QUARTERFINAL MATCHES OF POKHARA FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT STARTS SATURDAY

QUARTERFINAL MATCHES OF POKHARA FOOTBALL
TOURNEY STARTS SATURDAY

Kathmandu. 12 Nov.: Quarterfinal matches of Safal Pokhara Cup Football Tournament begin in the resort town Saturday.
Tribhuwan Army Club plays Mega Three Star Club.
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NEPAL WUSHU ASSOCIATION RESHUFFLED

Kathmandu, 12 Nov.: National Sports Council (NSC)
Friday appointed Deepak Sarkar president of Nepal Wushu Association (NWA) in a reshuffle of the body’s executive committee.
Ang Dendi Sherpa was appointed as the patron.
There were two factions in the NWA.
A 17 September general assembly couldn’t elect a new
committee to implement a NSC order.
NSC treasurer Indra Bahadur Thing is first vice-president and
Bir Bahadur Tamang, Chandra Tamang, Deepak Lama, Janak Prashad Bartaula and Rajiv Maharjan are vice-president.
Pranil Dhoj Karki continues as general secretary; Pratap Thapa
is secretary and Nani Babu Tamang treasurer.
The NSC Member Kusu Kumari Shrestha, Surendra Lama, Raju Hamal, Satman Yonjan, Ram Joshi, Shyam Krishna Shrestha, Basant Shrestha, Raju Shrestha, Bikash Shrestha, Yuvaraj Gurung, Rajan Khadka, Rita Lama and Bikash Shrestha (Kavre) are members in the newly formed NWA executive committee.
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MEDIA GOOGLE

‘This is an extreme example of encouraging impunity. This
decisions needs to be corrected. The proposal to seek amnesty
for lawmaker Dhungel was made during my tenure but Ihad refsed to forward it.)

(UML Chairman and former Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal, Republica, 12 Nov.)
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INDIA MULLS POSTPONING 12th SAG
Kathmandu, 12 Nov.: India, the host of the 12th South Asian Games (SAG), has hinted that it may postpone the regional sports event for a year, Nabin Khatiwada writes in Repblica,

Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Acting President Vijay Kumar Malhotra made IOA´s intent clear with the Nepal Olympic Committee President Dhruba Bahadur Pradhan over
telephone.

“I made a call to Malhotra recently and he said that the IOA is focusing on preparations for London Olympics 2012.

He also said that hosting the 12th SAG in early 2012 would be difficult as there would be a very short preparation time. London Olympics will be held from July 27 to August 12 in 2012 and Paralympics from August 29 to September 9,” said NOC President Pradhan. Shrestha however added that the decision was not official.

India had agreed to host the 12th SAG in Delhi after Bhutan expressed its inability to host the games during the 41st South Asian Olympic Council held at Dhaka in February 2010.

As per the tradition of bringing the games to each country in South Asia, Bhutan was selected for hosting the 12th edition of the games originally.
India had said that Delhi had been chosen as the venue.

National Sports Council (NSC) has been running training camps for eight different games targeting the 12th SAG, Delhi. NSC has been running the training programs called ´Mission SAG´ for 61 players.

“I also heard the unofficial information that India is considering postponement, let´s wait for official information,” said NSC Member Secretary Yuvaraj Lama.
The 11th South Asian Games was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh on early 2010 while Nepal has principally agreed to host the 13th South Asian Games in Kathmandu.
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