Kathmandu: Training of the Nepali national football team, which has been suspended for a long time due to Novel Corona Virus (Covid-19), has started from Thursday. Sports activities including football and cricket have been suspended since last April due to the government's ban on training in group sports aiming at preventing Covid-19 infection. Even now, the government has not lifted the ban. Yet, with the permission of the National Sports Council (NSC) for the friendly match in Bangladesh in two weeks, the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) has arranged for the training. Bala Gopal Maharjan, who has been given the responsibility of the head coach, has started training at Dasharath Stadium from Thursday with 33 players. With the resumption of football training, the interest of the cricket team has increased. But cricket training is not likely to start before Tihar-Chhath festival. It has been found that the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has not even sought permission for training to NSC. CAN has stated that the procedures to resum cricket training will be taken forth after the festive season ends. According to sources, Qatar had earlier proposed for a T20 match in December, in which Singapore and Oman will also participate. But it is not decided whether Nepal will play or not. Not only for this tour, but also for the ICC Cricket World Cup League Two triangular series, it seems that it is too late to start training for the Nepali team. World sports activities, which were halted due to the corona virus, have resumed and Nepal may have to host a triangular series in early 2021. But neither the training of the players has started, nor the cricket association has been able to make concrete preparations.

Football training begins, cricket players awaiting

Kathmandu: Two international friendly football matches between Nepal and Bangladesh have been scheduled. The international friendly match is scheduled to be played on November 13 and 17 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The Bangladesh Football Federation has also announced the preliminary squad for the match. Bangladesh has called up 36 players for the first phase of training against Nepal. The All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) had given permission to train the Nepali national football team last week. But ANFA has stated that the practice of the Nepali team will start only after the tenth holiday. The government had earlier decided to reopen the training, which had been closed since April 1. But football training was halted in the Kathmandu Valley after the spread of the corona virus. ANFA had quarantined the players asking them to start training. In the process, PCR test of the players was also done. After the FIFA World Cup and Asian Cup qualifiers were also postponed at that time, ANFA had allowed the players who had been quarantined by PCR to go home. Now, ANFA will follow the health protocol again and start practicing for the friendly game after the tenth day.

Nepal to play int'l friendly match against Bangladesh

Kathmandu: IPL team Chennai Super Kings' Dwayne Bravo is set to miss the rest of the IPL 2020. He has been ruled out of the IPL 2020 due to a hamstring injury. As he got injured, he left the competition in UAE and returned home on Thursday. He was injured in the game against Delhi Capitals four days ago. After bowling three overs, Bravo was injured and Chennai gave Ravindra Jadeja a chance to bowl in the last over. In which Delhi won the game by scoring 17 runs against Jadeja. Bravo did not play in last Monday's match against Rajasthan Royals. Bravo's injury is said to take at least two weeks to heal. Earlier, Bravo did not play at the beginning of the season due to a knee injury. He took six wickets in six games for Chennai this season. Bravo, 37, took 500 wickets in T20 cricket during the CPL of the season.

Chennai's Bravo to miss rest of IPL 2020

Kathmandu: Sri Lanka's Sri Lanka Premier League (LPL) T20 cricket tournament has been drafted on Monday night to select players. However, Nepal's young leg-spinner Sandeep Lamichhane has failed to be selected in the draft of the LPL, which will be a five-team competition in the first season of 2020. Even though his name was included in the list, no team showed interest in including Sandeep in the 20-round draft. Colombo Kings, Dambulla Hawks, Gale Gladiators, Jaffna Stallions and Candy Tuskers will compete in the LPL from November 21. There will be 23 games in the 15-day competition. Players including Angelo Mathews, Andre Russell, Fap du Plessis and Dinesh Chandimal have joined Colombo through Monday's draft. Similarly, Dambulla has players including David Miller, Carlos Braithwaite, Paul Sterling and Upul Tharanga. Shahid Afridi, Lasid Malinga and Colin Igram have joined the team while players including Thisara Perera, David Malan and Shoaib Malik have joined Jaffna. Kushal Perera, Chris Gayle, Liam Plunkett and Wahem Riaz have joined Candy.

Sandeep, not selected for Lanka Premier League

Kathmandu: The group stage of the European Champions League starts from today. In the group stage, 32 teams from 14 countries are competing. It is divided into eight groups with four teams in one group. Group teams will compete with each other on a home and away basis. The top two teams in the group will advance to the knockout stage. Spectator attendance will be low this season due to the corona virus. UEFA, in coordination with the local administration, has stated that only 30 percent of the stadium's capacity can accommodate spectators. Juventus will face Dynamo Kiev, Barcelona will face Hungarian club Ferensvarosi TC, Chelsea will face Sevilla, Borussia Dortmund will face Lazio and PSG will face Manchester United.



Group split Group A - Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid, Salzburg, Locomotive Moscow Group B - Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk, Inter Milan, Borussia Mnchengladbach Group C - AC Porto, Manchester City, Olympiacos, Marseille Group D - Liverpool, Ajax, Atlanta, Mitzland Group E - Sevilla, Chelsea, Krasnodar, Rennes Group F - Zenith St. Petersburg, Borussia Dortmund, Lazio, Club Berg Group G - Juventus, Barcelona, ​​Dynamo Kiev, Ferrero-Waldner Group H - PSG, Manchester United, Leipzig, Istanbul

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