Volleyball

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - The women’s national volleyball team of Nepal registered its second consecutive victory in the AVC Asian Central Zone Women's and Men's Volleyball Championship underway in Bangladesh. Earlier, Nepal had defeated Sri Lanka in 3-2 sets in their opening match of the women’s category on Thursday.   On Friday, defending champions Nepal won their match against the Maldives in straight sets at Saheed Suhrawardi Indoor Stadium located in Mirpur, Dhaka. Nepal registered a comfortable straight set win of 25-11, 25-9 and 25-5 over Maldives in their second league round.  Coach Jagdish Prasad Bhatta had given a break to Nepal’s top players Pratibha Mali and Saraswati Chaudhary during the first two sets anticipating a comparatively weak team of the Mald...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Spikers Shanti Tharu and Kamana Bista have made their debut in the national  women’s volleyball team of Nepal during the AVC Asian Central Zone Women’s and Men’s Volleyball Championship underway in Bangladesh. They were present in the team that beat Sri Lanka in 3-2 sets during the opening match on Thursday. Kamana Bista played the first set of the match while Shanti Tharu took her place in their debut match. Both the players were included in the national team for the first time. Bista plays for Nepal Police Club while Tharu is associated with another departmental team – Tribhuvan Army Club in domestic matches. Although Nepal had lost the first two sets to Sri Lanka during the opening match on Thursday, they bounced back to win the remaining th...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - The men’s volleyball team of Nepal were beaten in straight sets by host Bangladesh during their opening match of the AVC Asian Central Zone Women’s and Men’s Volleyball Championship on Thursday. Nepal were beaten 3-0 in the match held at Shaheed Sohrawardi Indoor Stadium in Mirpur. Dhaka. Nepal never posed any challenge to the hosts during the match. Nepal lost the first two sets with an identical scoreline of 17-25 while they conceded the third set 25-19. At one point during the match, the score of Nepal and Bangladesh was 13-13 in the second set but Nepal could not keep up the momentum. Nepal will next face Uzbekistan in their second match on Friday followed by the third match against Sri Lanka on Saturday and the last match against the Ma...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Setter Kripa Adhikari and middle blocker Manisha Chaudhary are back in the national women’s volleyball team once again. The two were included in the final list of 12 players announced by Nepal Volleyball Association on Saturday for the upcoming NVA Central Asian Zone Women’s and Men’s Volleyball Championship to be held in Bangladesh from December 21 to 29. Kripa Adhikari had returned back to the game last year after completing her training with the Nepalese Army. This is the first time she was included in the national team since then. Both Kripa Adhikari and Manisha Chaudhary were not included in the national team that featured in the first edition of the same event in 2019 and the 13th South Asian Games. Shanti Tharu and Kamana Bista were incl...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Spiker Man Bahadur Gurung and middle blocker Bhairav Bam are back in the national volleyball team of Nepal. The two players from Tribhuvan Army Club made it to the national team for their exemplary performance in domestic matches. They were included in the final list of 12 players of the national squad announced by Nepal Volleyball Association for the NVC Central Zone Volleyball Championship on Sunday. Man Bahadur Gurung was not included in the national team during the NVC Central Zone Volleyball Championship held in Nepal in 2019 as he was included in the beach volleyball team of Nepal for the 13th South Asian Games. Likewise, Bhariab Bam, a second choice player of TAC, made it to the national squad for his good performance. The NVC Central Zo...