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NSC asks AAAN to submit financial reports on Asian meet BY A STAFF REPORTER Kathmandu, May 1: The Amateur Athletics Association of Nepal is again on spot as the country’s sports governing body has asked it to submit its financial reports regarding the just concluded 6th Asian Cross Country race held in Kathmandu on 21 April. The Nepal Sports Council, in its letter, has also asked AAAN to submit other reports on the Asian meet which was held for the first time in Kathmandu but was marred by rampant mismanagement by the AAAN members. According to a National Sports Council’s athletic coach, AAAN has so far failed to provide the remuneration and allowances to the players and some of judges and coaches. The coach said that the Nepalese athletics body has not cared to provide daily allowance and other perks to Nepalese athletes participating in the Asian level meet. These players are seen coming to the AAAN office at Dasharath Stadium asking for their daily allowance. A player who participated in the Asian meet told that the AAAN must give allowance to the Nepalese athletes in accordance with international rules. The AAAN must do the same for judges and coaches. The judges and coaches who came from outside of the capital were handed out just 200 rupees per day allowance, which is against the international rules. It may be recalled that the AAAN and Nepal Olympic Council President Rukma Shumsher Rana had received about two million rupees from the government to hold the Asian level meet in which Nepalese players were seen running the race dressed shabbily. The meet was sponsored by the famous German sports goods makers Addidas and the DHL, an international courier and parcel service. AAAN Secretary Ravi Rajkarnikar had been also reported to have overlooked the request of the journalists to provide them with the name lists of participants. The AAAN has also been blamed to overlook the press during the prize distribution ceremony. Rajkarnikar was also reported to have said that Addidas sports goods parcels were found broken at the Kathmandu airport. He had said that the parcel consisting of Addidas shoes was illegally opened and the shoes were missing from the box. As a result, one of the athletics coaches said, coaches judges were without shoes during the meet. Other Story |
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