David Beckham Announces his final game with L.A Galaxy on December 1

David Beckham has announced that the MSL Cup on December 1 against the Houston Dynamo will be hisfinal game for the L.A. Galaxy.

                                                  David Beckham in L.A Galaxy jersey
The soccer star, who joined the Galaxy in 2007 and helped popularize the sport even more in the U.S., said in a statement, “I’ve had an incredibly special time playing for the LA Galaxy, however, I wanted to experience one last challenge before the end of my playing career.”

“I don’t see this as the end of my relationship with the league as my ambition is to be part of the ownership structure in the future,” he added.

MLS Commissioner Don Garber noted, “There is no doubt that MLS is far more popular and important here and abroad than it was when [Beckham] arrived.”

Garber continued, “David has achieved great things on and off the field during his time with the Galaxy, and he will always be an important part of our history. We look forward to his continued involvement with the LA Galaxy and the league.”

Red Bull A Division League: Nepal Police Club Plays Stalemate With Iceberg MYA In The Opener

   Nepal Police Club played 1-1 stalemate against Iceberg MYA in the opening match of Red Bull A Division League football tournament at Dasrath Stadium on Tuesday. Jeevan Sinkeman had put Madhyapurians ahead in the match in the first minutes of the game. Bed Shrestha guides the ball in the front line,with perfect cross and defenders defenders can’t stop Sinkeman as he finds the header for Madhyapur to score the first goal of this season’s League. it's a but Bhola Silwal levelled the score for Cops right after the break. Chetan Ghimire and Jumanu rai played for the police as they struggle most of the time to equalize for NPC. 






Jivan Sinkeman Celebrating His Goal






Jeevan Sinkeman fouls on Jumanu Rai. Referee Laba Khatri flashes out first yellow card of the league and he was awarded yellow card and become the first player to be yellow carded in the League this season.

Bhola silwal equalizes for the cops in the second haf as he utlizes the cross given by the prabat Pandey .Bikesh kuthu Fails to save the ball this time.

In this way the Madhyapur Youth manage to draw against the defending Champion Nepal police in the Opener of the Red Bull A division League 2069.

Red Bull A Division League: Team Profile Nepal Police Club

Nepal Police Club is another name of Nepali football and they have the best history in the League History of Nepal. Nepal Police Club formerly known as Mahendra Police Club is departmental police football club of Nepal. 1952 and named after King Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev and the name have been changed to Nepal Police club after Nepal was declared Republic. Nepal Police Club was the team that represent the Nepal in last year’s AFC president cup as the league winner. 

Cops, who were beaten by LH MMC in the semifinals of Ncell Cup and who bowed out from the first match in 2nd Safal Pokhara Cup, are niggled down by number of injuries 
The star players like Jumanu Rai, Bhola Silwal and Suman Subedi are struggling with knee injuries while there are no injury updates in the Iceberg MYA side. 
“Jumanu, Bhola and Suman are not fully recovered. They are struggling with knee injuries”, NPC coach Birat Krishna Shrestha told Media.
“But we are the team which can play in any situation”, Shrestha said, “We have proved in many tournaments when we were in difficult situations”.

“I feel proud with my players because they work really hard on the pitch”, Shrestha said

Jumanu, Bhola and Suman are injured and are doubtful against Iceberg MYA

Coach Shrestha was also worried about his bench strength.

“We have to play 15 games and we don’t have strong team bench”, Shrestha said

Kit and Jersy

Cops have home jersy red and Away Jersy Blue

Home colours

Away colours

Key Player 

Jumanu Rai one of the prominent striker of nepals football team and currently injured can turned the match on Nepal's side. Though he looks away from gola in international matches he played for nepal he turned out to be the most succesful striker in the club side and domestic matches. His national career started when he made a debut match against Bangladesh in AFC Challenge Cup 2006 and since then he has been a goal machine to National team who can’t be stopped from scoring a goal against opponents. His club career is as well successful with Nepal Police Club where he takes number 11 jersey in offence position where he has been a real threat to opponent defense.

Jumanu Rai 

SQUAD

GK
Ritesh Thapa
DF
Rabin Shrestha
MF
Bhola Silwal

FW
Jumanu Rai

Rakesh Shrestha

DF
Suman Subedi

DF
Deependra Poudel

MF
Parbat Panday

MF
Yogesh Shrestha

MF
Pankaj Shahi
Roshan Karki
Bishal Shrestha
Lil Bahadur Rai
Suraj Bishwokarma
Ramesh Rai
Ramesh Katwal
Bharat Shah
Dilip Rai
Rupesh K. Chaudhary

Red Bull A Division League: Team Profile LH Manang Marshyangdi Team

Manang Marshyangdi Club is a Nepali professional football club based in Swayambhu, Kathmandu, known as MMC is one of the most popular sports club in Nepal, which plays in the town of Katmandu. The club is one of the most successful soccer club in Nepalese football, in terms of trophies won by a Nepali club. They share the top spot for winning National League along with Ranipokhari Corner Team (RCT), winning 6 National Leagues each. 

This season High flying LH Manang Marshyangdi is expected to leave no stone unturned to start the Red Bull A Division League. Having won Ncell Cup football tournament and 2nd Safal Pokhara Cup football tournament in a month gap, Manange are looking highly motivated ahead of the championship.

The coach of LH MMC, Krishna Thapa looks excited to start new chapter with the club.
“I am ready for the new chapter. We won Ncell Cup and 2nd Safal Pokhara Cup but that is past now. We have to focus on present. I am happy that my boys kept their fitness level intact during festive break”, Thapa said.

“We are excited to open the campaign in a brighter note and I think we just need to maintain our tempo to sideline Sankata Club”, added Thapa. 

Manange celebrating their win in style 

“We will play an offensive game against Sankata”, coach Thapa added, “I have told my boys to take the match seriously”. Jersy and Kits:
For much of Manang's history, their home colours have been sky blue&white shirts as they use Argentinian soccer team jerseys and white shorts, though this has not always been the case. 
Their current colours are: 
Jerseys : Blue & White/Green & White/Red Shorts : Black & White/Green & White /Red Socks : Sky Blue/ Green/ Red 

fully blue

sky blue with white

green with white

Key player 
Anil Gurung is a Nepali international football player who made headlines when he was selected for a trial for Chelsea reserve team and Woking F.C in England. Sahara Club, Nepal and Sahara Football Club, UK jointly initiated the trial-selection process. Previously, Anil was called by Shillong Lajong FC His contract with Lajong made him the highest paid Nepali footballer. e is generally deployed as striker with another player in the 4-4-2 formation but
can act as player maker.He can score and bring joy for the club fans.

Anil Gurung 

LH MMC will face Sankata Club in its First match of this season league. 

Match: LH MMC Vs CMG Sankata 
Venue: Dasrath Stadium

Date : 20 Nov 2012
Time: Tuesday 2:30 PM

Current Squad:
No.PositionPlayer
1 GK Bishal Shrestha
2 DF Sanjay Gurung
3 DF Sandip Rai
5 DF Ganesh Thapa Magar
6 MF Anatole Tsierry Zambo
7 MF Amir Shrestha
8 MF Shiva Shrestha
9 MF Dan Ito
10 FW Anil Gurung
11 MF Sujal Shrestha
12 FW Rungri Hang Rai
13 DF Pasang Lama
14 FW Nirajan Malla
15 FW Yugal kishor rail
17 FW Ram Thapa
18 MF Shayan Mosavi
19 MF Mbile Leonel Stephen (Chico)
20 MF Nirajan Khadka
21 MF Sulov Maskey
23 MF Sulman Ageyo
24 DF Noah Brice

Red Bull A Division league: Complete Schedule ,Fixture and Points table of A Division League

The Martyrs’ Memorial Red Bull ‘A’ Division League, starting at the Dashrath stadium from November. The league will feature 16 Kathmandu-based top-flight teams battling out for the top honor. 

According to ANFA, there will be a total of 96 matches, with two matches taking place in a day. A club will be required to play 15 matches in the first round, from where a total of eight teams will qualify for the next round, while the bottom two teams out of the total 16 teams will be relegated to the second division. The second round is where the real competition takes place. The qualified teams will have to play seven matches each between them and the winners of the this round will be crowned the champions of the league and will also get a chance to represent the country in the Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) President Cup, a club-level championship for the third-tier The Schedule and Fixture is yet to come for the second round. Stay with www.anantasports.com for all the exclusive updates of A division league.

2012-11-20
Nepal Police Club - Iceberg Madhayapur Youth Association 1 : 1


2012-11-20
Laxmi Hyundai Manang Marsyangdi Club - Sankata Club1 : 1


2012-11-21
Jawalakhel Youth Club - Machhindra FC1 : 5


2012-11-21
Three Star Club - Saraswati Youth Club1 : 2


2012-11-22
Yeti Himalayan Sherpa Club - Armed Police Force Team 3 : 0


2012-11-22
Rani Pokhari Corner Team - Boudha FC 2 : 0


2012-11-23
New Road Team - Mahindra Bansbari Football Club 5 : 3


2012-11-23
Nepal Army Club - Friends Club 0 : 0

2012-11-24
Machhindra FC - Iceberg MYA 0 : 0
2012-11-24
Nepal Police Club - Sankata Club 0 : 2
2012-11-25
LH Manang Marsyangdi Club - Saraswati Youth Club 3 : 1
2012-11-25
Jawalakhel Youth Club - Armed Police Force 3 : 1
2012-11-26
Three Star Club - Boudha FC 4 : 0
2012-11-26
Yeti Himalayan Sherpa Club - Mahindra Bansbari FC 0 : 0
2012-11-27
RCT - Friends Club 2 : 1
2012-11-27
New Road Team - Nepal Army Club 1 : 0
2012-11-28
Sankata Club - Saraswati Youth Club 1 : 1 

2012-11-28
Nepal Police Club - Machhindra FC 0 : 2 
Points Table of Red Bull A Division League :

Pos		Team	Pld	Pts
1	•	Three Star	15	35
2	•	Army Club	15	28
3	•	Machindra	15	27
4	↑	New Road Team	15	26
5	↓	Manang Marsyangdi Club	15	26
6	•	RaniPokhari Corner Team(RCT)	15	26
7	•	Friend's Club	15	25
8	•	Saraswati Youth Club	15	23
9	•	Nepal Police Club	15	23
10	•	Himalayan Sherpa	15	22
11	•	Sankata	15	20
12	•	Armed Police Force	15	16
13	•	Jawalakhel Youth Club	15	14
14	•	Iceburg Madhyapur Youth Association	15	13
15	•	Mahindra Bansbari	15	6
16	•	Bouddha Football Club	15	4