Nepal National Team To Leave On 30th November 28, 2011 to take part in SAFF Championship

Nepal National Team is confirmed to leave Nepal for New Delhi on 30th of November to take part in SAFF Championship football tournament starting from 2nd of December in New Delhi. 

Nepal National team will board the morning flight of Spice Jet to reach New Delhi.
It  has learned that Nepal National team will stay in Hilton hotel, New Delhi.
Meanwhile, ANFA will organize the farewell program in the morning on 30th November at ANFA Complex, Satdobato, Lalitpur. Nepal which don’t have good history in the previous edition of the SAFF championship , this time is hoping to be winner under the coaching of English coach Graham Roberts. Nepal is placed in group of death along with Maldives, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Bangladesh participation in SAFF championship 2011 is under doubt regarding VISA Wrangle

The departure date of the Bangladesh national football team for India to take part in the SAFF Championship is still uncertain after the national side ran into visa complications.

 Vice president of Bangladesh Football Association has given the indication that Bangladesh might have to withdraw from the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship, if the Indian Visa complications are not resolved. Five of the thirty-member contingent for the Games, including head coach Nikola Ilievski and assistant Shamsuzzaman Yousuf had not been granted visas till yesterday, forcing the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) to cancel their planned tour of Kolkata where they were scheduled to play a practice match against Southern Samity.

“We are thinking of leaving here for New Delhi on Tuesday but we will have to think about alternatives if the complications regarding visas are not solved before our scheduled departure,” said Badal Roy.

“But it is confirmed that the Bangladesh team will not leave the country without a single member of the contingent as it is a team game and no one will remain outside of the team,” opined the BFF vice-president.

The Bangladesh national team was originally scheduled to leave for Kolkata on Friday before moving on to New Delhi for the main competition which will get underway from December 2. But on Thursday, only 25 of the 30 member contingent who applied were granted visas with the rest turned down to a lack of documentation. BFF rescheduled the plan and fixed yesterday afternoon as the revised date of departure hoping that the visa issue would be solved by then.

However, they were not able to get the visas on time and had to cancel the whole Kolkata tour.

“On Thursday, the Indian High Commission asked us to make corrections on those five applications online but we could not manage to get any appointment for the last three days despite repeated efforts and today (Sunday), we tried to meet with the visa officials but they did not want to meet without appointments,” said Jaber bin Taher Al Ansari, BFF assistant manager for the competition.


According to the newspaper ‘the daily star’ the Bangladeshi players’ morale has been low after the visa fiasco.

Maldives National team departs for SAFF C'Ship

Maldives national team departs to South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship to be held from December 2 – 11 in Delhi, India. Maldives President, His Excellency Mohammed Nasheed, President of Football Association of Maldives (FAM), Ali Azim, Parliamentarians, staff of FAM, past players and other supporters gathered near Republican square to bid farewell to the team. 

In the ceremony, President wished the whole team success in the tournament and urged the players to play with national spirit.

“I wish the team success in the tournament and I urge the players to play with the national spirit. If we play in national spirit, I am sure we will end up the winners.”

A lot of supporters and well-wishers attended the ceremony. Harubee played traditional Bodu- Beru to welcome the players.

The 20 players and officials will reach Delhi this evening. Maldives is the first team to reach the delhi .

International elephant polo kicks off in Chitwan from Monday, November 28, 2011!!.

The 30th edition of the International Elephant Polo Competition has begun at Meghauli of Chitwan district from Monday, November 28, 2011.

According to organizer Tiger-tops, different eight teams have participated in the competition. 

Out of the eight, two teams are Nepalese teams and the remaining are foreign teams, informed member of the organizing team, Yadav Bantawa. 

Chitwan National Park and Tiger Tops of Nepal and Genghis  Khan of Mongolia, Refty Khukuri of England, Pukkachukka of London, WEPA Legend of Hong Kong, Tiger Tops Tigris of Denmark and EFG of Switzerland and participated in the competition. 

Genghis Khan and Refty Khukuri have been participating for the first time in the competition.

Elephant polo is a game played with a stick and ball riding on an elephant. Players have been gathered in Meghauli for the participation in the competition that will run until December 2.

The World  Elephant Polo Association on the coordination of hotel Tiger-Tops situated in the Chitwan National Park organizes the game annually. Jim Edward had started the game 30 years ago.  This is the sports that is played annually in Nepal and this game attracts lots of tourist from Nepal.

Elephant polo competition in chitwan

Indian cricketer Yuvraj singh recovering from lung tumour!!1

Indian Cricket star Yuvraj Singh aka Yuvi  has been battling a golf-ball sized non-malignant lung tumour which first affected him during India’s triumphant World Cup campaign, his family revealed today.

Yuvraj, 29, who was declared man-of-the-tournament after the World Cup win at home in April, had opted out of the upcoming one-day series against the West Indies for health reasons. “During the World Cup, Yuvraj found himself constantly troubled by bouts of coughing and vomiting,” his mother Shabnam Singh said in a statement.
She said Yuvraj initially ignored the problem, assuming it was due to stress and did not want anything to distract him. “When the problem persisted after the World Cup, we decided to seek medical advice... scans then showed us that he was dealing with something serious. A golf-ball size lump (was) found over his left lung,” she said.

“Further reports have indicated that the tumour is non-malignant and non-threatening and can be treated through proper medication and therapy... Yuvraj is now in a much better state and on his way to a full recovery.” 

Yuv raj singh

The aggressive left-hand batsman and spin bowler had gone through “a very hard time” but was now focused on returning to the field, Shabnam added.

Yuvraj, who played in two of three Test matches against the West Indies this month, was not picked for next month’s Test series in Australia.