News

2020-12-27

Bikram, Bimal to undergo treatment in Aspetar, Qatar

National men’s football team members Bikram Lama and Bimal Gharti Magar will undergo treatment on their respective injuries in Qatar.

ANFA had requested Qatar Football Association regarding the treatment of the duo at Aspetar, a specialised orthopaedic and sports medicine hospital, which the latter duly agreed.

Lama’s treatment will be the follow up on his fractured leg which he injured during club duty in 2018. Gharti Magar suffered serious injury to his right knee during national team training on December 18.

The injury and rehabilitation means both players will be sidelined for a significant amount of time.

Read more

2020-12-27

ANFA Women’s Online Refereeing Course begins

A three-day ANFA Women’s Online Refereeing Course 2020 began from Sunday.

Nineteen participants took part in the first day of the course. ANFA General Secretary Indraman Tuladhar inaugurated the virtual event. Member of ANFA Referee Committee Buddhi Bahadur Gurung gave the welcome speech.

Former FIFA Referee Laba Khatri instructed the participants about the Laws of the Game Changes during the morning session. Khatri also instructed about the challenges in the final session after former FIFA Referee Kalpana Sharma briefed on the handball rules in the afternoon session.

The event will last until Tuesday where participants will be briefed about various aspects of refereeing.

Read more

2020-12-26

Three-day National Technical Network Seminar begins

A three-day National Technical Network Seminar 2020 has begun at ANFA Complex in Satdobato from Saturday.

District and provincial coaches will take part in the seminar. Coaches from Province 1 and 2 took part in the first day of the seminar.ANFA President Karma Tsering Sherpa, Vice Presidents Krishna Bahadur Thapa and Upendra Man Singh, National Sports Council board member Hari Khadka and chiefs of ANFA technical departments were present in the seminar.Coaches from Bagmati Province and Gandaki Province will take part in the second day of the seminar on Sunday and coaches from Lumbini, Karnali Province and Sudurpaschim Province will take part in the final day on Monday.

Speaking at the programme, ANFA President Sherpa stressed on the need to focus on the technical aspect of the game to develop football in the country. He thanked the technical department for organizing such programme. He also addressed the grievances of district coaches speaking in the programme.

Vice Presidents Thapa and Singh also lauded the department for such programme. They said district coaches were vital to unearth footballing talents and take the country’s football a step further.

ANFA Technical Director Gary Phillips gave a presentation on the Nepali philosophy of football.

 

Read more

2020-12-24

Province League to be held from mid-January

All Nepal Football Association has decided to hold Province League in Province 2, Bagmati Province and Sudurpaschim Province from mid-January.

A meeting with provincial football representatives at ANFA Complex in Satdobato on Thursday took the decision to this effect.

Following the decision, the provinces will send detailed proposal of the league to ANFA within a week.

ANFA Vice President Bir Bahadur Khadka, General Secretary Indraman Tuladhar, Competition Director Sanjeeb Mishra and representatives of Province 2, Bagmati Province and Sudurpaschim Province were present in the meeting.

Read more