Four teams in first South Asian Volleyball Championships
Kathmandu: Nepal Volleyball Association confirmed on Friday that three foreign teams will participate in the First South Asian Invitational Men’s Volleyball Championships, beginning next week. Apart from host Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Afghanistan are vying in the tournament stated President Dan Bahadur Gurung.
The week long championship will begin from July 12 at the covered hall of Dashrath Stadium.
Nepal are looking to field a lot of new faces led by a new captain. For now 27 players have been short listed for the close camp and Kaushal Bhatta has been appointed the captain. Head coach Kapil Kishore Shrestha also informed that the closed camp will be held at Lagankhel out of which 12 players will be picked for the championships.
“There are seven new players in the national side”, added Shrestha.
The championship will be played in round-robin format where the two teams from the league stage will fight for the title and the prize of Rs 2,00,000. Nepal Army presented a cheque of Rs 1,20,000 to Gurung. Likewise, Ranjan Khadka, Everest Bank’s Branch Manager and a former Bhaktapur player chipped in Rs 50,000 for the tournament.
Goju-Ryu Osikai selection complete
Kathmandu: Japan Karate Do Goju-Ryu Osikai Association of Nepal completed the selection of players for the National Team Karate Selection Tournament at Tripureshwor on Friday. A total of 16 players, which include 13 male and three female karatekas were selected for the tournament which will begin from July 16 stated Surendra KC, spokes person of National Karate Federation.
Athlete Sanjay Pandit honoured
Kathmandu: Girija Prasad Koirala Research Center felicitated Everest climber and long-distance runner Sanjay Pandit on the occasion of G.P Koirala’s 90th anniversary on Friday.
Pandit is the only person to have successfully ascended both Mount Everest and Mount Manaslu. He also holds the Nepali record of the longest run, recording a total distance of 2210 kilometers.
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