FOOTBALL

FOOTBALL SQUAD ANNOUNCED FOR GULF TOUR

Kathmandu, 4 Aug.: ANFA announced Saturday

a preliminary 25-member squad of the national team that is leaving

Sunday for a

three-week tour of the Gulf emirates of Bahrain. and

Kuwait,

The team will  prepare for the SAFF Championship being hosted by

By Nepal in Kathmandu from 1 September.

The final squad will be named after the team returns home.

ld not make it to the list.
Nepali team
Goalkeeper: Kiran Chemjong, Ritesh Thapa, Bishal Shrestha
Defender: Sandeep Rai, Sagar Thapa, Rabin Shrestha, Sabindra Shrestha, Bijay Dhimal, Biraj Maharjan, Rohit Chand, Ananta Tamang
Midfielder: Bhola Silwal, Bijay Gurung, Raju Tamang, Prakash Budhathoki, Jagjeet Shrestha, Nirajan Khadka, Bikram Lama, Tanka Basnet, Tek Bahadur Budhathoki (12)
Forward: Jumanu Rai, Santosh Sahukhala, Anil Gurung, Bharat Khawas, Bimal Gharti Magar.

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NEPAL RANKED 2ND IN SOUTH ASIAN WOMEN FOOTBALL
Kathmandu, 4 Aug.: Nepal is ranked after India in FIFA monthly
ranking released Friday as top women South Asian teams
Nepal gained five places and is ranked 99 in world ranking; India is
ranked 50.
.Afghanistan is South Asia’s top soccer nation in men’s football while Nepal is ranked sixth in the eight-nation grouping.
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