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2022-03-31

24 players called up for closed camp of AFC Asian Cup 2023 Qualifiers

Head coach of national men's football team Abdullah Almutairi has called up 24 players for the closed camp of the AFC Asian Cup 2023 Qualifiers.

Nepal have been drawn alongside Jordan, Kuwait and Indonesia in the Group A of the tournament. Nepal will play its first game against Jordan on June 8 followed by against Kuwait on June 11. The final game against Indonesia will be played on June 14.

All the matches will be played in Kuwait.

The national team closed camp will begin from April 15, 2022.

Squad: Kiran Kumar Limbu (GK), Deep Karki (GK), Bishal Shrestha (GK), Ananta Tamang, Anjan Bista, Arik Bista, Ayush Ghalan, Bikash Khawas, Bimal Gharti Magar, Darshan Gurung, Devendra Tamang, Dinesh Rajbanshi, Gautam Shrestha, Manish Dangi, Nawayug Shrestha, Pujan Uperkoti, Rohit Chand, Santosh Tamang, Sujal Shrestha, Suman Aryal, Suman Lama, Sunil Bal, Suraj Jeu Thakuri, Tej Tamang

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2022-03-30

Chandrapur, Biratnagar share points, Police down Army

Chandrapur Municipality Rautahat and Biratnagar Metropolitan City Morang shared points after playing out a 1-1 draw in the National Women's League 2078 on Wednesday.

In the second match at Sharadanagar Football Ground, Nepal Police Club defeated Tribhuvan Army Football Club 2-1 and condemn Tribhuvan Army to second defeat from their first three matches.

Mina Khatun opened the scoring for Biratnagar in the 41st minute before substitute Rajani Thokar levelled in the 51st.

Nepal Police scored twice in two minutes through Niru Thapa and Nirmala Upadhyay to defeat departmental rivals Tribhuvan Army.

Thapa scored the team's first in the 14th minure and Upadhyay doubled the advantage in the 15th.

Tribhuvan Army had to wait until the 70th minute to halve the deficit through Punam Jargha Magar.

Dhangadhi sub-metropolitan city lead the standings with a superior goal difference over defending champions APF Football Club. Nepal Police, also on six points, move to third in the table while Tribhuvan Army are fifth.

APF will play against bottom-placed Waling Municipality in the first match on Thursday at 1:15 pm while Lalitpur Metropolitan City will face Dhangadhi in the second match of the day at 4:15 pm.

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2022-03-30

Church Boys go top; Madhyapur, Bansbari win respective games

Church Boys United moved to the top of the table with a 2-0 win over Ranipokhari Corner Team in the Martyr's Memorial 'B' Division League 2078 on Wednesday.

In other games, Madhyapur Youth Association defeated Birgunj United 1-0 while Bansbari Club edged Samajik Youth Club 1-0 with last gasp winner.

Kuber Neupane and Ashish Chapagain scored for Church Boys in the win. Neupane opened the scoring in the 52nd minute while Chapagain doubled it in the 75th minute.

Ashik Gurung 85th minute strike helped Madhyapur defeat Birgunj in the second game of the day. Birgunj could have taken the lead through a penalty in the second half but Bibek Chaudhary's shot was way off the bar.

Bansbari moved to second in the table after a 1-0 win over Samajik Youth. Saurab Karki scored the winner in the 88th minute for Bansbari.

Khumaltar Youth Club will play against Shree Bhagawati Club in the first match at 9:30 am. Nayabasti Youth Club will face Saraswoti Youth Club in the second match at 12:45 pm and Tushal Youth Club will take on Boys Union Club in the third match at 4 pm on Thursday.

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2022-03-29

20th ANFA extraordinary congress concludes

The 20th extraordinary congress (General Assembly) of All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) has concluded at Heritage Gardens in Sanepa.

The meeting was chaired by ANFA President Karma Tsering Sherpa. National Sports Council Vice President Shiva Koirala was the chief guest of the programme. Besides Sherpa and Koirala, the programme was also addressed by Nepal Olympic Committee Vice President Ashok Bajracharya and ANFA Senior Vice President Pankaj Nembang.

The meeting endorsed the decision to appoint Players Association Chairperson Rajesh Manandhar, Women's Association Chairperson Brinda Dewan and Sankhuwasabha District Football Association representative Gauriman Rai as the observers by majority.

The meeting also approved the nomination fee for ANFA presidential candidate at Rs 15,000, senior vice president and vice president at Rs 10,000 and members at Rs 5,000 by majority.

The decisions taken by the meeting in full.

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