Nepal dominated the match against the Maldives and registered a comfortable win. For the third place play-off, Nepal defeated the Maldives 6-2 and won the bronze medal. [break]
Malla scored five goals while Buddha Chemjong added one goal for Nepal. In total, Malla scored 11 goals in the tournament as he had scored a hat-trick against the Maldives in the league match and a goal against Bangladesh and brace against Sri Lanka.
The Nepali squad´s captain Suman Subedi said that Nepal had to be satisfied with a bronze medal due to lack of training and experience in playing on san“. "If we had proper training, we could have aimed for gold med”l."
Malla, the highest goal scorer for Nepal, said he is satisfied with the team´s performanc“. "We could not celebrate Dashain due to the games but I am happy to return with a bronze medal for the nation. This is the biggest achievement of Nep”l," Malla added
Basketball
Nepal continued its losing streak in basketball as it faced a 11-8 defeat at the hands of the Maldives. With the defeat, Nepal is out of the tournament. Nepal had earlier suffered a humiliating 21-6 defeat from India and Sri Lank on Sunday. The Nepali players looked uncomfortable playing in the mat court, which president of Nepal Basketball Association President Lama Tendi Sherpa admitted.
Sujata Rai was the highest scorer with four points. Nayana Shakya despite her illness scored three points for Nepal. Deepika Upreti said the team had not practiced on the mat so they could not perform wel“. "We had not played basketball on mat and this is our first experience."
President Lama said he has asked Nepal Olympic Committee to draw attention of International Olympic Committee to develop beach basketball in Nepal.
Volleyball
Nepal bounced back in volleyball with a bang. Nepal had lost to Sri Lanka in the first match of the South Asian Beach Volleyball Champions in two straight sets. The pair of Nita Shah and Chuda Khadka defeated the duo Yumna and Najina from Maldives 21-14, 21-19. Nepali coach Bharat Shah said the team played well in their second match despite losing the first match“. "We have created a chance to win a medal with today´s w”n."
Nirajan Malla in red jersey.
Khadka said the team failed to coordinate well in the first game and faced defeat. "The ball on which we practise in Nepal and the balls which we are playing now have different weight."
Nepal´s women team will face India in another match. In the men´s section, Nepal will meet the teams from Sri Lanka and Maldives. If the men´s team wins any of the matches, Nepal will win a medal in beach volleyball.
Equestrian
After winning three medals in Equestrian, Nepali players failed to perform well in the Individual Sword event of Equestrian on Monday. India took top three positions in the event. Nepali player Khad Bahadur Karki said they were unaware of the event which cost them dearl“. "We had not practised the game for the tournament."
In the late Monday event, gold medalist of ring and peg Dhurba Prashad Aryal finished in the eighth position in lemon and peg. Karki satisfied in the ninth position while Lal Bahadur finished in the 10th position. Indian players took the top two positions in the same event.
Kabaddi
Nepali players continued their poor performance in Kabaddi on Monday. Nepal had already confirmed a bronze medal in Kabaddi as four teams had participated in the event. Nepali men´s team lost to Pakistan by 66-20 while the women´s team faced 67-23 defeat at the hands of India.
The players admitted that they performed poorly in the tournament and blamed the association for the poor performance. The conflict on the national-affiliated and international-affiliated association made the players travel to Sri Lanka all by land routes, leaving them too tired.
Football
Captain of women´s team Sanjan Tamang said that the management of the team was poor and they had not received good training for the tourname“t. "Ful Mohammad is our coach but he has not trained us till date. He has neither trained us nor arranged for the warm-up matc”es," Tamang add“d, "To expect medal in such circumstance is useless."
After the injury of Shanti Malla, Nepali squad had faced more troubles as the association has brought only six playe“s. "If any player receives injury, the team will be in trou”le," said Tamang.
President of Nepal Kabaddi Association Lal Kumar Lama protested on being provided general secretary accreditation card. The dispute of Kabaddi associations was exposed in Sri Lanka. Lama had participated in the opening ceremony of the games without any official card though he was provided a VIP card. Lama said he will return to Nepal as soon as possible. Internationally-affiliated association president Sunil Raj Karnika said the management was poor because it is the first time that the Nepali team is participating in beach games.
Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
India 3 4 0 7
Nepal 1 0 3 4
Bangladesh 1 0 0 1
Sri Lanka 0 1 2 3
Afghanistan 0 0 0 0
Bhutan 0 0 0 0
Maldives 0 0 0 0
Pakistan 0 0 0 0
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