Stakeholders stress on resuming sports activities 

The sports stakeholders have expressed worry for no sign of resumption of sports activities even after the government-enforced lockdown against COVID-19 has prevailed for around three months.    

     13th SAFF Championship next year  

The 13th edition of South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship scheduled in Bangladesh is to take place next year.    

SC acquits Nepal national team footballers of match fixing charges

Bhadrakali Pokharel, spokesperson of the Supreme Court, informed on Tuesday that the SC gave clean chit to Sagar Thapa, former captain of national football team, players Anjan KC, Sandip Rai, Ritesh Thapa, Bikash Singh Chhetri and physiotherapist Dejip Thapa.

     Lockdown COVID-19 Online Video Poomsae Championships to take place from June 21  

'Lockdown COVID-19 Online Video Poomsae Championships' are set to take place from June 21. The International Open Friendship Taekwondo Championships (IOFTC) headquartered in Poland will organise the competition in two phases online when the global pandemic has affected world sports, said IOFTC's founder and competition's director Diwakar Maharjan.    

10th national games in Karnali or State-2

Responding to queries of MPs during discussion on the Appropriation Bill concerning his Ministry for the financial year 2020/21 at the parliament today, he however said that the government could not allocate sufficient budget for the sports sector due to the pandemic.

Proposal to hold wc qualifying games after four months   

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has proposed to the World Football Federation (FIFA) to hold the FIFA World Cup 2022 and AFC Asian Cup 2023 qualifying games after four months. The games that Nepal is scheduled to play have been proposed to be held in coming October and November.    

Tokyo Games delayed to 2021, easing athletes' angst

It was the first time in the Olympics’ 124-year history that they had been postponed, though they were canceled outright several times during the two 20th century World Wars.

Olympic flame lands in Japan as doubts grow over Tokyo Games

That signified a small, symbolic victory for the IOC and local organizers, who maintain the Tokyo Olympics will open on July 24 amid a chorus of doubters who believe they should be postponed or canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Friendly football match between Nepal and England postponed  

The match scheduled for May 25 and to be played in England has been postponed due to the fear over COVID-19 pandemic which has spread globally, All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) said. ANFA said the game has been postponed until a new date was fixed.  

FIFA postpones Asian qualifiers for the World Cup 2022

Matches originally scheduled to take place during the international window of 23-31 March 2020 and 1-9 June 2020 are postponed to later dates, said the FIFA, adding, "FIFA and the AFC will discuss further details of the postponed matches."