'Provide equipments and improve training facilities' Inter-school girls' football from Saturday
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KATHMANDU, Nov 12: Sports associations have demanded equipments and improved training facilities for good performance in the 11th South Asian Games (SAG) to be held from January 29-February 9 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The sports associations made such demands at a discussion program organized at the Ministry for Youth and Sports.
The SAG features 23 sporting events, where 141 individual players and seven team event players representing Nepal will vie for 141 gold medals. The discussion program was attended by representatives of 23 disciplines of sports participating in the SAG, Minister and Assistant Minister for Youth and Sports Ganesh Tiwari Nepali and Chanda Chaudhary and National Sports Council (NSC) representatives.
A majority of speakers stressed on the need for foreign coaches, arrangements for abroad training and modern training facilities and equipments. Speaking on the occasion, National Sports Council (NSC) Training Department Director Parthasarathi Sen Gupta presented details of expected expenses for the regional sporting fiesta, which amounted to Rs 115.63 million. Of the total estimated expenses, the NSC has allocated 61% for preparatory, 32% for participatory, 6% for administration and 1% for miscellaneous.
Gupta shared his bitter experience that the state was ignoring the sports sector.
“The concerned authority has not allocated budget despite Nepal conforming its participation in the SAG. The players have been deprived of getting the facilities they should get from the state,” said Gupta.
Archery Association President Laxman Shrestha said that the budget was allocated only in paper. “Single archery player needs equipments worth Rs 300,000 and the NSC was unaware how the players were managing equipments.”
General Secretary of Taekwondo Association Deep Gurung said that short-term training and investment would not be sufficient for the players to perform well in any discipline of sports. He also said that there were low chances of Nepali taekwondo winning as many medals as they did in previous editions.
Similarly, the chief coach of athletics Narayan Yadav urged the ministry and the NSC to fix the track of the Dasharath Stadium. “The track in the international competitions is soft and players cannot perform well there.” He also stressed on taking players for training abroad for good outcome in the game.
Cricket Association of Nepal president Binay Raj Pandey complained that they have not received any financial support from the concerned authorities. He also said that there were very low chances of Nepal bringing home medals. “However, we hope to perform well,” he said.
The representatives of basketball, taekwondo, karate and volleyball association shared the experience of sharing a single covered hall for training. They also complained about the floor surface of the covered and the problems that ensued due to regular power cuts.
Hockey chief coach Ashok Pandey said that the players were conducting training in grass but in the tournament they need to play in turf with hockey powerhouse like India and Pakistan. He urged the government to make arrangements of good equipments for training.
Secretary at the sports ministry Sushil Jang Bahadur Rana said that the association need not worry regarding the budget as it had already sent the demand letter regarding the budget for the SAG. “Medals cannot be bought only with money and sports material but also the confidence of the players and coaches,” said Rana.
Minister Nepali complained that though we are not poor, our mentality is poor. “Politics is the main problem in sports,” he said. “Infrastructures cannot be built overnight. We should move ahead with high confidence utilizing the resources we have,” he added. Assistant Minister Chaudhary also spoke on the occasion.
Inter-school girls´ football from Saturday
KATHMANDU, Nov 12: Gurukul Public School, Manmaiju is organizing the Gurukul Girls´ Football Cup-2066, the valley-wide inter-school football tournament, with the slogan "sports for gender equality" from Saturday at the Goldhungha ground.
Altogether, 13 teams are participating in the week-long tournament to be held in the league cum knockout basis. The teams are divided into four groups. The winner of each group will advance into the semifinals.
The winners and the runners up will be awarded with a cash prize of Rs 10,000 and Rs 5,000 along with trophies, medals and certificate. The two semifinalists will be awarded a cash prize of Rs 2,000 each and certificates.
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'Provide Equipments And Improve Training Facilities' Inter-school Girls' Football From Saturday
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