Former national team cricketers Amir Akhtar, Manoj Baisya and Dipendra Chaudhary levelled such accusations amidst a press conference in the capital. [break]
"No role and voting right has been given to the districts association though the 37 district associations are affiliated to CAN," Chaudhary said. "The development from grass root level is a must for the overall development of cricket in the country," said Akhtar.
The cricketers also alleged the NSC of violating Sports Development Act 2048 and working in favor of CAN President Binay Raj Pandey. Earlier, the cricketers had filed a public interest litigation at the Supreme Court demanding an order for holding CAN election. The oldest sports body has not conducted even a single election over the past 63 years. Meanwhile, CAN had decided to postpone the election to discuss voting rights for districts associations.
Nepali maintains lead
KATHMANDU: Nepal champion Badrilal Nepali maintained his lead in the Jyapu Cup Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament with 6.5 points from seven rounds. Nepali defeated former Nepal champion Surbir Lama in the sixth round and was held to a draw by Bikash Kuluju in the seventh.
Lama is trailing in the second position at the end of the seventh round with 5.5 points. Lama defeated Rabindra Shakya in the seventh round. FIDE Master Manish Hamal is in the third position despite having equal 5.5 points. Hamal was defeated by Krishna Thapa in the sixth round and registered a win against Bijay Maharjan in the seventh. Krishna Thapa, former Nepal champion Naveen Tandukar, Bikash Kuluju and Rijendra Rajbhandari occupy the fourth to seventh positions with 5.5 points each.
Morgan in semis
KATHMANDU: The girls´ team of Morgan College advanced into the semifinals of the Second Bagmati Inter-college Basketball Tournament defeating defending champion NASA 19-13 on Wednesday. Samichin Bista and Anusha Malla played key role for Morgan´s victory as they both scored eight points each. NASA also entered the semifinals as the Group A runner-up. In the boys´ section, Xavier International, CCRC and Rose Bud made it through to the pre-quarterfinals winning their respective matches.
Basketball team off to Italy
KATHMANDU: Member Secretary of National Sports Council Yuvaraj Lama bade farewell to the Nepali U-18 basketball squad on Wednesday. The six-member squad left for Italy to participate in the First Invitational 3X3 Youth World Basketball Championship scheduled to be held between September 9-11. President of Nepal Basketball Association Lama Tendi Serpa and Manish Kumar Hyoju are the officials of the squad. Nepal has been drawn in Group C along with Canada, England, Germany, Japan, Latvia, New Zealand, Romania and Turkey. Nepal will play its first match against Canada on the opening day.
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