SPORTS BRIEFS: Shrestha receives financial support
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KATHMANDU, Aug 10: National Sports Council Member Secretary Yubaraj Lama on Friday handed over the cash collected from former boxers and boxing well-wisher for treatment of boxing coach and former player Krishna Man Shrestha. Shrestha, who is suffering from motor neuron disease and vein problems for a long time, was given Rs 219,757.
Shrestha had already received Rs 86,000 from Nepal Boxing Association and Rs 10,000 from Naxal Yuva Mandal. Doctors involved in Shrestha´s treatment had asked him to get further treatment in India. Shrestha had won silver medal in the Fifth South Asian Games (SAG) and bronze in seventh SAG.
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SPORTS BRIEFS: Shrestha Receives Financial Support
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