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2021-03-05

ANFA to host a invitational three-nation international football tournament

The All Nepal Football Association is all set to host a new invitational three-nation international football tournament from 22 to 30 March 2021. 

The tournament will have participation from Bangladesh and Kyrgyzstan. The Kyrgyzstani team will feature Olympics U-23 team. 

The tournament will also have FIFA recognition and will be played in round—robin format. There shall be total of four matches, seeing top two teams playing in the finals. 

The ANFA has come up with this concept and opportunity through a gap in the schedule after the postponement of Asian Qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023. 

The Dashrath Stadium will host the matches of three-nation competition.

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2021-03-04

Shree Bhagwati earn second win; RCT, Shree Kumari ends in stalemate

Shree Bhagwati Club (SBC) registered their second win of the Martyr's Memorial 'B' Division League with 3-2 victory over Jhamsikhel Youth Club (JYC) on Thursday.

An own goal by Sunil Shahi gave the lead for SBC in the 11th minute. JYC levelled through Madan Syangtan in the 32nd. Nawa Raj Gurung restored SBC's lead with the second goal in the 57th minute only for Anish Chaudhary to equalize again in the 74th minute.

Mohan Bahadur Thapa Magar scored six minutes from time to give the victory to SBC.

SBC's coach Sailesh Karmacharya said he was not content with the team's performance despite the victory which took them up to eighth on the table. "Our forwards had a bad day at job as we missed many scoring opportunities. Yes we won but given our performance I would say we were lucky today," said Karmacharya.

JYC's assistant coach Krishna Kumar Thapa said his players lacked fitness in today's match. "Our players were everywhere on the pitch but running without any ideas. There was no coordination among them and it cost us the match," said Thapa.

In the second match of the day, Rani Pokhari Corner Team (RCT) and Shree Kumari Club (SKC) ended in a 1-1 draw.

RCT's Ajit Gurung headed in the first goal in the third minute but Yubaraj Rai found the back of the net in the 22nd to equalize for SKC.

RCT's coach Sulav Jung Rana said they came under pressure after they were reduced to 10 man following two bookable offenses against Sunil Raut Kurmi. "We had scored early in the match. We could have added more goals but our forwards could not reap the chances they were given," said Rana.

SKC's Sandesh Kumar Shrestha said they controlled possession but conceding early goal was a hammer blow to their plan. "We put them under pressure in the first half and were on top after they were reduced to 10 man. But we could not take advantage of the situation," said Shrestha.

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2021-03-03

Nayabasti, Tusal share spoils, Khumaltar level points with Satdobato

Nayabasti Yuva Club (NYC) and Tusal Youth Club (TYC) played a 1-1 draw in the Martyr's Memorial 'B' Division League on Wednesday.

Bibek Gurung opened the scoring for NYC in the 39th minute. TYC levelled in the second half through Alone Rai in the 71st minute.

TYC's coach Naresh Shrestha lamented on the lack of coordination between his wingers and strikers. "Our midfield could not hold the ball as we wanted. We were disorganized," said Shrestha.

NYC's assistant coach Bikash Rai said they were happy for the point but could have done much better. "Our defense failed to mark their players which led to their goal. We lacked communication gap," said Rai.

In the second match, Khumaltar Youth Club (KYC) defeated Divine Boys Union Club (BUC) 3-0. A brace from Sabin KC and another from Ayush Ghalan saw KYC move level on points with leaders Satdobato Youth Club.

KYC's coach Rajesh Shahi said their main objective in the league is to keep winning. "We played well today. But winning is not going to be enough for us. Our promotion bid depends on results of other matches," said Shahi.

BUC's assistant coach Ranjit Singh said he was surprised by the team's performance today. "We had played so well in our last match. But everything went wrong today," said Singh. Singh said injury to key defender and giving away possession in the midfield area hampered their performance today.

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2021-03-03

National Futsal League matches to be shown live on Kantipur Television

Turnpike Event and Kantipur Television have signed a broadcasting agreement for the National Futsal League tournament which is going to be held at the multipurpose hall in Pokhara on May this year.

A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed between the two parties at ANFA Complex in Satdobato on Wednesday.

As per the agreement, all the matches will be shown live by Kantipur Television. The matches will also be shown live by Kantipur's digital platforms Ekantipur.com and their Youtube channel.

Speaking at the programme, ANFA President Karma Tsering Sherpa hoped the game will reach new heights after signing the broadcasting partnership with Kantipur Television.

Kantipur Television Marketing Director Suraj Singh Thakuri said they would leave no stone unturned to make the event a grand success.

ANFA's Futsal Committee Chairperson Ratna Kumar Shrestha and Ukesh Lohani and Prasun Shrestha of Turnpike Event were also present in the programme.

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