Sports
Council set to form probe committee
The National Sports Council (NSC) has decided to investigate the recent development in Nepali football following a 10-year suspension imposed on All Nepal Football Association (Anfa) President Ganesh Thapa by football’s world governing body Fifa.The National Sports Council (NSC) has decided to investigate the recent development in Nepali football following a 10-year suspension imposed on All Nepal Football Association (Anfa) President Ganesh Thapa by football’s world governing body Fifa.
NSC Member Secretary Keshav Kumar Bista, in a meeting with AFC representative Purushottam Kattel, Minister for Youth and Sports Satya Narayan Mandal and Anfa General Secretary Dhirendra Pradhan, had proposed to form a probe committee. All the participants in the meet had agreed to form the investigative body.
The committee will probe on Thapa’s ban, match-fixing scandal, fielding over-aged player in AFC U-16 Championship Qualifiers, claims of Anfa operating against its statute and nomination of Narendra Shrestha as Anfa Acting President.
NSC Press Advisor Rohit Dahal said the committee will be formed in a day or two and will submit its report after one month. AFC representative Kattel, who is here to take stock of the current situation in Nepali football, also had a meeting with Nepal Olympic Committee President Jeevan Ram Shrestha on Monday.