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2024-01-16

Nepal to take part in 2024 WAFF Women's Championship

The national women's football team will take part in the 2024 WAFF Women's Championship in Saudi Arabia.

A meeting of the Emergency Committee of ANFA, chaired by President Pankaj Bikram Nembang, confirmed Nepal's participation in the biennial international women's football tournament in West Asia competed by the national teams in the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF).

Besides Nepal, Guam, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Saudi Arabia and Syria have confirmed their intention to participate in the competition.

The meeting also confirmed the ticket rate for the upcoming friendly youth football match between Nepal's youth team and Qinghai Youth Football Team of China on February 10th. The normal tickets of the match will cost Rs 300 while VIP seats will cost Rs 500.

The friendly is being organised by the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Nepal, National Sports Council and Nepal Tourism Board and is part of 2024 Chinese New Year Celebration in Nepal.

All Nepal Football Association and Nepal Overseas Chinese Association are the co-organizers of the friendly.

The match will be played at 3:00 p.m.

There will also be various shows from Nepal and China in the opening ceremony and half time interval of the friendly.

ANFA Senior Vice President Bir Bahadur Khadka, Vice Presidents Deepak Khatiwada and Dawa Lama, General Secretary Kiran Rai, Ex-Co members Purushottam Thapa and Maniraj Bista, Treasurer Rabindra Joshi and CEO Indraman Tuladhar attended the meet.

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2024-01-17

Former U-15 player Yasoda Bohora receives financial aid

ANFA has provided Rs 500,000 financial aid to former U-15 national team player Yasoda Bohora.

ANFA President Pankaj Bikram Nembang had handed over Rs 300,000 to Bohora's father Lal Singh Bohora on September 25 while the remaining amount of Rs 200,000 was handed over on Wednesday by Ex-Co member Bikash Narayan Shrestha.

The emergency Ex-Co meeting on September 10 had decided to hand over Rs 500,000 to Bohora who has suffered a serious spinal injury during training.

Bohora was part of the national U-15 women's team which clinched the SAFF U-15 Women's Championship 2023 title in November 1-11 in Bangladesh.

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2024-01-18

National U-19 women's team final squad announced

The final squad of the national U-19 women's team has been finalized.

Head coach named his squad on Thursday.

The team will take part in the SAFF U-19 Women's Championship in Dhaka from February 2-8.

Final squad

Goalkeepers: Sujata Tamang. Karun Budhathoki, Lila Joshi

Defenders: Divya Yesmali Magar, Sita Rokaya, Rojita Bista, Sarita Kumari Nath, Ganga Rokaya, Simran Rai, Maya Maskey

Midfielders: Brisana Chaudhary, Jhuma Bishwakarma, Sarah Bajracharya, Sushila KC, Bhawana Pariyar, Punam Chemjong

Forwards: Senu Pariyar, Sukriya Miya, Barsha Oli, Lila Chand, Purnima Rai, Samikshya Magar, Sajina Syangtan

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2024-01-10

Voting delegates from Gandaki, Koshi provinces finalized

Voting delegates from Gandaki Province and Koshi Province have been finalized unanimously on Wednesday.

Baglung District Football Association, Tanahun DFA, Syangja DFA, Nawalpur DFA, Manang DFA and Kaski DFA have been elected as the voting delegates from Gandaki Province for the upcoming ANFA Extraordinary Congress on Magh 8. All the DFAs were elected unanimously.

ANFA General Secretary Kiran Ran and Ex-Co member Maniraj Bista oversaw the process in Gandaki province on Wednesday.

Similarly, Khotang, Udaypur, Sankhuwasabha, Sundari, Morang, Jhapa, Dhankuta, Ilam, Panchthar and Taplejung have been elected from Koshi Province. These districts were also elected unanimously on Wednesday.

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