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2023-10-12

Nepal, Laos play 1-1 draw

Nepal drew their first leg FIFA World Cup Qualifiers first round match against Laos at Dasharath Stadium on Thursday.

Both sides scored a goal each to leave the tie evenly matched for the second round on October 17 in Laos.

Bounphachan Bounkong gave Laos the lead in the 33rd minute before Anjan Bista headed the equalizer in the 49th minute.

Bista's goal also saw him level with Hari Khadka and Nirajan Rayamajhi as Nepal's highest international goalscorer. The trio are tied on 13 goals each.

Utsav Rai debuted for the national team when he was brought in for the second half of the match.

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2023-10-11

Nepal, Laos looking ahead to first leg Qualifiers

Nepal and Laos are playing in the first leg of preliminary World Cup Qualifiers match at Dasharath Stadium on Thursday evening.

The match will kick-off at 5:30 pm.

Coaches and the captains of both the teams addressed in the press meet organized prior to the match where they expected to put up a good show in front of a capacity crowd.

Laos head coach Kanlaya Sysomvang, captain Phoutdavy Phommasane, Nepal's head coach Vincenzo Alberto Annese and captain Kiran Kumar Limbu addressed the media at Himalaya Hotel in Kupondole.

ANFA has set the ticket prices for the match at Rs 300 for normal parapet and Rs 500 for VIP parapet. Kantipur Cineplex will broadcast the match live.

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2023-10-11

ANFA Community Coaching Course begins in Jhapa

The four-day ANFA Community Coaching Course has started in Jhapa from Wednesday.

The course is  organized by Jhapa District Football Association with support from ANFA.

The course was inaugurated by ANFA Ex-Co member Dipendra Dhimal in presence of officials of Jhapa District Football Association.

A total of 42 coaches from various districts including from Dang, Dhanusha, Rautahat, Taplejung, Siraha, Panchthar, Ilam, Sunsari, Morang, Chitwan and Jhapa are participating in this course.

Sanjeet Singh is the instructor and  Hari Khadka is the assistant instructor of this course.

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2023-10-11

Final squad for Laos World Cup Qualifier announced

The final squad for the World Cup Qualifier match against Laos has been announced.

Head coach Vincenzo Alberto Annese announced his final squad for the match.

Nepal will play against Laos on Thursday at 5:30 pm.

Final squad

Goalkeepers: Kiran Kumar Limbu, Deep Karki, Abhishek Baral

Defenders: Sanish Shrestha, Ananta Tamang, Ashish Gurung, Rohit Chand, Anjan Rai, Aashish Chaudhary, Amrit Shrestha, Arik Bista

Midfielder: Sudip Gurung, Laken Limbu, Awas Lamichhane, Utsav Rai, Kritish Ratna Chhunju, Manish Dangi

Forwards: Anjan Bista, Ayush Ghalan, Gillespye Jung Karki, Dinesh Henjan, Hisub Thapaliya, Sanjeeb Bista

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