Football
The All Nepal Football Association has announced a 23-member national team to play in the 2022 SAFF U-20 Championship.
The five-team regional competition is set to kick off in Bhubaneswar, the capital of Indian state of Odisha, on July 25.
Head coach of Nepal U-20 team Meghraj KC has picked goalkeepers Ishwor Gurung, Unesh Chaudhary and Jiyarath Sheikh in the squad.
Amar Shrestha, Sonit Dahal, Ayush Shrestha, Ajay Chaudhary, Sumit Shrestha, Srijan Dhani, Roshan Thapa and Abhishek Waiba in defence.
Dipesh Gurung, Ashish Rai, Sandip Karki, Janmajaya Dhami, Mohit Gurung, Kritish Ratna Chhunju, Sugam Suwal, Managya Nakarmi and Aayush Ghalan have been selected as midfielders, and Dipesh Rai, Niranjan Malla and Rohan Khadgi as forwards.
Hosts India, Bangladesh, the Maldives and Sri Lanka are the other teams competing for the top honors in the 12-day event.
Nepal are the most successful nation, having won the tournament twice in four years.
They will open their campaign with a match against the Maldives on July 25.
They will then take on Sri Lanka on July 27, followed by India on July 31 and Bangladesh on August 2.
The tournament will be played in a round-robin format.
The top two teams at the end of the group stage will play for the title on August 5.
