ANFA awards footballers ahead of AFC Challenge Cup
The All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) has boosted up
its players' morale just ahead of AFC Challenge Cup, by
providing with Rs 15,000 to each player and coaches amid a
programme in Kathmandu.
ANFA awarded the players for being qualified for the final
round of the AFC Challenge Cup. Nepal had defeated Macau
and hosts Cambodia in the qualifier. Twenty three players
and two assistant coaches - Upendra Man Singh and Bal
Gopal Maharjan were awarded with cash prizes.
ANFA Veep Lalit Krishna Shrestha said this effort would
motivate the players for the Championship. ANFA also
declared that the association will provide equal allowance
of USD 14 per day to the players and coaches.
Meanwhile, the Nepali team is leaving for Kolkata on
Monday to play two warm-up matches against East Bengal
Club and Chirag Sports Club before heading for the AFC Challenge
Cup slated to kick off from July 30 in Hyderabad.
Nepal has been drawn in Group B along with DPR Korea,
Myanmar and Sri Lanka. Nepal will open their campaign
against Myanmar on July 31, before facing DPR Korea on
August 2 and Sri Lanka on August 4. nepalnews.com bt July 21 08
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