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2021-02-19

Chaudandigadhi lose final match against Police, finish campaign pointless

Chaudandigadhi Municipality Udaypur finished their National Women's League campaign without a point after losing their 12 and final match against Nepal Police Club (NPC) on Friday.

NPC hammered Chudandigadhi 10-0 to finish in third position on the table.

Niru Thapa scored four, Nirmala Bk scored a hat-trick and Amrita Jaisi and Sunkala Rai scored one each for NPC.

NPC scored their first in the fourth minute through Thapa. She scored her second in the seventh minute and completed her hat-trick four minutes later. She scored her fourth in the 29th before Sujata Rai scored an own goal to make it 5-0 for NPC.

Nirmala BK added a sixth in the 37th minute to make it 6-0 in the first half.

NPC added another four in the second half through Rai, who scored in the 61st, and BK in the 86th and added minutes of first half. Jaisi also scored in the additional minutes of first half to complete the rout.

NPC coach Sanjeeb Joshi said he was satisfied with the third position in the league. "My players are in training for the department and that slightly affected our performance in the tournament. But third position is not bad either," said Joshi.

Chaudandigadhi's coach Dipak Thapa said they were exposed primarily due to their lack of preparation for the tournament. "We are now returning without a point. It's defeat in all matches for us. We lacked preparation," said Thapa.

The win means NPC finish the league on third position behind champions Nepal Armed Police Force (APF) and Tribhuvan Army Football Club (TAFC) who play in the final match in the second match of the day.

It was a miserable tournament for Chaudandigadhi who could manage only four goals and conceded 106 to finish the campaign pointless.

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2021-02-19

National team squad down to 31

Nepali men's national football team squad, currently in closed camp training as part of World Cup Qualifiers preparations, has been reduced to 31 on Friday.

Head coach Bal Gopal Maharjan trimmed his squad for the third time leaving out seven players from the previous 38.

Arpan Karki (GK), Sesehang Aangdembe, Saroj Dahal, Devendra Tamang, Dilen Loktan, Bikash Tamang and Subas Gurung have been left out of the squad.

Goalkeeper Kiran Kumar Limbu and forward Abhishek Rijal are currently out of the country while Devendra Tamang and Suman Aryal both have been placed on medical leave.

Squad:

Goalkeepers: Bikesh Kuthu, Bishal Shrestha, Deep Karki, Bishal Sunar

Defenders: Rajeen Dhimal, Biraj Maharjan, Bikash Khawash, Ananta Tamang, Chhiring Gurung, Dinesh Rajbanshi, Ajit Bhandari, Suraj BK, Rohit Chand, Nishan Khadka, Palsang Lama

Midfielders: Sujal Shrestha, Bishal Rai, Santosh Tamang, Sunil Bal, Hemant Thapa Magar, Arik Bista, Tej Tamang, Ravi Paswan, Tridev Gurung, Sanjok Rai, Anjan Bista

Forwards: Bharat Khawas, Nawayug Shrestha, Darshan Gurung, Asish Lama, George Prince Karki

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2021-02-18

Waling move to third after Chandrapur win

Waling Municipality Syangja finished their National Women's League campaign with a 3-0 win over Chandrapur Municipality Rautahat on Thursday.

Hima Rawat opened the scoring in the 17th minute to give lead to Waling. Metho Eludie Ruth added the second two minutes after restart before Amisha Karki, returning to the playing set after recovering from a fractured wrist, made it 3-0 in the 54th minute.

Chandrapur had few chances to their name but were unable to convert any of them.

Waling's coach Dilip Thapa said they had expected to finish well in the league. "We had hoped for a strong finish but didn't go as we had planned. Injuries to key players restricted our progress," said Thapa.

Chandrapur's coach Noorraj Kafle said confirmation of sixth finish in the league had made the game a dead rubber for them. "We will finish sixth despite the win or a defeat. So the match was of little importance for us," said Kafle. Kafle reiterated they were also restricted by injuries to key players.

Waling are currently third in the table but can move down to fourth if Nepal Police Club with its match against Chaudandigadhi in the final day of the league.

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2021-02-18

Martyr's Memorial 'C' Division tie-sheet drawn

All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) has drawn the tie-sheet of Martyr's Memorial 'C' Division League which starts from March 14.

Senior Vice President Pankaj Bikram Nembang, acting General Secretary Arun Man Joshi, central committee members, and representatives form 'C' division clubs were present in the programme.

As per the tie-sheet, clubs have been divided into two groups―A and B―with each group consisting of seven clubs. Top three clubs from each group will move into the Super Six round where each club will play three matches against clubs in the other group.

The top three clubs after the Super Six round will be promoted to the 'B' Division.

Similarly, the bottom two clubs from each group will play a play-off and the losing team will be relegated to the C Qualifier.

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