrakshak Bhusan Bajracharya and Prerana Koirala won their respective U-16 Singles title in the 1st ANLTA-JTI National Junior Tennis Tournament in Satdobato on Sunday. In the boys final between Samrakshak and Pranav Khanal, Pranav got injured when the match was tied on a set each. Pranav won the first set 6-1 but he lost the second set 6-3 before withdrawing the match through retired hurt. Earlier, Samrakshak had also bagged the U-18 Singles title. Likewise, Prerana won Saloni Tamang 6-1, 6-3 to claim her second gold in the tournament. Prerana had defeated Saloni in the U-14 Girls Single final as well. The tournament, which was organised by All Nepal Lawn Tennis Association, included male and female singles for U-8, U-9, U-10, U-12, U-14,...

23Jul

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Badminton, Racquet

Ratnajit defeated in the US Open

Kathmandu (Hamro Khelkud) - Nepal number one badminton player Ratnajit's journey in the Men's Single of Yonex US Open has ended in the very first round of the tournament. In the match held last night, 211st ranked Ratnajit lost 21-18, 21-12 to Canada's Jason Anthony who is ranked 175th in the world. Last year in his first participation, Ratnajit had qualified up to the Round of 16. Ratnajit has remained the national champion for 6 years. After recently winning the men's single in both Annapurna International Corporate Badminton and Pushpalal Memorial Badminton, he had departed to take part in the US Open. Ratnajit has won 20 singles title in his career. Last year, the gold medal he had won in the mixed doubles pairing up with sister Nangsal Devi Tamang in the Pakistan Internation...